Susan Ferguson Email & Phone Number

Mulhouse, Grand Est, France

Switzerland

• Group Head of Finance Business Partnering of the Vectura Group, established the Business Partnering team, partnering the achievement of revenues of £160m (CHF 200m) and controlling costs of some £120m (CHF150m):
• Appointed member of the Integration Team following the acquisition of SkyePharma, responsible for the integration of Finance and Swiss HR functions
• Created and then managed a new department, Group Finance Business Partnering, responsible for the entire Group’s revenues and costs
• Introduced the use of solid budget criteria to provide financial insight and challenge to R&D project directors in their budgeting and financial planning
• Designed and implemented a new budget process for the enlarged Vectura Group, clarifying responsibilities at different levels in the Organisation
• Implemented consolidated cost centre reporting to provide one source of information

Muttenz, Switzerland

• Assumed the management of all internal support operations with focus on cost savings and cash generation:
• led the sale of a pharmaceutical building to a Swiss investor;
• set up a team to identify unused equipment and organise its sale;
• improved the flow of materials from good inwards, sampling & testing to stockroom;
• created a collaborative team spirit across the departments which led to improved processes and working relationships.

Muttenz, Switzerland

• Initial objective was the improvement of reporting actual results and the reliability of financial forecasts. After reviewing existing processes I
• set up project accounting using Excel which enabled us to ascertain financing requirements for the continued development of the product;
• led the implemention of Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) as an ERP in a phased manner, starting with Finance and stock management, moving on to project management and accounting and finally incorporating QA process;
• assisted in the creating of a new Supply Chain Department by integrating new processes into current processes and led the implementation of Navision MRP;
• implemented the use of standard costing.

France, Switzerland, UK

• Achievements include:
• the recapitalisation of Swiss subsidiary group (CHF150m) to eliminate over-indebtedness, remove risk of insolvency and simplify structure, comprising cash transactions amounting to CHF 646m and non-cash transactions of.
• advised on the amount of a compensation claim against a major pharmaceutical company for breach of contract;
• assisted in the preparation of financial prospectus for the sale of part of the business
• Advising on the set-up of an accounting function
• Reporting on market trends and company financial forecasts

Switzerland, France, Germany

Member Of The Institute Of Chartered Accountants

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.)

Business And Finance Professional