Finance Director Distributor Markets

Finance Director Distributor Markets page is loaded Finance Director Distributor Markets Apply locations Ferring UK time type Full time posted on Posted 5 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: September 2, 2025 (8 days left to apply) job requisition id R Job Description: At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a growing global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women's health, gastroenterology and urology.

Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients everywhere.

At Ferring, we're inspired by our patients and your purposeful workhelps people build families and live better lives.

We encourage you to be bold, take risks and have a voice in advancing new ideas to find new solutions for patients.We give you the opportunity to collaborate globally with passionate people whohaveadiverse range of skills, talents and experiences.

We give you the opportunity to thrive, grow and work in a truly, family-friendly environment where your contributions will be recognized, and your results rewarded.

Ferring+You

The Finance Director Distributor Markets will work across markets & functions and will act as true a business partner for the Head of Distributor Market, supporting her on all the aspects of the business (from identifying opportunities to managing risk) while also managing financial operations of our trading entity. Expert in Financial modelling and analytical tools, in this role, the head of Finance Distributor Markets will build complex analyses and business simulations and present them in an insightful and visual way which will facilitate decision making by the Senior Management of the Region. Experienced in financial operations, she/he will insure that processes are efficient and following accounting and Group policies standards. Having experience of working cross functionally and with individuals coming from different backgrounds, comfortable in managing by influence and able to show leadership to lead change, you will be a trusted partner across the organization while driving operational efficiency.

Your day at Ferring

• Lead the Finance Distributor Markets team
• Support Head of Distributor Markets in managing our partners around the world
• Support strategic and operational decision making with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks
• Develop scenarios and stress test options taking into consideration the risk / reward profiles
• Drive value creation by supporting and challenging business leaders in an active, transparent and constructive manner as well as developing a library of tools and presentations to enable financially-based decision support
• Identify areas of improvement in the business and organization and propose implementation plans for changes recommended
• Propose/implement corrective actions
• Drive budget / forecast / business plan processes
• Work collaboratively, managing relationships with the markets and other finance pillars as well as other functions - gathering inputs and jointly ensuring financial control
• Business integrity: strict implementation of IFRS and internal guidelines across the entities / functions
• Benchmark Ferring performance against key competitors, bring in external insight to performance appraisal
• Support and evaluate existing financial planning tools to ensure timely and accurate financial planning and reporting across the Group

Behind our innovation There's you

• Accountancy qualification or a University Master's Degree with a major in Finance or Economics required
• CPA or any Accounting certification / MBA desirable but not essential.10- years' experience in Finance (audit in Big 4 is an advantage) and sound experience in multinational environments
• Experience as Head of Finance overseeing accounting & FP&A
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and understanding of commercial models in pharmaceutical industry is essential
• Strong experience in Financial Modelling / analytical tools
• Solid understanding of financial and accounting principles (IFRS) and processes
• Robust project and change management skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work in decentralized finance structure
• Ability to set long-term financial targets and sponsor performance improvement projects
• Experience in Alliance Management (licensing in/out) and Due diligence is a strong plus
• English fluent. Spanish will be a big plus
• Willingness to travel (approx. 20/30%)

Key Skills:

• Business Mindset
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Expert modelling / simulation skills
• Excellent commercial acumen
• Strong communication skills
• Strong cross-cultural skills
• Resilient
• Strong influencing skills in terms of delivering goals across the matrix structure
• Able to support evolving needs/structure
• Fluency in English and fluency in Spanish will be a big plus
• Knowledge of Anaplan, SAP, Navision and BI is an advantage

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone's right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love
• Our inclusive support package - "Building Families at Ferring" provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role
• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents
• Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member's contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it's Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose There's you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Location: Ferring UK

Supporting our employees' family building journeys At Ferring, we're committed to advocating everyone's right to build a family. That's why we're launching our most inclusive and comprehensive family building benefits package yet.

The package recognises the complexities of building a family and aims to remove financial barriers associated with fertility treatment and family building options, by providing financial support and a global minimum standard of 26-weeks of paid parental leave. We'll offer support for fertility treatments, surrogacy programmes, adoption, egg freezing, counselling and related services, as well as paid leave for fertility treatment and adoption procedures.

Ferring Project Family At Ferring, we believe in everyone's right to a family and we commit to building families of every shape and size.

Millions of people around the world are unable to access the care, treatment and support they need to build a family. We want to change that.

We are addressing some of the greatest challenges in reproductive medicine and maternal health through our research and development programmes.

Learn more about our Commitment

Driven by its entrepreneurial spirit and enabled by a decentralised organisational setup, Ferring will harness its world-class competencies in science and business with other innovative technologies to create solutions for patients and doctors.
By developing an understanding of people's needs, we will deliver personalised healthcare solutions, integrating pharmaceutical products with diagnostics, data, devices, education and support services to optimise health outcomes.

Ferring will be the world-leading, most trusted healthcare company in reproductive medicine and maternal health, and a leader in specialty areas within gastroenterology and urology. Each of us at Ferring will contribute to providing innovative solutions to help people live better lives. We will devote significant research and development investment to new therapeutics, life cycle management and next generation healthcare solutions.

As a privately owned, specialty healthcare company that operates globally, Ferring will grow revenues at a rate that is 50% faster than the industry average. We will strive for efficiencies in our business and create flexibility to invest in opportunities to build our future.

We are, and continue to be, part of a transparent and aligned company. We strive to best address the needs of patients, stakeholders and customers by collaborating across functions, experimenting and sharing our practices, and continuously learning. We are always guided by the Ferring Philosophy.

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