Senior Finance Manager

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Summary:

The APAC’s P&F Senior Finance Manager provides direct financial leadership across the Baxter P&F team within ISC and Regional Commercial teams at all levels of the organization up to and including Corporate Vice President. The role also collaborates across multiple functions within Baxter ensuring alignment, support, and accountability. These groups include, but are not limited to: Manufacturing, Procurement, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Reporting, Real Estate, and Treasury at the local, regional, and global levels. The role requires building strong relationships with key stakeholders, executives, and employees across the company to secure organizational commitments for defined strategies and overall financial performance.

The APAC P&F team supports the Baxter’s commercial operations across a large and diverse geographic area which includes Greater China, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, India and other Southeast Asia countries.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Partner across Baxter’s P&F Operations, Commercial, Manufacturing, Finance, Corporate Reporting, and Corporate Accounting organizations to ensure financial commitments are achieved
• Lead the comprehensive planning and reporting processes including monthly financial outlooks, Annual Operating Plans, Quarterly Forecasts, and Long-Range Plan (5 years)
• Support total delivered cost framework that provides insight to the most cost-effective customers/product mix
• Understand and explain Baxter’s product sales/mix and impacts related to fulfillment cost composition
• Deep understanding of fulfillment cost composition to understand where opportunities exist to improve both fixed and variable costs
• Lead new product development and long-term growth decision support initiatives with Global Business Units
• Lead decision support and modeling for cross functional teams; provide recommendations, challenge key assumptions, and drive financial acumen
• Ensure effective internal controls are in place
• Design and implement internal financial reporting measures/KPI's for Supply Chain Executive Management. Ensures issues/gaps are identified, resolution action plans are established, and status is communicated to both Supply Chain and Finance Management
• Partner in the S&OP process to achieve Corporate cash flow objectives related to inventory and driving programs to manage optimal inventory levels
• Drive process simplification and standardization

Key Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence business partners in a diverse and complex environment
• Ability to engage support of all business partners with strong analytical skills, strategic mindset, quality decision making, and willingness to learn
• Strong technical and financial knowledge, including understanding of internal control requirements and accounting principles as well as understanding of relevant business environment
• Agility for changing business conditions and organizational transformation
• Understanding of core operations and commercial business environment
• Ability to manage and prioritize tasks concurrently
• Strong healthcare industry business acumen
• English speaking native or bilingual proficiency is required and any other local language with Professional proficiency a plus
• Experienced in using MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and/or capable of learning new applications (i.e. JDE/B4One, Hyperion Planning, and Cognos, Tableau, and Supply Chain Guru)

Key Finance Competencies:

• Financial Analysis and Decision Support
• Business Performance Management
• Accounting and Reporting Integrity

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field (or country equivalent)
• Demonstration of key finance competencies and qualifications and typically 8+ years of relevant experience