SVP Finance EMEA

QLM Search is partnering an International Animal Pharma Group to recruit an SVP Finance EMEA.

Following an international promotion, this role will be an active partner to the Regional President and form an integral part of the executive leadership team.

• Drive and support the EMEA regions multi-year strategy.
• Act as a sparring partner to the Board, ensuring high quality profitability analysis, allowing for the right decision-making both in the short and long-term and in a strategic context.
• Lead the performance management governance and monthly performance review processes across EMEA.
• Reinforce the core finance processes and controls discipline, including significantly improving the finance processes, internal control environment, and finance efficiency across the Region.
• Build the image of the finance function as a capable, trusted business enabler and a highly demanding, yet fair, business challenger.
• Set the strategic direction for the Region in relation to financial and operational controlling.
• Drive the development and improvement of the financial processes and strengthen these with the necessary systems.

The ideal candidate is a bright and seasoned financial executive with strong analytical skills and a good business sense. S/he has an excellent track record from a similar position within an international complex environment in the pharma / animal nutrition sector in order to be able to hit the ground running.

• Extensive experience within accounting, business controlling and business analysis
• International cross-organizational stakeholder management
• Solid experience across international markets
• Strong toolbox within finance processes and internal control environment
• Experience from finance transformation
• Strong leader with solid interpersonal skills
• Strong communicator
• Collaborative and resilient
• Strong customer orientation with the ability to influence at all levels.

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