Finance Systems Leader

Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40+ countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Forming part of the Biotechnology segment at Danaher, we bring together dedicated technical expertise and talent to develop the next generation of life-changing therapeutics.

The Finance Systems Leader for Cytiva is responsible for driving projects and optimising the S/4 Hana system and related finance processes. You will have the opportunity to execute & drive multiple global/regional projects and change requests simultaneously, including ERP and EPM systems enhancements and continuous process improvements. You will partner with various functions globally and cross-functionally leading implementations of the strategic projects.

This position is part of the Finance Organisation located in Portsmouth Harbourgate and will be on-site. At Cytiva, our vision is, to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.

What you will do:

• Working in partnership with the finance teams to understand and document their business processes, issues, challenges, and opportunities, and liaising with IT to achieve operational excellence in financial processes.
• Utilise DBS tools (including leading kaizens, PSP initiatives and listening to VOC) to identify opportunities for improvement, evaluate their relative benefits, and develop and deploy action plans to drive continuous improvement in relation to those opportunities.
• Drive the optimisation of the SAP interfaces for intercompany and AP with the goal of eliminating waste from the close process, as well as drive the global standardisation of the Operating Company’s financial processes, in particular intercompany transactions, asset requisitioning and capitalisation, and material management.
• Maintain finance master data such as COA, cost centers, profit centers, trading partners, business partners and drive rationalisation of other data which impact financial reports such as projects, internal orders, costing sheets, activity rates, production orders etc as well as maintain SAP training hub with the relevant materials.
• Document clear requirements, prepare functional design documents, monitor project progress, and test solutions prior to release to users for further user testing.
• Manage user and other stakeholders’ expectations and robustly assess all requests for additional or non-standard developments, and generally act as a consultant to finance to improve the usage of existing system solutions.

Who you are:

• BS/MS Degree in Business, Finance, IT, Project or similar discipline
• Strong working knowledge of SAP ERP financial modules including FI, CO, MM & PS
• Demonstrated success in building and developing collaborative global and cross-functional teams and relationships
• Experience in finance process transformation including systems implementation and integration within a large, global finance team
• Proficient with project management principles & project management tools and software

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• S/4 Hana
• EPM systems
• Project management or people management

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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