Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) (gn).

Your mission

• Build and continuously enhance a robust, scalable financial data foundation that integrates financial and operational data across entities, business units, and functions to enable consistent, transparent, and timely management reporting.
• Own the development and standardization of global financial reporting, including consolidated P&L, management reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses, ensuring a single source of truth for financial performance.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, IT, and operational teams to improve data quality, reporting processes, system integration, and data governance.
• Establish a consistent reporting cadence and deliver actionable insights into financial performance, business trends, and deviations from plan.

• Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and mid- to long-term financial planning, building a forward-looking planning process that reflects key business and operational drivers.
• Develop and maintain integrated financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to evaluate strategic initiatives, growth opportunities, and potential risks.
• Define and monitor key financial and operational KPIs relevant to the CRO business, including revenue growth, project and customer profitability, capacity utilization, workforce productivity, and resource allocation.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, planning methodologies, and management reporting to support proactive decision-making.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of appropriate forecasting and planning tools, ensuring integration with the broader financial data and reporting architecture.

• Provide strategic financial insights and decision support to the executive team, operational leaders, and private equity stakeholders, translating complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations.
• Partner with operational department heads to assess business performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive accountability for financial and operational outcomes.
• Support strategic initiatives, business cases, investment decisions, and value-creation plans through rigorous financial analysis and scenario modeling.
• Conduct market, competitor, and industry analyses to inform strategic planning, growth initiatives, and business performance assessments.
• Support the evaluation of revenue growth, cost optimization, margin improvement, and operating leverage opportunities across the business.

• Partner closely with Controlling and Accounting to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery of financial results and internal management reporting.
• Consolidate entity- and segment-level financial results into a consistent global view of business performance, ensuring alignment between statutory, accounting, and management reporting.
• Build, develop, and continuously upskill the global FP&A team, establishing clear responsibilities, standardized processes, and a culture of analytical rigor and business partnership.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation across FP&A processes to enhance scalability, efficiency, and the quality of financial insights.

Your profile

• University degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent
• Significant relevant professional working experience in a similar role, ideally within life sciences / pharmaceutical sector, and/or within a public company
• Experience of working in an international environment
• Experience in a Group FP&A environment
• Strong financial modelling skillset
• Business fluent in English, German a plus, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Why us?

• An industry leader at an inflection point, with considerable growth and expanding capabilities ahead.
• An organization positioned for disruptive changes in the CRO market.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• An innovative field of work in an exciting industry.
• A long-term, responsible position in a healthy, growing and future-oriented company.
• Comprehensive onboarding to prepare you optimally for your area of responsibility.
• Multicultural teams and an open corporate culture.
• A competitive salary.

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