Finance and Administration Manager

Position Overview

The local FAM acts as a legal representative of the OPU jointly with the Country Head in accordance with the legislation, shareholder and/or board resolutions and Boehringer Ingelheim´s regulations and directives.

Key Accountabilities

• All finance and accounting processes, such as:

• Local accounting and tax including preparation of financial and tax documents.
• Local financial planning and business partnering.
• Financial decision support of local businesses including credit management.
• Follow-up on cash collection and cash flow management.

• Purchasing, mainly local procurement.
• Local supply chain topics and 3PL oversight.
• Local Quality Compliance processes including:

• Implementation of quality processes/requirements as requested by regional Quality to ensure that all relevant GDP/GMP requirements are followed.
• Performance of Quality Management Reviews and escalation of quality issues to local/regional management.

• Support of local Discovery Research entities:

• Alignment with IU Controlling on planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting.
• Partner with senior management on managing their budgets, maintaining governance and oversight applying standard Boehringer Ingelheim´s processes.

• Local oversight of information systems and office administration
• Local legal matters including serving as a liaison with external legal consultants.
• Active member of the local Management Team and driver of local implementation of company strategy.

Required Background & Expertise

• University degree, post graduate studies in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• 3-5 years’ experience in at least 3 main areas of responsibility (eg Finance, Controlling, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Legal & Compliance).
• 5-10 years professional experience in Controlling, Internal Auditing and Accounting or Tax.
• 2-5 years of leadership experience managing teams and projects.

Required Skills & Capabilities

• Advanced in English is a must.
• Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills.
• Intercultural awareness, prior international experience is a plus.