Head of Finance

Finance Lead (m/f/d) Global Procurement Center of Excellence | Root, Switzerland The position & responsibilities

The Finance Lead is a critical finance role within the Global Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE), accountable for ensuring financial governance, transparency, and value tracking across procurement activities, while owning the full financial management of MHK Schweiz.

As a key partner to both Procurement and Finance leadership, the role combines entity controlling (P&L ownership, compliance, reporting) with Procurement Finance leadership (savings tracking, governance, and value realization).

As part of the extended CoE leadership ecosystem, the Finance Lead defines and implements best-in‑class financial processes, tools, and governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with Group Finance standards and enabling data‑driven decision‑making across regions and categories.

• Support CoE leadership in building and managing the CoE budget, including cost planning, forecasting, and periodic reviews.
• Maintain transparent governance for CoE financial processes, ensuring timely reporting and alignment with Finance policies.
• Establish and maintain standard templates and routines for financial updates, period close support, and management reporting.
• Identify risks and deviations (e.g., budget overruns, timing gaps) and escalate with clear recommendations.

• Own and manage full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow oversight
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning cycles
• Monitor actual vs. budget performance, identify variances, and drive corrective actions
• Ensure accurate financial reporting (monthly/quarterly/yearly)
• Manage tax, statutory, audit, and compliance requirements
• Oversee internal controls and accounting processes

• Manage CoE cost structure, budgeting, and cost efficiency
• Handle intercompany charging / invoicing mechanisms
• Track and optimise CoE cost efficiency
• Ensure transparency of cost‑to‑serve across regions

• Design and implement financial governance frameworks for procurement
• Savings validation process
• Approval workflows
• Delegation of authority (DoA)
• Ensure compliance with finance and procurement policies
• Strengthening audit readiness and traceability of procurement decisions
• Develop internal controls across procure‑to‑pay processes

• Own procurement value tracking methodology (e.g., savings definitions, baseline rules, benefit types)
• Consolidate value delivery inputs from Category teams and regions into a single, harmonised reporting view.
• Support benefit realisation tracking, including milestone‑based tracking, run‑rate logic, and actuals vs. plan monitoring.
• Coordinate validations with Finance/Controlling and ensure audit‑ready documentation of savings and assumptions.

• Prepare structured executive‑level reporting for CoE leadership, including dashboards on value delivery, budget, run‑rate, and financial KPIs.
• Ensure consistent data quality across reports and trackers, aligning sources of truth (ERP, analytics, trackers).
• Support Monthly Business Reviews and steering committee packs with clear financial narratives and key insights.
• Translate complex financial topics into clear messages for procurement stakeholders.

• Drive standardisation of financial templates, trackers, and reporting routines used by procurement teams.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting and improve data accuracy (e.g., standard datasets, workflow improvements).
• Support improvements in end‑to‑end governance (e.g., initiative tracking? savings validation? realisation? reporting).

• Partner closely with Global Category Directors/Leads, Global Capability, and Regional Procurement leaders to ensure consistent reporting and financial discipline.
• Collaborate with Finance, Controlling, and Accounting teams to align definitions, validate benefits, and support period‑end activities.
• Act as a point of…