Cluster CFO

Oversees controlling, finance business partnering, purchasing & administration. Meets regularly with team members to keep informed and to offer direction.

Lead financial planning cycles (RBU, LTP, MTP, TA Strategy, & LBE) processes including: global market/regional guidance coordination, performance targets and incentives, ROI analysis, presentation development & delivery to senior stakeholders, and short and long-term financial strategy.

Develop and implement appropriate systems for business plan preparation and documentation, sales, cost and capital expenditure budgeting, cost control and follow up/deviation analysis and explanation.

Partners with Country President and Senior Leadership Team to support strategic implementation and ensure effective financial decision making, particular around P&L management, investments, and resource allocation and optimisation

Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations

Leadership of financial reporting including; development, consolidation, and delivery of monthly reporting. Providing financial insight and foresight to support the delivery of our strategic and commercial goals.

Reviews reports to analyse projections of sales and profit against actual figures, budgeted expenses against final totals, and suggests methods of improvements as appropriate.

Oversees the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities ensuring for the correct and timely internal and external reporting for Tax, Balance Sheet and P&L.

Owns capital expenditure budgets, working capital management and cash flow optimization.

Establish and maintain appropriate internal control processes in the frame of the company’s Financial Control Framework

Responsible for the successful performance against internal/external audits (no material findings).

Ensures that a culture of ethics and integrity is embedded in all business practices. Complies with the Code of Ethics, all relevant supporting policies, standards and procedures.

Ensures lean and effective operations of the activities under his/her control. Drives an agenda of continuous improvement and simplification for the Finance function, works in partnership with GFS, aligned with the global finance transformation agenda

Ensures the finance function delivers value added insights to key stakeholders in the Cluster and Area

Implement and maintain appropriate business risk management strategies in accordance with AstraZeneca’s policies and oversee legal compliance requirements of AstraZeneca

Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures

Coaches and develops a team of finance professionals to excellent performance, creating a supportive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Drive teams to focus decision support activities, initiate changes to improve working practices and processes in Finance and communicate these among the Finance Network.

Member of the GCC Senior Leadership Team and Middle East and Africa Area Finance Leadership Team and leads or contributes to above market initiatives as they arise