Director Business Performance Finance Operations

The Director, Business Performance is a senior Finance Operations leader reporting to the SVP Finance Operations. The role leads the enterprise Business Performance capability across Clinical, Commercial and Development & Manufacturing, connecting financial and operational insight to decisions, actions and measurable value creation. The Business Performance team is one of two complementary engines within Finance Operations. The Director leads the specialist team, including the Senior Manager, NPI & Strategic Initiatives, deploys resources against enterprise priorities and partners closely with Segment Finance Leads, Site Finance Directors and Corporate FP&A.

Responsibilities

Lead Finance Operations' contribution to the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, monthly outlooks and long-range planning; Drive the segment performance review process and identify risks and opportunities; Establish common planning methodologies, analytical standards, performance frameworks and EBITDA bridge methodologies; Provide decision support, scenario analyses and executive insights for resource allocation and strategic priorities; Drive transparency of customer, product, program, service-line and site profitability; Establish and improve costing methodologies, profitability analytics and contribution margin reporting; Identify margin leakage, profitability risks and cost-improvement opportunities; Maintain enterprise-wide visibility of approved capital projects and monitor capital expenditures against business cases; Drive visibility and performance management of net working capital (Accounts Receivable, Inventory and Accounts Payable); Identify opportunities to improve cash conversion, working capital efficiency and return on invested capital; Lead and develop the Business Performance team; Establish practical methodologies, standards, tools and quality expectations across Finance Operations; Advance reporting automation, data quality and analytical tools with Corporate FP&A, BPO and IT; Act as a trusted adviser to the SVP Finance Operations

Requirements

12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership in business performance, operational finance, FP&A, finance transformation or a comparable discipline; Demonstrated success leading teams & capabilities in a publicly listed company with an international, matrixed organization; Strong knowledge of manufacturing economics, profitability, operational value drivers, working capital and capital investment; Experience influencing senior Finance, Operations and Commercial stakeholders and translating analysis into measurable action; Strong forecasting, scenario analysis, business-case and executive-communication capability

Nice to have

Experience in a pharmaceutical CDMO, life sciences or complex manufacturing environment; Experience in a private equity-backed, transformation or IPO-readiness environment; Experience building finance capabilities, common methodologies, specialist teams or rotational talent models; Strong understanding of planning, consolidation, ERP, BI and reporting environments, including OneStream or comparable platforms