Finance Director Iberia & Italy

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.
Every person at Ferring works together to change lives and help people build families. Our corporate teams offer empowering, innovative, challenging and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential we collaborate, and respect and value diverse contributions so that we can grow as an organisation and as professionals. Together we can influence the world around us to make life and work better.

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The Finance Director will be responsible for managing the finances and the finance organization of Ferring. In addition, s/he will oversee local logistics and supply chain management. As a site manager, this will include the local forecasting, budgeting and reporting, in compliance with existing fiscal and civil regulations, as well as with specific company policies and accounting principles. The Finance Director will develop a broad understanding of finance targets across local Ferring organization and build capacity for the local finance team to develop. The role plays an important role as a business partner to the cluster management team, while at the same time, being accountable to drive key processes at the operational level.​
The role reports to the Cluster General Manager and functionally to the Head of finance WEC (Western Europe & Canada) and is based in Milan, Italy (preferred location) or Madrid, Spain.

Your day at Ferring

• Team management: Carry out the selection, the motivation and ensure optimal training of financial team. Translate business objectives into team's Finance objectives and manage performance. ​
  
• Finance strategy and business partnering: Advise and challenge business with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks. Inform timely on any unexpected issue impacting potentially the financial performance of the Country and Area. Propose/implement corrective actions. Identify areas of improvement in business and organization and propose implementation plan. Monitor key ratios. Keep robust information system environment on key data, leveraging on company tools.​ ​
  
• Finance, Accounting & Statutory: The Finance Director is accountable for the month end closure reporting in coordination with our Finance Centre of Excellence in Lisbon, Portugal.  Perform Internal Controls. Review and approve taxes, monitor compliance and manage tax queries. Perform statutory reporting by ensuring accounting records and reports are accurate, duly approved and comply with the Statutory Accounting Principles, in close collaboration with local specialized providers. Keep fluent communication with BPO, reviewing performance and proposing corrective actions if required.​ ​
  
• Financial budgeting, forecasting and planning: Set and contribute to achieving financial goals and targets, manage the forecast P&L and cash flow, perform budget and forecast process, carry out the development of budget policies and procedures.​ ​
  
• Coordinate supply chain activities, both inbound and outbound, alerting on deviations and proposing corrective measures. Follow up and control in market sales performance.​ ​
  
• Projects and improvements: Support HQ/Corporate Finance in the implementation of corporate Finance programs, processes or procedures which are to be locally applied and also drive continuous improvement initiatives. ​
  
• Compliance, integrity and risk: Strict implementation and adherence to internal guidelines, instructions, processes and systems, fiscal and finance regulations, local as well as global. Inform relevant parties timely on potential issues, assess the risks and propose corrective measures. Monitor ICS process and act as Compliance advisor on ethic related.​
  

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• University degree in Finance or Economics.​
  
• 10- years’ experience in Finance and sound experience in multinational environments. ​
  
• Strong solid understanding of financial and accounting principles and processes. ​
  
• Solid experience in leading teams, on- and off shore.​
  
• Experience with SAP-HANA implementation will be a plus.​
  
• Strong project and change management skills. An analytical mindset and be a self-starter, being able to see opportunities and solve problems independently. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Work independently with the ability to influence multiple stakeholders. ​
  
• Ability to work in decentralized finance structure. ​
  
• Ability to set long-term financial targets and sponsor performance improvement projects.​
  
• Professional business English (oral and written).​
  
• Professional business Spanish & Italian​
  

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love
  
• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role
  
• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents
  
• Extended support on family building journey
  

Making a difference in the lives of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!
We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Location:Ferring Italy