Sr Director Finance

Tolmar•Windsor, CO

20h•$200,000 - $230,000

About The Position

This role’s primary responsibility is finance business support for the Operations (manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and MS&T) and Quality functions for Tolmar. As a new key leadership position within Tolmar finance, this role is charged with driving the strategic goals for the Operations and Quality organization including capacity planning, capital investments, COGS improvement glide paths, key reserves management, driving visibility and controls over manufacturing variances and process improvement driven cost savings initiatives. Additionally, this role will be responsible for further enhancing the financial planning and analysis business support services for the functions that this role supports. This role will also be a key leader in the company’s principal governance forums, such as S&OP, OPRC (Operations Project Review Committee), Board of Directors, R&D Pipeline, and business development evaluations. This is a highly visible and transformation driving role within Tolmar finance.

Requirements

Broad understanding of many performance indicators and metrics (both financial and operational) that determine the success of manufacturing operations.
Strong cost accounting background.
Ability to think analytically, apply diagnostic techniques and provide in-depth analysis and recommendations.
Skilled in oral and written communication skills with the experience, ability, and desire to present to senior leadership.
Promote a work environment that challenges the status quo and leads and adapts to change while managing ambiguity.
Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required.
Twelve or more years of experience in an FP&A partnership role with increasing responsibilities, supporting manufacturing & quality operations leadership in the pharmaceutical industry required.

Nice To Haves

Top candidates will have a strong working knowledge of continuous improvement programs and core concepts within the Toyota Production System (“Lean”) or GE’s quality program (“Six Sigma”).
CPA and/or MBA Preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides strategic finance partnership to Tolmar’s chief operating officer and chief quality officer’s organization, including manufacturing, global supply chain, engineering, MS&T (Manufacturing Science & Technology) as well as quality function to meet Tolmar’s strategic objectives
Deliver all FP&A support, including forward-looking financial projections (forecasts and budgets) and long-range plans in partnership with business leaders; continuously challenging and driving performance improvement, particularly through margin expansion
Provide insightful performance reporting and analytics to operation’s leadership with a forward-looking lens to ensure delivery of the function’s commitments.
Develop financial analysis and process to facilitate capital project investment decisions (ROI, prioritization, tracking and execution of projects)
Drive forward looking COGS and partner with Manufacturing and Supply chain in developing capacity analysis that support on-market products and future development pipeline and business valuation
Establish controls and efficient processes around key financial risk items like standard setting, BOM governance, manufacturing variance and inventory management
Collaborate with operation’s leadership and accounting team to manage continuous improvement projects, identify inefficiencies, deliver on improvements, and lead development of complex analysis.
Ownership of Operations related key reserves and accruals, including policy, timely and thorough evaluation, providing leadership and in coordination with accounting (e.g. Failed Lot reserve, Excess & Obsolescence Reserves, inventory valuation).
Collaborate with operations and quality leadership on identification and delivery of various short-term and long-term savings initiatives (COGS glide paths, Other strategic projects)
Key finance leader in Tolmar’s S&OP process, supporting operations to deliver on customer demand and Tolmar’s revenue projections
Establish plan to build effective and efficient finance support model.
Present to Tolmar senior leadership team and board of directors.
Perform other related duties as assigned.