Finance Controller, Export Chc

**Title**:
Finance Controller, Export CHC

**Company**:
Ipsen Pharma Singapore PTE. LTD.

**Summary / purpose of the position**
- Support CHC Export mission to be an autonomous, growing and sustainable consumer healthcare business
- Develop, implement, monitor and control Operational & Financial controls to achieve financial performance and protect profitability
- Broad exposure to the management teams in the respective countries and other functions to drive business performance, analytical reviews and management reporting
- Being a finance business partner working very closely with Supply Chain and supporting directly Commercial Operation Directors, Finance Director
- Producing monthly reporting of activity in a timely manner, ensure data quality, and communicate effectively
- Ensure business operations compliance with company policies and best practices

**Main responsibilities / job expectations**
- **Financial Planning and Controlling**:

- Actively support the Finance director in the budget and forecast processes and submission in the group reporting tools (Budget, Forecast revisions, 5 Year plan)
- Monitor sales (Sell in /Sell out/inventory at distributor level) and prepare monthly performance comments
- Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast and provide commentary for the management report
- Controlling of selling expenses (in-bound costs, specific warehousing costs if any)
- Manage the monthly closing process in collaboration with the SSC (accrual management, variance analysis)
- Identify risks / opportunities and propose corrective actions needed to keep budget’s targets
- Co-facilitate Credit Management for all Export territories and assist on cash collection.
- Co-challenge with Supply Chain data accuracy of the partners (orders, stock and sales forecasts ) and collaborate with Commercial team to consider local promotional factors impacting partner’s forecast
- Assist Supply Chain Managers to prepare the demand review meeting (S&OP) with relevant stakeholders
- ** Business Partnering**:

- Being a business partner, supporting directly the Export Alliances Operational Directors, Finance Director by providing regular or ad hoc financial analysis
- Support the decision-making processes to achieve CHC objectives, including Sales and COI targets
- Support mid-term and long-term strategic topics
- Lead ad-hoc regional/intercontinental projects
- Contribute to providing data for regional and Group presentations where needed
- Develop and implement operational and analytical dashboards to provide performance insights
- ** Active contribution within the IPSEN Finance community**
- Contributes to system and process enhancement / automation
- Support best practices sharing across the organization

**Knowledge, abilities & experience**
- Highly analytical, curious and meticulous at work
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to work methodically and prioritize topics are a must
- Clear and concise communication and interpersonal skills, speak-up mindset
- Naturally willing to go extra mile in delivering quality work standards
- Strong business acumen
- Strong ability to synthesize different learnings, risk and benefit in accomplishing daily tasks and over mission
- Previous working experience in a cross-cultural environment, across various geographic areas (3 to 5 y experience)
- Flexibility in working with offices located in different time zones
- Master’s in finance or equivalent post-graduate University qualification
- Experience in a multinational group
- Knowledge of Consumer Healthcare, Pharma or FMCG industries preferred
- Proven track record in an operational Finance role or strong experience
- Ability to work in a matrix-organization with a high level of operational autonomy

**Key Technical Competencies Required**
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- Use of financial systems: TM1, SAP
- Languages: Fluent English in written and oral, French would be a plus