Sr Director, Finance - Clinical Operations, Shared and Support Functions NORAM

Position Summary

Reporting to the SVP, CFO, NORAM, the role provides strategic financial leadership for Clinical Operations, Shared and Support Functions across North America. The role leads contract profitability analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, reporting, and profit and loss management while serving as a key business partner to operational leaders. The Sr Director drives financial performance through data-driven decision making, proactive risk management, and effective resource allocation. The position is responsible for maintaining a strong internal control environment, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and financial governance standards, and delivering financial insights that support business objectives, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities for Clinical Operations, Shared and Support Functions across North America, ensuring compliance with company policies, internal controls, and financial governance requirements.
• Partner with the General Manager, Commercial and Clinical Operations leadership, and the Chief Financial Officer to develop long-term strategic plans, annual operating plans, and financial roadmaps that support business growth and operational objectives.
• Establish and maintain a strong, compliant, and sustainable internal control environment, ensuring adherence to corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and financial control standards.
• Ensure the timely, accurate, and complete monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, including review and analysis of financial performance, variances, and key business drivers.
• Oversee the reconciliation and integrity of revenue, operating expense, and balance sheet accounts within assigned areas of responsibility, ensuring financial accuracy and audit readiness.
• Own the end-to-end financial management framework for Clinical Operations and Support Functions, identifying opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, mitigate risk, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Serve as the primary finance business partner to Clinical Operations and Support Function leadership, providing financial guidance, decision support, and strategic recommendations to optimize business performance and resource allocation.
• Oversee financial compliance associated with customer contracts, revenue recognition, and reporting requirements, ensuring alignment with IFRS and corporate accounting policies.
• Lead ongoing enhancements to margin analysis and profitability reporting tools.
• Manage all government and regulatory financial reporting obligations applicable to the function, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely submission of required reports.
• Provide actionable financial insights and analytics to commercial, clinical, and marketing teams, including pricing analysis, customer and volume trends, contract performance, profitability assessments, and risk identification.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the finance team by fostering technical excellence, business acumen, and leadership capability, while creating development opportunities that support organizational growth and succession planning.
• Collaborate effectively across Finance, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and other support functions to drive alignment, improve business outcomes, and support strategic initiatives.
• Lead or participate in special projects, business transformation initiatives, and other strategic assignments as directed by the CFO.
• Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Training and Experience

• Bachelor degree required; Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or business finance, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and business partnering.
• At least 5 years of ERP experience.
• At least 5 years of professional team management experience.

Preferred Education, Training and Experience

• Master's degree.
• IFRS within a complex global organization.
• Controlling and FP&A experience are strongly desired.
• Experience with SAP, Tableau, and Excel to extract and manipulate data.
• Ability to connect numbers to business dynamics.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong financial planning and analysis background with extensive experience in budgeting, forecasting, analysis, financial statement preparation, financial modeling, and other reporting.
• Effective presentation skills, including the ability to present technical data.
• Business acumen to understand how a business operates and how to make it successful.
• Managing and measuring work by tracking progress, performance, and goal achievement using metrics and KPIs.
• Analyze data and make decisions/recommendations, using data to guide decision-making and provide suggestions for improvement.
• Skilled in MS Office tools including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.
• Experience with CRM tools.
• Anticipated 10% travel.