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Global and US Finance business partner to the Microbiology businesses.

Job Description

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The Diagnostic Solutions business unit (DS) has annual underlying revenue of approximately $1.9 billion.  DS is broken down into the Microbiology and Molecular platforms. The Finance Director, DS will be a member of the Global Microbiology Platform leadership team and will have two direct reports supporting the Platform.

The Finance Director is primarily responsible for supporting the global Microbiology business, financial modeling, forecasting and expense management. The candidate will sit on the Microbiology Platform leadership team and R&D program teams providing insights to the financial impacts of strategic investments. The role will challenge business assumptions and commercial decisions to maximize return on investment for both the short and long term health of the business.

The other key responsibility of the role will be to provide organizational leadership and mentorship to the supporting team. In addition, they will lead the key process supporting monthly close of actuals, projecting future outlooks, budgets, and ASR processes for their aforementioned areas of responsibility.

Responsibilities:

• Monthly/Quarterly accounting, close-out process
• Forecast, ASR, Budgeting responsibilities for Microbiology/US region expenses
• All ad hoc financial reporting requests
• Monthly PWBi reporting | US & WW FLASH Commentaries
• Forecast support for regional reviews | Regional submission files
• Leadership team meeting attendance and participation
• Business modeling support |Individual Platforms | Ad Hoc
• Core team support | NPD, Bus Dev, GP task force
• Partnerships |Business modeling and Legal
• GPDS Excellence Team (Core Team & Functional Excellence)
• GP Task Force support
• Budget, Forecast, ASR for Revenue/GP
• Specific Platform/Product/Customer reporting for Pricing |New Launches |Lost Accts
• Demand, SIOP and IR reviews
• Ad hoc support to US Marketing Team, Contracts & Customer Support
• Organizational leadership of the supporting team

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree required, Accounting or Finance
• CPA / CA / MBA or equivalent or working toward qualification is desirable but not required
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Accounting/Finance function required
• Candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, possess the ability to multi-task, should be well organized, possess good analytical and communication skills and have good attention to detail and quality oriented
• Knowledge of GAAP and SEC reporting
• Extensive knowledge of BPC and PowerBI
• Candidate must be highly proficient working with MS Excel and reasonably proficient with other common applications such as MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Demonstrate a track record of facilitating commercial business decisions through a fact-based approach leveraging financial analytics and organizational influence
• Possess a high level of finance and analytical expertise.  Experience developing and owning complex business cases including DCF and NPV models
• Extensive knowledge of financial statements and analytical techniques
• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and corporate finance policy guidelines
• Ability to develop relationships and collaborate with DS cross functional support will be essential in carrying out the responsibilities of this position

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.  

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