Associate Manager, Finance

You will need to be able to demonstrate:

Business Acumen

An Inquisitive and Growth Mindset

An Owner Mindset get to the root cause and bring solutions.

Strong Influencer skills Communication, catalyst for action

Your key stakeholders will be:

Growth and Emerging Market President and CFO

Commercial leaders and finance leads

Commercial Excellence

Finance teams (Accounting, FP&A, Supply Chain Finance)

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee the Sales and Operating Expense Budget and Forecast for GEM Region (Latin Americas, Asia, China, Middle East Turkey and Africa, Central and Eastern Europe & Isreal)
• Experience in managing the Budgeting process and validation for the entire P&L, including Sales, Operating Expenses, and Operating Income
• Lead full P&L business reviews with marketing heads, covering sales, COGS, OCOS, R&D, SG&A, and operating income
• Collaborate with commercial and marketing teams to manage demand forecasting and address supply constraints
• Conduct monthly financial reviews, analyzing the drivers behind sales and cost variances versus Budget and Forecast
• With a focus on Decision Support activities, you will be responsible for preparing exploratory and predictive analytics, supporting tenders/deal decisions with profitability analysis and providing business analysis to support strategic decisions across the countries in GEM
• Collaborate with the GEM Commercial Excellence and Regional Marketing Teams to understand sales force metrics, sales incentives, dashboards, KPI definitions and distributor trends to build proposals to accelerate business growth.
• Evaluate the ROI of incremental and existing SG&A costs, identifying areas for improvement
• Challenge the optimization of the asset base including sales associated with lease capex, inventory management and management of associated risks.
• Adhoc Business Project support and analysis
• Support the FP&A and Business teams with input for the Baxter Forecast, Budget, and Long-Range Plan cycles.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or related field (country equivalent)

Minimum of 7-8 years experience in broad financial roles with multi-national companies in the FP&A domain

Qualified Accountant is an advantage Chartered or Management Accountant

Competencies:

FP&A Experience of managing Full P&L

Solid business knowledge and commercial acumen

Strategic thinking and owner mindset

Excellent analytical and organizational skills

Strong communication, both verbal and written presentation skills

Act with the highest level of compliance and integrity

Accountability

Exhibit Baxter's Culture Levers: Speed, Simplicity, Courage, Collaboration