Chief Financial Officer

Sinclair is Hiring! Join Our Team as Chief Financial Officer

Location:

Subject to Candidate’s location, Shanghai is preferred but not mandatory Scope:

Global – operations across more than 27 countries

The Chief Financial Officer will lead the global finance function of a privately owned, medium-sized international medical aesthetics company.

We are seeking a highly commercial, hands‑on finance leader with a proven record of rebuilding finance functions, delivering radical change and turning around underperforming international businesses.

The CFO will provide strategic financial leadership while remaining close to operational detail, including cash, working capital, controls, forecasting, profitability and business performance. The role will build a stronger, simpler and more accountable finance organisation capable of supporting sustainable growth.

• Lead the financial turnaround and transformation of the business.
• Rapidly identify structural, operational and financial weaknesses and translate them into a practical action plan.
• Challenge legacy practices, simplify the operating model and improve organisational accountability.
• Deliver measurable improvements in cash generation, profitability, working capital and cost efficiency.
• Support restructuring, market‑entry and exit decisions, distributor transitions and changes to business models.
• Establish robust tracking of transformation benefits and ensure committed savings are delivered.

• Act as a trusted commercial partner to the Chairman/ CEO, COO and senior leadership team.
• Translate financial information into clear commercial decisions and actions.
• Provide rigorous analysis of product, customer, country, channel and market profitability.
• Strengthen pricing, margin management, investment appraisal and portfolio prioritisation.
• Support growth across direct markets, distributor markets, manufacturing operations and new‑product launches.
• Provide robust financial challenge to commercial forecasts, business cases and investment proposals.

• Take direct ownership of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and financial performance.
• Introduce accurate, timely and decision-focused management reporting.
• Improve forecast reliability and strengthen financial discipline across all countries and functions.
• Drive working‑capital improvement, particularly inventory, receivables, payables and DSO.
• Maintain tight control over liquidity, banking, treasury, foreign‑exchange exposure and funding requirements.
• Ensure financial risks are identified and addressed at an early stage.

• Assess and redesign the global finance organisation, including capabilities, roles, reporting lines and location strategy.
• Build an effective operating model across group finance, regional and country finance, manufacturing finance and shared services.
• Recruit, develop and retain a high‑performing finance leadership team.
• Clarify decision rights, accountability and service expectations across the function.
• Develop finance professionals who actively support and challenge the business, rather than simply report historical information.
• Remain willing and able to work directly with financial detail when required, without relying solely on large teams or external advisers.

• Strengthen financial governance, internal controls and delegated authorities across more than 27 countries.
• Establish consistent controls over payments, banking, procurement, expenses, credit cards and contractual commitments.
• Ensure accurate statutory reporting, tax compliance, audit completion and regulatory filings across all legal entities.
• Maintain appropriate oversight of transfer pricing, intercompany arrangements and international tax risks.
• Improve financial data integrity and establish clear ownership of balance‑sheet reconciliations.
• Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and external advisers within a regulated medical‑device environment.

• Provide strong financial leadership to manufacturing…