The Senior Regional Finance Director for High Growth Markets plays a pivotal role in Radiometer’s financial oversight within the HGM region, which spans parts of East Europe, MEA, APAC (excluding China and Japan), and LATAM. This position reports to the CFO and is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and consistency of financial reporting, driving profitable growth, leading cost efficiency initiatives, and optimizing working capital management.

The HGM region is marked by dynamic market conditions, rapid growth, and diverse cultural environments. The challenge lies in navigating and capitalizing on these conditions while maintaining financial stability and growth.

There is a pressing need for a financial leader to drive the improvement of financial reporting and forecasting processes. The region aims to improve budget accuracy, enhance financial controls, and align the results with set targets.

The role offers the opportunity to become a trusted partner for various leadership teams within the region and lead the identification of cost reduction and working capital improvement opportunities.

Financial Analysis / Business Partner:

• Maintain and improve budget and forecasting processes that accurately predict future performance and motivate actions to ensure it hits agreed-upon targets.
• Develop and maintain reporting processes that accurately describe the performance of key business and financial parameters.
• Work closely with senior leadership teams in conducting detailed financial and business analyses to identify opportunities, determine root causes, and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Drive margin expansion and cost reduction actions to deliver budget.
• Lead the financial portion of the strategic planning process, ensuring that results from initiatives are properly scoped, presented, tracked, and reported.

Internal Control Systems/Compliance Leader:

• Help set a strong compliance tone in the organization.
• Develop and maintain appropriate internal controls across all operations in the region.
• Achieve satisfactory financial audit results.
• Eliminate breaches of internal controls and ensure regional compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and ACP.

Working Capital Reduction:

• Provide leadership, direction, and processes to drive working capital (WC) improvements.

Financial Reporting:

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of all regional operating unit financials (budgets, forecasts, actuals) for Radiometer and Hemocue regional entities.
• Minimize surprises through effective prevention and early communications, including keeping the CFO at Radiometer updated on current trading.

Acquisitions:

• Assist in the financial evaluation of potential acquisition targets.
• Lead financial due diligence for target acquisitions in the region.
• Lead the integration process for “back office” functions.

People Development / Process Improvement:

• Develop financial personnel to grow professionally.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with regional leadership teams and grow their understanding of the Danaher financial mindset.
• Develop the regional finance organization, including relevant shared services.
• Continuously improve transactional and closing processes from a time, accuracy, and productivity perspective.
• Implement DBS tools to drive improvements in time, accuracy, and resources.
• Constantly look for “best practices” concepts in conjunction with DBS.

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