HR Finance Controller - Global Senior Manager Lisboa

HR Finance Controller - Global Senior Manager
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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HR Finance Controller - Global Senior Manager, Lisbon

Client: Hovione

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: a2bc801626a6

Job Views: 43

Posted: 23. 01. 2025

Expiry Date: 09. 03. 2025

Job Description:

Join a Market Leader

Hovione is an independent
- owned international group of companies. From the beginning, we have set ourselves above and apart through our innovative technological and productive capabilities, reaching a top spot in the world market as an integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Company dedicated to helping Pharmaceutical Customers bring new and
- patent drugs to market.

Our people are the main asset for our continued success. Reaching over 1950 team members, from 36 different nationalities, that are located across Asia, Europe and North America (Portugal, US, Macao, Ireland, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, and Switzerland), including 4 production sites.

Working at Hovione means reaching for innovation and excellence in everything we do: for our clients, our partners and, above all, our patients. That is why we are In it for life.

You will be responsible to:

As a HR Controller, you will provide a business partnering function, supporting Finance and the business. This includes defining and implementing business processes that assess overall performance, identify business drivers, benchmark against relevant KPIs, identify improvement opportunities and promote business process optimization. You will define and produce timely and challenging reports that address performance against budget, profitability, cost, efficiency and risk.

Main Responsibilities:

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Develop standard methodologies in alignment with Finance for the ongoing management of staff cost planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Align headcount actuals, planning, and headcount cost estimation with the respective stakeholders to deliver the budgeting and forecast processes.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts and reports related to the employment costs of the company.
• Estimate annual costs related to salary increases and bonuses; act as the key point of contact for the accruals process.
• Act as key user on process/system related personnel cost and headcount.
• Lead improvement processes on our systems to optimize data related to workforce planning, personnel costs, and headcount.
• Develop calculations for fringe rates, contributions for company locations globally.
• Perform financial analysis and provide financial impacts for changes to HR benefit and compensation programs, as needed.

Systems:

• Interface between HR and Finance systems enabling efficient budget and forecast processes.
• Understand the staff costs' structures, including payroll, across the organization, and the specific features of each location and how it integrates into financial data.

Cost Control:

• Manage and control departmental expenses, ensuring adherence to budgetary guidelines and
  - saving measures, identifying areas of improvement and carrying out regular deviation analysis.

Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures and regulatory requirements (including IFRS).
• Guarantee that adequate controls are embedded and adhered to for all HR-related accounting and finance processes and that with third parties (if applicable) all Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements are met related to HR processes.
• Assist and participate in special projects, as needed.
• Serve as the single point of contact for data in alignment with current data governance processes, as needed.
• Produce and deliver standard (monthly, quarterly and annual) reports/scorecards as well as
  - hoc reports.
• Create and present
  - level presentations.
• Work with key internal and external stakeholders including HR and Finance Teams, and external consultants.
• Execute professional activities in compliance with GMP and HSE guidelines, internal and external requirements as well as promote the implementation and maintenance of Hovione's policies, systems and procedures (COPs, HBR, SOPs and others).
• Carry out assigned tasks and duties in a safe manner, in accordance with instructions, and comply with environmental, health & safety rules/procedures, regulations and codes of practice.

We are looking to recruit a Candidate:

• CVs in English please
• 8 to 12 years of experience in a HR Controlling position.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting policies and procedures for Payroll, Benefits as well as knowledge of the respective systems used (Excel, Power BI, SAP HR, SAP FIN, Qlik
  View, People
  Fluent, etc).
• Experience in budget planning for
  - sized companies.
• Proficient at analyzing data and providing insights for
  - making with an analytical mindset.
• Integrity of confidential information.
• Capability to work independently with minimal supervision and
  - functionally.