Director, Finance Industrial

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

Grifols Diagnostic Solution is seeking a Director, Diagnostic (DX) Finance Industrial in Emeryville, CA. This position will be reporting to the Vice President, Diagnostic Controlling. The Director, DX Finance Industrial will lead global FP&A Industrial activities for the Diagnostics Division and will support the SVP for Manufacturing Operations and the Industrial teams. The Director, Dx Finance Industrial will manage the accounting activities of various partnerships. The Director, Dx Finance Industrial will have financial responsibility over 6 plants and a team of 6-8 controllers.

 

Primary Responsibilities for the role:

 

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead global manufacturing, quality and facilities financial planning and analysis processes for all Dx plants (currently 6 in Spain, USA, Australia and Switzerland), including preparation of monthly and ad hoc reporting packages that track, monitor and analyze performance against plan and key operational performance metrics, long range plan, budget, forecast and R&O updates.
• Provide dedicated financial support to Plant Heads, lead financial reviews at monthly management meetings, lead monthly Controllers’ calls.
• Provide robust challenge to the business during planning processes to ensure budgets and forecasts are reasonable. Advise on key business planning assumptions, resource allocation and related trade-offs and opportunities.
• Lead oversight of financial audits of manufacturing processes or partnerships.
• Manage all accounting activities for the Joint Business with partner companies. Interact with client companies over planning and analysis of the partnership results.
• Support global Diagnostics Capex planning and analysis process, in conjunction with Capex office in Barcelona.

 

Business Support:

• Provide financial modeling and analytical brainpower for new Industrial businesses or strategic initiatives as the case may be, supporting investment/divestment decisions.
• Drive assessment of cost efficiencies and operational effectiveness.
• Own financial management of key partnerships. Be a standing member of the Joint Business Finance Committee.
• Provide timely and articulate communication to Industrial personnel on financial processes and systems to ensure costs are correctly captured, budget assumptions are reasonable.
• Work closely with the business to assist in the control and optimization of inventory levels, manufacturing/scrap costs, and supply chain expense.
• Coordinate with Corporate functions (Procurement, Facilities, IT, etc.) to ensure reasonableness of services and allocations.
• Lead or support strategic and non-organic growth projects on a case by case base (acquisition and integration of new businesses, divestiture and separation of existing businesses, system implementations).

 

Financial Systems:

• Improve systems used to plan, capture and analyze manufacturing expenses, lead on costing methodology across the business unit.
• Proactively identify and develop efficiencies and quality improvements concerning capturing, analyzing reporting financial data.
• Work with IT to ensure systems are configured to meeting the changing structure of the business unit.

 

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