The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Northern Cluster (Nx, UK&IE, NL and IL) is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing financial strategy, operational efficiency, and value maximization across the Cluster. This role is critical for aligning financial management with the business objectives of the Northern Cluster, optimizing financial performance, and driving strategic initiatives. The CFO will work closely with key stakeholders, including business leaders, the finance team, and the corporate office, to ensure the sustainable growth of the Cluster.
Reporting to the Region Europe CFO, this role provides strategic financial leadership to enhance profitability, support decision-making, and ensure robust financial governance. In addition, this role is responsible for Finance of the UK&IE organization, leading directly the BPA, FRA and BIA (Business Insights and Analytics team) as part of the Lead Market Concept in the Northern Europe Cluster. This entails all CFO responsibilities and hands on operations to deliver commercial and financial results, while safeguarding the operations for UK&IE.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Financial Strategy and Leadership :
Budgeting and Forecasting :
Financial Reporting and Analysis :
Risk Management and Compliance :
Resource Allocation and Investment :
Leadership and Team Development :
Stakeholder Communication :
Pharmaceutical Industry Expertise :
As Country CFO UK&IE :
What you’ll bring to the role:
Essential Requirements:
You’ll receive:
Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Pension scheme, Share scheme, Health insurance, 24 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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