Manager, Finance

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the leading global emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing.

In 2018, Eurofins generated 4.2 billion Euro proforma turnover in 800 laboratories across 47 countries, employing about 45.000 staff.

Eurofins stands for a conception of clinical diagnostics entirely focused on excellence, innovation and technological investment. Eurofins clinical diagnostics offers testing services in all medical specialties. 

As a central element in healthcare, clinical diagnostics contributes to every stage of patient care: predisposition, prevention, diagnostics, treatment monitoring and prognosis. 

With hundreds of thousands of clinical diagnostics tests performed every day, the laboratories of the clinical diagnostics division strive to ensure that every patient, wherever he or she lives, has access to the most specialized and most innovative techniques for diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic adjustment. Our logistics expertise and our daily sample collection and delivery network, guarantee perfect continuity in the provision of care while ensuring the same standard of quality and access to innovation across all the regions we serve.

Job Description

The Manager, Finance will partner with the President and other executives to develop an in-depth understanding of the business, apply financial analysis to enable thoughtful decision-making, and enhance financial analysis tools to identify opportunities for improvement. The successful candidate will supervise finance team members as assigned, build relations within the finance team and throughout the organization to coordinate financial analysis, reporting and finance support activities.

Manager, Finance responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:     

Financial Analysis

• Prepare a detailed and timely monthly financial analysis of the company’s operations for distribution to Eurofins’ executives
• Prepare a detailed monthly analysis of general ledger accounts, with explanations of variances to budget and prior year in a format that facilitates executive review
• Own and maintain detailed Excel files to analyze and forecast financial components of company operations
• Prepare a financial forecast on a weekly basis, including predictions of revenues and expenses
• Prepare presentation materials for monthly and quarterly financial updates
• Support quarterly board meetings through preparation of financial analysis and coordination of supporting materials for all departments
• Assist in the coordination and preparation of the company’s annual budget
• Prepare meaningful financial analysis and reports to support business decisions, assess investment opportunities and identify opportunities for improvement
• Provide backup and support for sales operations, including understanding of costing and pricing models

Leadership

• Serve as a financial expert for the company, providing ad-hoc financial analysis and accounting expertise
• Coordinate financial analysis and reporting to ensure consistent, accurate reporting across the company
• Develop relationships with parent company personnel and external auditors
• Supervise and coordinate with Financial Analyst(s) to complete support business operations
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by management.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance or Accounting required.

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of four years of professional work experience
• Public accounting experience with CPA certificate strongly preferred
• Core understanding of accounting principles
• Knowledge of various software applications such as accounting systems, spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports
• Ability to thoroughly and clearly communicate business issues verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to interact effectively and work efficiently with people at all levels in an org