Associate Director, Financial Planning Excellence – Governance

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🌐 Ireland, United Kingdom – Remote

🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Biotechnology

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative medicines that address serious unmet medical needs. With a strong commitment to research and development, Jazz focuses on creating life-changing therapies, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diversity, and employee engagement in its operations. The company prides itself on transforming patients' lives through its meaningful product offerings and a culture that fosters enthusiasm and flexibility.

📋 Description

• Establish and mature the Planning Excellence capability within FP&A Operations • Design and embed sustainable planning governance, operating rhythms and execution standards • Define accountabilities, handoffs and ways of working across FP&A Operations, Corporate FP&A and Finance Business Partnering • Build a scalable operating model and roadmap for capability maturity and continuous improvement • Own enterprise-wide In-Year Budget Management and Rolling Forecast governance • Establish planning cadence, Working Day structures, freeze management processes and exception governance • Own and improve forecasting methodologies, planning assumptions, drivers and standards • Establish and maintain governance over FP&A actuals processes, including accruals and allocations • Support SOX-relevant controls and governance requirements related to planning and reporting integrity • Lead planning capability evolution, Oracle EPM adoption, process optimisation, simplification, standardisation and automation • Partner with FP&A Data & Technology to improve planning tools, data quality and processes • Identify opportunities to leverage technology and AI • Lead, coach and develop approximately ten finance professionals • Identify future successors and create development opportunities • Contribute as a senior leader within FP&A Operations and support the Global Finance operating model • Report to the Head of FP&A Operations within Global Finance

🎯 Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) and good relevant Finance experience • Significant experience in FP&A, planning governance, forecasting excellence, finance operations or finance transformation • Proven experience building, transforming or maturing planning capabilities, Centres of Excellence, finance operations or shared services functions within complex global organisations • Experience leading Planning Excellence, Forecasting Excellence, Planning Governance or Finance Transformation initiatives strongly preferred • Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, planning governance and driver-based planning methodologies • Experience implementing planning frameworks, governance standards and operating models • Demonstrated leadership experience during periods of organisational change and transformation • Proven ability to coach and develop future leaders and build sustainable organisational capability • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills • Experience working within complex, matrixed global organisations • Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity and translate strategy into practical execution • Experience driving planning process improvement, automation and operational excellence initiatives • Ability to balance governance, control, delivery and continuous improvement objectives • Demonstrated knowledge of financial systems including Oracle and SAP • Willingness to travel internationally, including to headquarters in Dublin

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • Retirement savings plan • Flexible paid vacation