Finance Business Partner, Production Europe Senior Manager
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Job Summary
Interested in a career that matters
As part of Business Finance Operations the Production Europe Finance Partnering team acts as the financial copilot to Production leaders across the region. We providethe financialbackbone for decisions drive transparency and help turn insights into actions that strengthen performance and competitiveness.
You will joina highlycollaborative team supporting major European production sites working closely withGlobaloperationalstakeholdersand enabling efficient reliable and sustainable manufacturing acrossNovonesis.
The Role & Your Impact
In this senior finance partnering role you willoperateacross operational tactical and strategic dimensions-owning the full financial performance cycle for Production Europe while shaping investment decisions operational priorities and valuecreation opportunities.You will be a trusted advisor to Productionand Financeleadership influencing outcomes across multiple functions and sites.
Anothercrucialpart of your impact is people leadership: you will lead and develop a team of finance partners/plant controllers (approx. 6 FTE) and coordinate a broader virtual finance network across Europe and globally ensuringhighqualitydeliverablesandstrong collaboration.
Your key responsibilities include
- Leading the Production Europe financial wheel: monthly performance reviews rolling forecasts annual budget and BRM/BGTdeliverables andCAPEX business cases.
- Expertisein Product Costing StandardCostingand variance analysis
- Acting as a strategic sparring partner-bringingfactbasedinsights challenging assumptions and prioritizing actions to achieve area targets.
- Drivingcrosssitetransparency value creation and continuous improvement byidentifyinginefficiencies and promoting standardization and best practices.
- Leading and qualityassuring business cases (incl. CAPEX & resource allocation) scenariomodelling risk assessment and recommendation development with clearfollow-through.
- Strengthening governance across Operations and Finance by aligning ways of working ensuring role clarity andrepresentinga coherent group perspective.
WhatYoullNeed to Be Successful
- Masters degree in finance Economics Business Administration or similar.
- 8 years of relevant experience (plantcontrolling FP&Aregional finance partnering).
- Strong capabilities in budgeting & forecasting cost accounting standard costing performance management and investment appraisal.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP/BI systems (SAPCO-PC strongly desired Power BI or similar).
- Fluent English (written and spoken).
- Strong analytical judgment business acumen and the ability to translate financial insights into practical actions.
- Proven stakeholder management skills and the ability to challenge constructively.
- A leadership mindset withexperiencecoaching and developing team members.
Additional Skills & Interests We Value (NicetoHaves)
- Experience working with multisite or regional manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement tools or operational excellence methodologies.
- Additional European languages.
- A coaching mindset and passion for developing talent.
- Strategicenterpriseorientedthinking with the ability to simplify complexity.
What We Offer
You will join a highly collaborative finance community with strong exposure to senior stakeholders across Operations and Corporate Finance.We offer a role with significant impact onNovonesis production performance andlongtermcompetitiveness-together with opportunities for career development within broader Operations Finance leadership pathways.You will work in a culture that values insights curiosity and continuous improvement.
Ways of Working / Working Conditions
- Hybrid working setup with regular presence at your primary base location.
- Flexibility outside peak cycles balanced with strong collaboration duringmonthend forecasting and BGT/BRM periods.
- Periodic travel (approx. 1025%) to production sites and stakeholder meetings across Europe.
Relevant Information
Application deadline:26/4-2026
If you haverelevant or pressingquestions about the role or the team please reach out to the hiring manager: VPFinance Business Partner Operations Thanasis Papadopoulos
Our purpose guides the way
In Novonesis we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanitys biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago this has been our guide. Its how weve gotten so far. And its how well impact the future. Now more than ever the world needs change. And with biosolutions the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you we encourage you to apply.
Opportunities for everyone
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.
We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds including ethnicity religion gender sexual orientation age disability or veteran status.
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