Finance Business Partner

JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Employment: Full Time

A leading Pharmaceutical company is actively recruiting a Finance Business Partner for their Riyadh office.

Please note that you must meet all the criteria set out below for your application to be considered. Suitable candidates will be contacted within 5 working days. If you are not contacted by us within that time, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

Key aspects of the role include:
- Managing full cycle of product costing in SAP.
- Responsible for the full P&L for the Business Units (BU).
- Establishing strong relationships within the BUs and cross-functional teams.
- Leading the development of the latest estimate (LE) and annual budgets.
- Developing and maintaining models to support the accounting and forecasting for the BUs.
- Leading the discussions with all the BUs in the effective prioritization and execution of operating expenses.
- Supporting the BU heads in the development of strategic, launch and operational plans for pipeline assets, including revenue and expense forecasts.
- Providing a financial perspective on strategic plans including capital market transactions, M&As, Due diligence, etc.
- Leading the management of the core commercial cycle with the supply chain, commercial, and other related cross-functional teams.
- Managing the tender management process with the commercial teams from a finance perspective.
- Monitoring the stock, with the support of supply chain and warehousing teams.
- Supporting the controllership teams for the timely closure of monthly management accounts and ensuring that the annual accounts are accurate and produced within statutory timescales.
- Leading the enhancement project for SAP from a finance standpoint.

Requirements:

To be successful you will need to meet the following:
- Open for candidates who are interested to relocate to KSA.
- MBA in Finance from a reputable university and/or CIMA/CGMA/CPA/ACCA/CA.
- Cost accounting experience is a must.
- Strong experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, Controllership, Process Improvement & Automation, Risks & Governance.
- 8+ years of relevant experience, mainly in pharma/biotech/FMCG with a manufacturing focus.
- Ability to build strong partnerships with key business stakeholders.
- Ability to continuously improve Finance's impact and influence on the Business
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint is required.
- Prior experience with data analysis and visualization tools is a plus.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Kinetic is a Middle East-based company that has been successfully providing a full range of recruitment solutions for leading Pharmaceutical, Agritech, Medical Device, Chemical and Sustainability organizations since 2012.

We provide an executive search service geared to any level of roles within these verticals which is led by industry experts. Our service is driven by innovative, established and proven research teams who customize each individual requirement from our clients.