Location: Hayward,CA, USA
Following our agreement with Roche to acquire the Vacaville manufacturing facility, we are now looking to recruit an Asset Finance Lead for the Vacaville site!
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there's no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that's the kind of work we want to be part of.
The Asset Finance Lead for the Vacaville site performs a critical role in the financial control and analysis for one of the largest and most strategic assets in the Lonza network.
The role is primarily responsible for the financial control, planning and analysis of the asset P&L. It is responsible for planning and reporting all key P&L and Balance Sheet metrics: Sales, COGs, Variances, Primary Costs, FTES, CAPEX, Inventory, Deferred Revenue etc.
In addition, the role is responsible to support the site Finance Head to ensure proper flow of communication and coordination between Operations and BU/Division business partners.
The role is responsible for all financial matters of a Business Area within the Vacaville site.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Partnering:
Business partner to Asset Head and Site Leadership team: Overall direction and coordination, relative to the reporting of monthly financial data and the development and submission of the Asset Financial & Business Plans.
Support local Program Management (PM) team to ensure clarity and compliance of monthly revenue recognition
Closely collaborates with key site and non-site stakeholders (business unit, global Ops, site functions and others)
Liaise with the SCM Head on site inventory related topics
Return-on-Investment analysis for Business Area / Asset CAPEX projects. Supporting local and Global CAPEX projects and ensuring compliance with Lonza processes and controls.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Reporting of monthly financial performance of Business Area / Asset vs plan
Review and sign off of material revenue items accordance with IFRS15
Lead local planning processes for Business Area / Asset: monthly forecasts and outlooks, Target, Strategic Reviews.
Monitor status of Shared Service Centre reconciliations and reconciling items which could impact of future results
Risks and Ops reporting vs Latest Outlook
Process Excellence
Support the Site Finance Head in the financial integration of the site into the Lonza systems and network
Liaise with the Operational Excellence head to drive the productivity agenda for Business Area / Asset
Review and standardize business processes on site ensuring transparency, consistency and best practice sharing in all aspects of costing, planning, reporting etc…
Support process and systems improvement projects (SAP enhancements, new process and tools introductions etc.) together with Operations and BU Finance, local and global supply chain group, corporate accounting and global operations
Compliance:
Ensure financial compliance in accordance with IFRS, the Lonza Finance Accounting Manual (FAM), the Lonza Management Accounting Manual (MAM) and other required accounting principles
Support the evaluation and implementation of site internal financial controls (ICS), especially those related to their dedicated business area / asset.
Supports all compliance activities across the sites.
People & Development:
Supports the development of the site finance team
Proactively shares best practice within the site team, and above the site
Ensures business continuity of key finance tasks
Acts as the backup for the site Finance Head and represents the site Finance function in all key local and global forums as required.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Key Requirements:
Bachelor's or Master's degree/MBA in Finance, Controlling, and/or Accounting
Advanced experience in Finance and Controlling
Highly adapt at working cross functionally at Site Leadership level and communicating on a regular basis with non-finance stakeholders.
Bias towards action and delivery of business area / asset results – full ownership of P&L.
Highly analytical, highly organized, good communication skills, team-oriented and at ease with ambiguity, cross-functional agility, proactively in search for best practice, ability to prioritize and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
Good knowledge / Expertise of SAP financial modules
Experience of working with notions such as Standards/Variances, Absorption and Material Ledger in an industrial context
Can extract, manipulate large sets of data in Excel Pivot Tables, and translate into powerful, relevant and straight to the point graphs and presentations using Powerpoint / Thinkcell
Attention to detail and ability to ensure accurate and reliable reporting in a complex and dynamic environment.
Travel is moderate