Director Finance APJ Region

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The Director Finance, APJ is responsible for providing leadership to the commercial finance organization of Leica Microsystems within the APJ region and serve as Finance partner to the VP/GM of the Leica Microsystems APJ region.

This regional position reports to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is part of the APJ region and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Lead the FP&A team supporting the LMS business in forecast, budget, strategic plan, and decision support to drive higher sales and margins and inventory turns;

Financial Accounting team to drive timely and accurate financial reporting, meet receivables collection targets, and meeting all audit requirements;

Work with compliance team to ensure all Finance, Tax, SOX programs are compliant during the execution of the commercial operations of the business.

Oversee the revenue recognition policy and work with internal auditors and country controllers to ensure internal control/SOX and compliance for all business activities. Uphold compliance awareness, culture and practice across region through wholistic approach (P&P deployment, training, Kamishibai, etc).

Ensure timely and accurate submission of all business units financial reports to management, including weekly flash, monthly and quarterly financial statements for all legal entities and "functional" P&L reports. Supervise the annual external and internal audit for all entities in coordination with Corporate Controller.

Lead the APJ finance organization with focus on talent development, continuous performance improvement and functional excellence transformation. Drive employee engagement result and reduce white space by hiring, developing and retaining talent.

Leverage DBS (Danaher Business System) to drive growth, P&L performance and process improvement. Instill the DBS mindset into the organization through daily management, operation PD (policy deployment review).

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 10 years' experience in progressively more responsible financial functions

• Experience in working in a global, matrix organization with a proven ability to build and leverage networks within an organization.

• 5+ years of experience in supervising a large finance organization

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

• Experience in Life Science and medical device industry, international business, public accounting and financial reporting experience preferred

• Knowledge of GAAP, SOX Compliance, other Financial legal compliance regulations required

• Large scale ERP experience with SAP experiences

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Ability to travel up to 15% within APJ region and to other locations when for broader team meetings when required.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Handling complex rev rec concept and practice is highly preferred.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

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