Site Name: Belgium Wavre Posted Date: Feb 3 2025
Job purpose:
Your role will be to strategically partner with the Senior Vice Presidents and Leadership Teams of Technical R&D, Clinical Lab & Assay Portfolio (CL&AP), and Strategic Business Operations (SBO) functions that are key to tackling Viral, Therapeutic, and Bacterial research challenges. With a 267m budget and 1,400 team members, these functions are pushing the boundaries of science and technology, and youll play a critical role in shaping their success.
You will be the Financial Architect of Innovation: Provide expert financial counsel and leadership to ensure the efficient deployment of resources, balancing financial trade offs while unlocking the potential of cutting edge science. You will Drive Strategic Decisions: Shape the future of vaccine development by evaluating and articulating the value of new facilities and equipment across Belgium, the US, and Italy. Your insights will enable smarter investments, better results, and reduced costs. You will Be a Catalyst for Progress: Proactively identify and lead transformative improvements within the functions. Help these teams articulate the baseline costs and operational drivers of running world class activities across multiple sites. You will Chion the Financial Plan: Own the annual financial planning process, monitoring progress and driving impact. Your work will directly demonstrate the value of investments in facilities, equipment, and modernization efforts. You will Collaborate Across Boundaries: Work hand in hand with colleagues in Manufacturing, R&D, and Asset Finance to ensure that the capabilities and capacity required to deliver new medicines and vaccines are in place.
This isnt just another finance role its a chance to lead and influence at the cutting edge of science. You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in vaccine research and play an instrumental part in delivering life saving solutions to the world. As the Finance Director for these functions, you are more than a financial manager, you will be a strategic advisor and a driving force behind organizational success. If youre passionate about using your financial expertise to drive innovation, tackle global health challenges, and make a real difference, this is the role for you.
Your responsibilities:
1. Work independently, leading Finance Partnering support to the aforementioned functions, providing strategic financial leadership, i.e., developing and executing long term financial plans aligned with organizational goals; collaborating with senior leadership to guide strategic decisions, providing financial insights and recommendations and evaluating capital expenditures, and other strategic investments to ensure value creation
2. Oversee, and lead the annual budgeting & forecasting process, i.e., lead the preparation of budg