Strategic Finance Business Partner
Date: Sep 17, 2024
Location:
* Middletown, DE, US, 19709
* Alken, BE, 3570
* Altdorf, CH, 6460
* Schattdorf, CH, 6467
Company: Datwyler
Datwyler components make a crucial contribution to patient and driver safety in billions of syringes and every second car worldwide. The high-tech company focuses on high-quality system-critical elastomer components and holds leading positions in attractive global markets like healthcare, mobility, connectivity, general industry, and food & beverage.
We value our employees as the heart of Datwyler - we treat each other with respect, trust, and appreciation. Our strong roots and values have been established over our 100-year corporate history. Join us as a...
Strategic Finance Business Partner, with a focus on Commercial Finance
You will be a trusted partner to the business, steering business decision-making, prioritization, and resource allocations. You will enable long-term, profitable growth of our business and optimized value for our customers. In your capacity, you will be part of the team supporting Healthcare Solutions (HS), reporting to the Head of HS Finance. You would work as a single contributor with potential to grow into a direct leadership role.
Your Responsibilities:
1. Enable strategic objectives through understanding the drivers behind financial performance; identifying strategies for revenue growth, cost savings, and cash improvements; and driving implementation.
2. Support critical decision-making and prioritization of limited resources through fact-based analysis, actionable insights, business cases, and end-to-end value stream analyses.
3. Manage all standard Finance events (actuals, forecasting, planning) as well as ad-hoc support to business. Lead or contribute to Finance projects including M&A and the development of business cases for future growth.
4. Drive value creation through investment effectiveness and operational efficiencies, whilst safeguarding compliance as a non-negotiable.
5. Embrace enabling technologies and agile ways of working.
6. Drive standardization and simplification in our processes and deliverables.
7. Balance business and Finance interests, short-term and long-term perspectives, as well as global and local interest.
8. Support talent development across the local Finance organization.
With your commercial focus:
1. Manage processes like sales reporting and forecasting, customer/product profitability monitoring, market and customer segmentation, commercial contract support including setting of pricing and payment terms, dunning processes.
2. Build excellent relationships with the sales and manufacturing organizations, and deal with challenging customer issues.
Your Profile:
1. University or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, and minimally 7 years of work experience in controlling and Finance Business Partnering.
2. Direct and/or indirect leadership experience.
3. Strong understanding across the entire value chain - from R&D and operations down to commercial, and understanding of the markets we are playing in.
4. Self-driven with a strong delivery orientation.
5. Entrepreneurial mindset and curiosity.
6. Ability to build trustful relationships allowing you to challenge the business.
7. Effectively inspire, mobilize, and persuade others.
8. Good negotiator.
9. Structured in your approach with strong analytical skills.
10. Able to convey the main story represented in the numbers in ways that the business understands.
11. Experience working in an internationally operating, dynamic, matrix organization.
12. Fluent in English; German, Mandarin, or Spanish is an asset.
Our Offer to you:
1. A dynamic and challenging role in a global company.
2. Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
3. Ability to leave your mark.
4. Competitive compensation package.
5. Collaborative work environment.
Be yourself at Datwyler
We believe people make the difference. At Datwyler, you will experience diversity and a wide range of career opportunities that only an international company can provide. Together, we are increasing our agility, accelerating digitalization, and fostering sustainability. For motivated and talented employees, we offer interesting development opportunities with training and assignments in a global environment. With us, you can contribute with all of your creativity and all your ideas.
Nearest Major Market: Philadelphia