Description
Job Location: London, UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Full-time
Job Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
General Summary:
The Manager FP&A – Commercial is the Operating Expense lead in Vertex's International finance business partnering organization, providing financial direction and strategic insight to the International Senior Commercial leaders relating to OPEX management. This role will help define and deliver against short- and long-term goals, including identification of key value drivers and Business KPIs to provide strategic decision support, and to identify opportunities to invest, cost efficiencies and ways to mitigate risk. International Commercial includes teams such as Marketing, Market Access, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), New Product Planning, Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), and Global Insights, Analytics and Commercial Operation (GIACO).
Key Duties And Responsibilities:
- Drive the Financial Performance Management including strategic insight to the Commercial functional leaders in relation to International OPEX. Helps to define and deliver against short- and long-term goals, including identification of key value drivers and Business KPIs.
- Leads the OPEX financial planning process for areas of responsibility (budget, quarterly forecast, long range plan) to provide meaningful forward-looking projections, develop key scenarios and identify key risks/uncertainties including plans for potential mitigation.
- Leads financial performance management process for areas of responsibility with a focus on understanding the key drivers of short-term performance and communicating the range of possible outcomes.
- Delivers insight to support International business strategic decisions including identification of opportunities to invest cost efficiencies and mitigation of risks ensuring an Enterprise viewpoint.
- Works with OpEx Finance leadership to decide on departmental priorities maximizing available resources.
- Actively collaborates with partners in Global FP&A accounting GIS HR other functions ensuring clarity of ownership accountability over deliverables so that department services are delivered seamlessly.
- Drives continuous improvement mindset with review of key processes identifying areas for improvement/efficiency leading implementation.
- Manages Headcount Process alongside HR Partners supporting Global Headcount Process ensuring International requirements are fully met.
- Ensures that financial integrity robust corporate governance compliance requirements are applied correctly consistently within areas.
Knowledge And Skills:
- Experience business partnering with an executive team.
- Strong skills demonstrated in MS Office financial software applications Hyperion Power BI.
- Strong communication influencing interpersonal skills necessary for daily interaction with senior management as well as business partners peers within Finance.
- Continuous improvement mindset comfortable guiding cross-functional initiatives without direct management authority working complex systems tight deadlines across multiple time zones.
- Demonstrable experience managing within a highly matrixed environment able influence without authority collaborate colleagues at various levels across multiple geographies.
- Demonstrable analytical financial skills evaluate broad range financial questions particularly portfolio analysis valuation ROI complex business questions.
- Understands how meeting department goals contributes overall attainment financial goals accountable achievement agreed targets uses data acquired knowledge influence stakeholders take appropriate decisions.
- Demonstrable experience managing developing team finance professionals.
Education And Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in finance Accounting or equivalent qualification or experience typically requires experience in a finance managerial role demonstrating strong technical analytical skills track record success working team-based environment.
Flex Designation: Hybrid Eligible Or On-Site Eligible
Flex Eligibility Status:
In this Hybrid Eligible role you can choose be designated as Hybrid work remotely up two days per week; or select On-Site work five days per week on-site ad hoc flexibility. Note The Flex status position subject Vertex’s Policy Flex @ Vertex Program may changed any time.
Company Information:
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests scientific innovation.Vertex is committed equal employment opportunity non-discrimination all employees qualified applicants without regard person's race color sex gender identity expression age religion national origin ancestry ethnicity disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital status any characteristic protected under applicable law.Vertex is E Verify Employer United States.Vertex will make reasonable accommodations qualified individuals known disabilities accordance applicable law.Any applicant requiring accommodation connection hiring process/or perform essential functions position which applicant has applied should make request recruiter hiring manager contact Talent Acquisition at Lifelancer (https://lifelancer.com) is talent-hiring platform Life Sciences Pharma IT.The platform connects talent opportunities pharma biotech health sciences healthtech IT domains.For more details find similar roles please check out below Lifelancer link https://lifelancer.com/jobs/view/9a1833f230258c193adec42fadcf54ac Apply Lifelancer Platform