Associate Manager, Finance

You will need to be able to demonstrate:

• Business Acumen

• An Inquisitive and Growth Mindset

• An Owner Mindset – get to the root cause and bring solutions.

• Strong Influencer skills – Communication, catalyst for action

Your key stakeholders will be:

• Growth and Emerging Market President and CFO

• Commercial leaders and finance leads

• Commercial Excellence

• Finance teams (Accounting, FP&A, Supply Chain Finance)

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee the Sales and Operating Expense Budget and Forecast for GEM Region (Latin Americas, Asia, China, Middle East Turkey and Africa, Central and Eastern Europe & Isreal)
• Experience in managing the Budgeting process and validation for the entire P&L, including Sales, Operating Expenses, and Operating Income
• Lead full P&L business reviews with marketing heads, covering sales, COGS, OCOS, R&D, SG&A, and operating income
• Collaborate with commercial and marketing teams to manage demand forecasting and address supply constraints
• Conduct monthly financial reviews, analyzing the drivers behind sales and cost variances versus Budget and Forecast
• With a focus on Decision Support activities, you will be responsible for preparing exploratory and predictive analytics, supporting tenders/deal decisions with profitability analysis and providing business analysis to support strategic decisions across the countries in GEM
• Collaborate with the GEM Commercial Excellence and Regional Marketing Teams to understand sales force metrics, sales incentives, dashboards, KPI definitions and distributor trends to build proposals to accelerate business growth.
• Evaluate the ROI of incremental and existing SG&A costs, identifying areas for improvement
• Challenge the optimization of the asset base including sales associated with lease capex, inventory management and management of associated risks.
• Adhoc Business Project support and analysis
• Support the FP&A and Business teams with input for the Baxter Forecast, Budget, and Long-Range Plan cycles.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or related field (country equivalent)

• Minimum of 7-8 years experience in broad financial roles with multi-national companies in the FP&A domain

• Qualified Accountant is an advantage – Chartered or Management Accountant

Competencies:

• FP&A Experience of managing Full P&L

• Solid business knowledge and commercial acumen

• Strategic thinking and owner mindset

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills

• Strong communication, both verbal and written presentation skills

• Act with the highest level of compliance and integrity

• Accountability

• Exhibit Baxter's Culture Levers: Speed, Simplicity, Courage, Collaboration