Senior Finance Manager

Job Description:

Your day at Ferring

Integrity of financial data and compliance:

• Integrity of financial data and compliance
• Ensure strict implementation of IFRS and internal guidelines across the M&S entities (and others if applicable).
• Ensure adherence to the local fiscal and finance related regulations of the respective country.
• In form Regional or Area Controller / Group Finance timely on potential issues, assess the risks and propose corrective measures

Protection of Group assets

• Identify and assess opportunities and risks at country level, in line with the guidelines of the Group (Risk monitoring).
• Recommend and/or implement pro-actively risk mitigation measures, e.g. financial terms of the commercial contracts, factoring schemes.
• Implement Internal Control Systems guidelines
• Propose and implement measures to optimize leverage
• Implement Group instructions related to financial commitments and/or transactions (e.g. double signatures on financial commitments to 3rd party) and review contracts with financial commitments.

Treasury tasks:

• Implement Group Treasury guidelines
• Implement and manage bank relation in line with Group Treasury guidelines and instructions.
• Monitor and manage cash flow effectively.
• Identify and propose optimization measures

Tax management:

• Implement Group Tax guidelines.
• Monitor transfer prices and inform/propose potential adjustments to Group tax

Financial performance assessment:

• Advise and challenge the GM with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks.
• Provide Management Information to other departments In form timely GM and Regional or Area Controller 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

Planning and Budgeting processes:

• Set ambitious objectives to the Finance department.
• Challenge budget of other departments (M&S) and of other organizational units if applicable (e.g. R&D)
• Ensure optimal processes for all planning and budgeting activities across the country

Management Information Systems & Reporting:

• Ensure the implementation and efficient use of the Management Information Systems and performance measures defined by the Group across the Area (e.g. Dashboards, Group Performance Indicators, Volume-Price reports, Product Group profitability)
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting across the country.
• Ensure- propose standardized and co-ordinated use of financial information systems.
• Implement information systems to monitor business performance in line with Group standards.
• Propose additional reporting requirements in case of deficiencies

Performing Finance organization:

• Identify & implement synergies across the country (M&S and others if appl )
• Propose efficiency improvement measures
• Fix and assess objectives of the Finance organization in the country.
• Motivate staff and ensure optimal training across the Finance organization
• Select candidates for key financial positions, to be approved by the Regional or Area controller.
• Define or propose remuneration.

Manage local logistics third party

Manage Supply Network related subjects:

• Connect with FPL or global supply chain to ensure product supply stability
• Coordinate any product supply issue with related departments (for example, product recalls)
• Upload monthly product supply forecast, and explain deviations to SNO
• Manage any supply related issues

Others:

• Corporate secretary related matters

Location:

Ferring Taiwan