**Location**:
Cartago, Costa Rica, CR
**Job Family**: Finance
**Country/Region**: Costa Rica
Our Head of Finance leads all finance related activities at Cartago site. This role is the key finance business partner for the Corporate Finance, and member of the local Management Team of Coloplast Volume Manufacturing Costa Rica. Gives individual supports to the General Manager as well as the Corporate Finance. Is responsible for developing financial insights to drive business decisions, driving commercial excellence analytics.
**Major Areas of Accountability**:
Simplify and streamline the financial forecasting and reporting for CAR Operations and develop integrated financials and performance metrics for the business, driving an overall objective for the strategic goals of the business
Design, develop and coordinate business plans / rolling forecasts, reporting and all supporting documentation to assist with the approval and presentation (establishing objectives, strategy formulation, investment planning, resource allocation, productivity improvement)
Manage the financial roll-up and reporting for the business, in partnership with the leaders as well as Corporate Finance
Lead the preparation of investment cases, including return on investment and payback period calculations, and follow-up on reporting of actuals
Report, analyze, and summarize all financial information incl. risks and opportunity assessment, identification and follow up of corrective actions to drive good business decision-making
Support management in decision making with strong financial analysis
Own integrated financials of driving business transformation processes
Provide support to project teams (financial forecasting, business cases, risk assessments and other financial related aspects) in addition to leading select projects
Responsible for the creation of Job descriptions and Training plans of all direct reports
Responsible to request all necessary accesses and specific roles to Coloplast systems for direct reports
Responsibility for the relevant budget
Implementation of requirements in the corporate quality system
Clearly defining responsibilities and authority for relevant activities described in the quality system
Ensure awareness of the Quality policy
Ensure awareness of their contribution to the effectiveness of the Quality system and the benefits of improved performance
Ensure awareness of implications for not conforming with Quality requirements
Know and act as responsible for the tasks defined in the Quality Manual, within their area
Identification of needs and preparation of instructions
Ensuring that the required resources and competences are available
Taking actions if requirements from the quality system and/or regulatory requirements are not complied with
Other duties as assigned
**Essential Qualifications**:
Accounting or Finance Degree, Master's degree in Finance is preferred
Prior experience in a multinational organization with at least 400 employees.
Prior experience in a manufacturing company. In a medical device business is an advantage
Prior experience in production controlling.
A minimum of 8-10 years of finance experience required with focus on Business Partner role
Proven success and comfort in a multi-divisional, matrix organization.
Successful track record of working with strong executive management.
Must have previous experience working closely with senior managers
Extensive knowledge of MS Office, Power BI and Oracle knowledge is an advantage
Fluent English written and verbal skills, at least B2-C1
**Required Skills and Abilities**:
A polished professional possessing an executive presence with excellent presentation, interpersonal and consultative skills to effectively interact at all levels.
Must have a strong ability to understand how business operates and display strong customer focus.
Overall business acumen - ability to see the broader business impact
A team player who is a practitioner and "doer" with experience working closely with division and finance personnel.
Creative and decisive problem-solving skills along with an inclusive team orientation.
Must be able to maintain/establish strong relationships across the organization.
Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward - we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.
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