Finance Director

Job description / Role

Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and reporting to the General Manager, you will be a key member of the Leadership Team

Client Details

One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, based in Riyadh. They are currently expanding and looking for a Finance Director to drive the company forward.

Description

Finance and Insights

* Ensures quality of financial transactions recording and reporting both to Group and Statutory
* Support our people to sense and respond, by translating data into actionable insights
* Proactively identify key challenges and opportunities and assess their impact on the organization
* Drives process standardization, automation and integration with all relevant functions and stakeholders

Long-term portfolio planning and resourcing strategy

* Drive a simple and fit-for-purpose business planning process that captures key strategic directions
* Formulate a local finance strategy balancing global/regional requirements with local imperatives
* Engage with business partners in crafting and executing value enhancing decisions through business performance
* Guide the business in meeting short to long-term goals by providing relevant financial and non-financial information

Business partnership (including internal and external stakeholder management and business development)

* Define in collaboration with business leaders the strategic direction of the organization
* Stimulate an environment to support smart experiments, rapid iterations and ability to scale
* Network and collaborate across borders to build a strong network beyond Pharma Finance Saudi] to deliver better outcomes and overcome barriers
* Oversee the Business partnering function to integrate within the organization, support the transformation agenda and enable strategic decision making and
* Develop financial strategies that ensure compliance, and enable the delivery of more medicines to patients faster
* Play an active role in organization strategic initiatives to help drive negotiations, business sustainability, country vision and business development

Overall People/Functional Leadership and development

* Leverage Visionary, architect, coach & catalyst leadership principles to enable diverse teams to contribute to organizational and enterprise outcomes and impact.
* Cultivate a focus on personal development whilst creating and nurturing a winning team through coaching and leadership
* Shape and implement the new agile ways of working for the team, whilst contributing to the affiliate transformation journey
* Promotes teamwork, transparent communication and feedback culture and shares clear performance expectations

Job Offer

* Opportunity to be part of one of the largest pharma company
* Excellent Remuneration Package

Requirements

* To be successful in this application, our new lead will have a minimum 10 years of finance experience, with 10 years of finance experience with time spent in a leadership position; a professional Accounting qualification (CPA, CA, ACA, CIMA) or University Degree/MBA and a proven record of ensuring financial governance and a strong network with the internal and external financial communities.
* You are a curious leader that is comfortable to contribute also outside your core expertise.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.