Finance Business Partner / FP&A Manager - Manufacturing

Finance Business Partner, Argenta Shawnee

At Argenta, we're more than a company we're a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it.

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market.

We're in a unique position. We are the world's only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health.

Our uniqueness means:

• We are ambitious, growing and building a 'one team' culture, guided by our values. We are team players; we are doers; we are customer-centric; we are innovators.

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best 'paw' forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better.

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900+ colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let's Make It Happen, Together.

TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Finance Business Partner, Argenta Shawnee.

Responsibilities:

• Functional Leadership of the US CMO Financial Planning & Analysis process
• Produce the monthly management accounts, variance analysis and commentaries for your dedicated Business Units
• Monitor internal cost modelling for Business Unit operational performance through providing variance analysis and recommendations for costing updates
• Be the trusted and respected 'go to' person for the responsible Business Units in relation to all non- transactional Finance queries
• Manage FP&A for US based business units, including annual budgeting.
• Partner with general managers of the US CMO business.
• Complete assignments or projects as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer
• The key accountabilities of the role may change from time to time to enable Argenta to adapt to changes in the business environment

Requirements:

• Greater than 5 years' experience in a finance/accounting role with progressively more responsibility
• Demonstrates high quality leadership and management skills
• Experience motivating high performing and engaged teams
• Commercially astute with excellent communication skills and acumen
  • Highly collaborative with an ability to engage and influence at senior levels
  • Experience of group consolidation within a global organization
  • Financial Reporting with strong affinity for technical accounting standards
  • Understanding of tax obligations within US environment
  • Relationship management: uses appropriate interpersonal styles and influencing techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; adapts communication style to maximize business impact and move communication toward agreed-upon actions
  • Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
  • Take a proactive approach to your work
  • Solutions focused and problem-solving skills that follow through to completion
  • Creative problem solving and strategic thinking

Argenta has strongly embedded company values which is key to who we are and how we deliver. We offer an opportunity to work for a successful and rapidly expanding global business where your input will be valued. At Argenta we are a hard-working group who really enjoy the people we work with each day. That is why we support our people through strong culture, great benefits, and opportunity for growth.

Argenta is an equal opportunity employer.