International Head FP&A and Digital Finance - Finance Director

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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
Hybrid
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Manufacturing
The Role
Leads international FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and digital finance transformation. Partners with finance and business leaders across a matrix organization, analyzes brand and country performance, supports investments, launches, business cases, and business development opportunities, and standardizes analytical tools and financial models across countries.
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Title:

International Head FP&A and Digital Finance - Finance Director

Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)


 

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

 Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description:

Are you ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company?

Ipsen is a growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care. We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients’ health and quality of life, providing effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences, and Rare Diseases.

Why Ipsen?

Patient-Focused: The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and improving their outcomes is the deliverable of every strategy.

Employee Care: We care for our employees, who are the ambassadors making a real difference.

Bold Leadership: We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions.

Growth Opportunities: We offer a wealth of fulfilling challenges and growth opportunities in a fast-moving, game-changing organization.

About the Role:

The International Head FP&A and Digital Finance - Finance Director acts as a strong business partner to the International Head of Finance and IOLT senior leaders. 
You are leading finance planning cycles (F1/F2/LRP, Budget) and management reporting activities for month/quarter close. 
As a key member of the Finance team, participates to define finance strategy & processes and contributes to build, develop, and animate the Finance community.

Main Responsibilities

  • Act as a true business parter to Finance Head and International Head to propose and implement strategic  initiatives (new projects, simplification, change in resource allocation etc)
  • Lead critical steps and presentation of Budget, Forecasts and Long-Range Plan 
  • Coordination of the financial information and reporting in a matrix organization
  • Analyze actual performance by brands and countries, model scenarios around and propose actions to improve performance
  • Digital finance champion for international
  • Business partner to the business excellence team to ensure better coordination / orchestration of brand plan planning and forecasting activities with the affiliates
  • Ad hoc Business plans to support informed decision making, assist countries in developing business plans to support ad hoc key business decisions, including:
  • All Growth Investments initiatives
  • New product launch and resource allocation
  • Real Estate business cases
  • Support x-divisions business cases 
  • Support assessing BD opportunities 
  • Develop and standardize analytical tools in strong collaboration with the countries (including inmarket analysis, market share ambition understanding growth drivers and competitive landscape, parallel imports…)
  • Assist country Finance teams in developing standardized Financial Models around key business drivers (eg. Gx Impact, Pricing scenarios, volume uptakes…. )
  • Assist in preparing analysis and presentations of financial performance during all financial cycles, leveraging inputs from countries and global teams

Qualifications

  • English fluency, French is a plus
  • Extensive experience as a Finance generalist (Controlling, FP&A, Accounting, tax…)
  • Strong experience in leadership and team development
  • Support to transformation projects and partnership management: modelisation / simulation /recommendations
  • Strong Finance Business Partner experience able to operate in a matrix environment

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Nous nous engageons à créer un lieu de travail où chacun se sent écouté, valorisé et soutenu, où nous incarnons « The Real Us*». La valeur que nous accordons aux différentes perspectives et expériences motive notre engagement en faveur de l'inclusion et de l'égalité des chances. Lorsque nous intégrons des modes de pensée diversifiés, nous prenons des décisions plus réfléchies et découvrons des solutions plus innovantes. Ensemble, nous nous efforçons de mieux comprendre les communautés que nous servons. Cela signifie que nous voulons également vous aider à donner le meilleur de vous-même lorsque vous postulez à un poste chez nous. Si vous avez besoin d'aménagements ou d'aide pendant le processus de candidature, veuillez en informer l'équipe de recrutement. Ces informations seront traitées avec soin et n'auront aucune incidence sur le résultat de votre candidature. *Soyons nous-même

Skills Required

  • Fluency in English
  • Fluency in French
  • Extensive experience as a finance generalist, including controlling, FP&A, accounting, and tax
  • Strong experience in leadership and team development
  • Experience supporting transformation projects and partnership management, including modeling, simulation, and recommendations
  • Strong finance business partnering experience in a matrix environment

Ipsen Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ipsen and has not been reviewed or approved by Ipsen.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with broad medical, dental, and vision offerings. Company materials emphasize a wide-ranging package that supports overall wellbeing.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs are highlighted with a competitive 401(k) match and access to an employee stock purchase plan. These elements are frequently cited as strengths in the package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid parental leave and company-provided backup child and elder care. These programs complement core benefits and add practical day-to-day value.

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The Company
HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt
5,848 Employees

What We Do

Ipsen is a French leading global mid-size biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France focusing its efforts where unmet medical needs are greatest. Ipsen develops and commercializes innovative medicines in three key therapeutic areas - Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. We have over 5000 employees worldwide and our medicines are registered in more than 100 countries, with direct commercial presence in over 30 countries. Ipsen has 4 global R&D hubs and 3 pharmaceutical development centers around the world

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