Vice President Finance And Group Controller
CurrentAdvanz Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on complex medicines in Europe that is committed to improving the lives of patients by enhancing the critical medicines they depend on. Provide Finance leadership and controllership & decision-making support for shaping the company’s aspirations whilst building & leading the Finance Team to achieve best practices & optimal output aligned with the corporate strategy. Serve as a Trusted Financial Advisor to CEO / CFO and Senior Management, supported in the development of company strategy across all areas of business. Supported the company/ stakeholders for change of ownership and sale of the business to Nordic Capital of $2.1b Finance ESG role in integration of Correvio Business, resulting in achievement of $10m of synergy target Led the migration / integration of finance function from Canada / Geneva resulting in savings of $1m (Correvio Business) Led the migration / integration of finance function from Canada / Barbados resulting in savings of $3m Delivered $1.5m of OPEX savings through corporate simplification and restructuring Manage a Finance team of >40 employees to cover areas of FP&A, external reporting, audit, AR / AP and treasury and internal controls. Support on execution of build and build strategy of the company, which includes both product and company acquisitions and delivering on the M&A objectives Oversee roll out of SAP applications, SAP – SAC and Group reporting modules, and upgrade from SAP ECC to S/4 HANA Manage audit, SOX compliance and external reporting for US / Canadian listed Group