- Lead end‑to‑end planning and forecasting for the Veterinary Instrumentation (Vi) business, including annual budgets, periodic reforecasts, long‑range plans and scenario analysis, providing clear recommendations to senior leadership.
- Provide leadership across Profit and Loss forecasting and planning, both short‑term and longer‑term strategic, building robust models and processes that provide insight, challenge assumptions and enable key business decisions. Ensure that the global organisation receives accurate, timely and insightful submissions.
- Lead complex business analysis in response to ad‑hoc leadership team requests, using scenario modelling and financial insight to drive improved business performance across customers, categories and products.
- Presenting (both written and verbal) of results and analysis to others, in a complex and rapidly changing environment, messages (including those related to complicated accounting issues) are easily digested and understood by non-finance professionals.
- Budgeting – lead the budget process for your areas of responsibility, including systems, processes and stakeholder engagement from leadership team level down, ensuring a clear, stretching and credible budget that the organisation can be held accountable to deliver.
- Drive the development and improvement of dashboards, systems and processes to enable leaders to make data‑driven strategic decisions, including both financial and non‑financial metrics.
- Act as a finance partner to commercial and marketing teams in identifying and delivering new sales and margin initiatives, through strong relationships, commercial insight and rigorous financial evaluation.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong post-qualification experience in FP&A or commercial finance.
- Exposure to large groups with corporate reporting requirements would be very helpful.
- Degree Level Education
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills essential, SAP and Sage experience desirable. Strong data analytical skills.
Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Covetrus and has not been reviewed or approved by Covetrus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is described as a notable part of the package, including paid holidays and vacation time, with additional mention of paid sick leave in some cases. Time-off flexibility is also referenced positively via flexible or “unlimited” PTO for certain roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision insurance are presented as core, standard offerings with broad coverage categories. Health insurance is characterized as reasonably solid in coverage even if not positioned as best-in-class.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is available and is repeatedly paired with mention of a company match structure. The match is framed as present but modest compared with richer market alternatives.
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Covetrus specializes in the production and distribution, inventory management, software and prescription management for veterinary care. Covetrus is a global animal-health technology and services company dedicated to empowering veterinary practice partners to drive improved health and financial outcomes. We’re bringing together products, services, and technology into a single platform that connects our customers to the solutions and insights they need to work best. Our passion for the well-being of animals and those who care for them drives us to advance the world of veterinary medicine. Covetrus is headquartered in Portland, Maine, with more than 5,500 employees, serving over 100,000 customers around the globe.
