The Regional Finance Business Partner for the Taiwan Medical Business Units is the trusted advisor of the General Manager and Head of Operations. The Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for executing of quantitative and qualitative analysis with respect to Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), Facility costs and Capital Expenditures (CAPEX), directly supporting the Taiwan Operations organization, with over 5000 employees. The role will be based in Taoyuan, Taiwan and is part of the Global Financial Planning & Analysis Team, reporting into the Global Head of FP&A. The role will be overseeing a team of 4 FTE in Taiwan.
Act as Senior Finance Business Partner for the General Manager and the Head of Operations in Taiwan, advising and influencing them on financial decisions and levers to optimize gross profit and ensure cost control
- Serve as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders and informal leader for the FP&A team in Taiwan, fostering collaboration, alignment, and knowledge sharing across stakeholders
- Provide monthly financial reports on detailed Cost of Good Sold (COGS) for Taiwan sites, showing performance versus budget as well as positive or negative variances as well as underlying drivers and explanations and presenting these to the Group COO and Head of Operations.
- Develop, distribute, and discuss monthly financial reporting packages, focusing on operations and manufacturing performance, tracking productivity, material expenses, operating expenses, absorption, etc.
- Collect and report CAPEX needs for the Taiwan Operations and Facility organization.
- Work closely together with the Global Finance Business Partner for Operations as well as Finance Business Partners of other Production sites, e.g. in the US, to drive process standardization for product costing across all manufacturing sites in the Global SHL Medical network.
- Guide and advise the Operations and Facility organizations in Taiwan with all budgeting and forecasting needs.
- Oversee and ensure consistency and high quality of the standard costing approach for all Taiwan manufacturing sites.
- Support the ramp-up of critical investments within Operations to expand the company's footprint, for example the building of the new local production site.
- Implement KPIs for the Operations organization and drive continuous monitoring of performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing variances; Advise the business on actions and improvement potential based on the outcomes.
- Provide the COO, General Manager and Head of Operations Taiwan with solid data, in-depth analyses, and recommendations to support decision-making and ad-hoc reporting requests.
- Identify and recommend potential improvements in the business area with relevant stakeholders to enhance performance, efficiency, or results.
- Support the global product cost simulation initiative by delivering accurate data and acquiring a deep understanding of the cost drivers, methodology, and calculations.
- Promote a global one team approach within the Finance team and collaborate closely with different functions, departments and country teams in SHL.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of finance experience, including 3+ years in a manufacturing or engineering environment
- Knowledge of Finance within the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device, or Manufacturing industries.
