Associate Director, FP&A–Global Commercial Solutions

Associate Director, FP&A–Global Commercial Solutions

Athens, Greece | Full time | Hybrid | R1540712

The Associate Director, FP&A plays a senior leadership role within the Global Commercial Solutions Finance team, responsible for overseeing the end‑to‑end financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting cycle across the organisation. This role acts as a trusted finance partner to RBU and GBU leadership, driving analytical rigour, process standardisation, and actionable insight generation to support strategic decision‑making at the ELT/Board level.

• Lead the preparation and review of the full financial planning cycle (Budget/Plan, ELPs, forecasts) for Global Commercial Solutions, ensuring quality, accuracy, and on‑time delivery across all RBUs and GBUs.
• Oversee monthly financial close activities, including variance analysis (actual vs. plan/PY) by Profit Center, Product, and Region; produce executive‑ready commentary and reconciliation of key driver amounts to total variances.
• Develop and maintain management reporting frameworks (Board packs, risk ladders, heat maps) for senior leadership consumption.
• Drive automation and standardisation of FP&A processes, including Roadmap and ELP file automation, Snowflake integration, and Power BI dashboard development.
• Act as the primary Finance Business Partner for designated RBU/GBU Finance leads, challenging assumptions, identifying upside opportunities and risks, and ensuring disconnects between actuals and forecasts are escalated appropriately.
• Lead cost and FTE forecast reviews at cluster/group/region level; oversee labour cost analysis and identify recast opportunities.
• Manage, mentor, and develop junior members of the FP&A team (Analysts, Senior Analysts), fostering a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and analytical excellence.
• Lead the onboarding and enablement of new RBUs into standardised FP&A processes, including change management communications and introductory sessions.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Commercial Operations, DSO/Cashflow, and Global Finance leadership on process harmonisation and best practice sharing.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or professional qualification (CPA, CIMA, ACCA) strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial controlling, or management reporting within a large, complex, multinational organisation; life sciences or healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Proven expertise in advanced analytics tools:
  Power BI, Snowflake, Excel (Power Query, Power Pivot, DAX), and financial planning systems.
• Strong track record of delivering executive‑level financial reporting and presentations to senior leadership (VP/SVP/ELT/Board level).
• Experience managing and developing finance teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
• Excellent business partnering, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Strong project management capabilities; experience leading process automation and standardisation initiatives.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are an advantage.