Director, Site Finance Lead - Canada

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

Director, Site Finance Lead - Canada
Stouffville, Ontario

Teva Canada is currently seeking a Director, Site Finance Lead to join our team! The Director, Site Finance Lead will lead the site's Annual Operating Plan and forecasting processes in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring business and financial drivers are transparent; and enables effective management of site's capital expenditure, inventory and fixed assets.

How you’ll spend your day

• Provide management reporting to site management, TGO (global and regional), and Corporate Finance, ensuring relevant, accurate, timely, complete and compliant reporting.
• Calculate reliable, complete, timely and comprehensive standard costs for all new and existing finished and bulk products manufactured or/ and packed at site, as well as third party products for which a TGO activity is provided at the site.
• Guide site on all applicable financial policies and guidelines and ensure adherence.
• Provide financial insights to the site leadership team to ensure that short and long-term business decisions are based on strong financial reasoning.
• Enhance site cost competitiveness by exploring, analyzing, facilitating and leveraging efficiency initiatives and lead continuous improvement in finance processes.
• Identify, recruit, develop and retain qualified financial professionals to provide high-level service to the site. Implement managerial practices to ensure the team’s high performance, modeling Teva's values and leadership framework.
• Serve as an influential member of the site leadership team, who impacts decision making and takes an active role in promoting cross-site initiatives, teamwork and collaboration across site functions.
• Travel 5-10%.

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance related subject required. MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years progressive experience in Finance/Accounting required.
• Manufacturing site experience required. Pharmaceutical/food/consumer health goods (FDA/GMP) industries preferred.
• Experience with SAP/ERP systems preferred.
• Experience managing people required. Experience as part of a site leadership team required.
• High-level knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, management accounting and costing methodologies (product costing).
• Advanced practical experience in financial planning and control, preferably in operations, Supply Chain, quality, procurement and/or commercial.
• High-level financial, analytical and modeling skills (return on investment evaluations).
• Intermediate understanding of quality and manufacturing as it relates to products, processes and compliance.
• Intermediate knowledge of OPEX (operational excellence) principles and tools.
• Knowledge of compliance & controls - SOX compliance and local financial regulations; ability to learn Teva accounting policies and guidelines; theoretical and practical understanding of working in a regulated industrial environment.

Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.