Director Group Financial Planning

Who we are

You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

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- Staefa, SwitzerlandDirector Group Financial Planning
- As the Director Group Financial Planning, you will be part of Sonova's newly established corporate FP&A team, whose main purpose is to support senior management in fulfilling the company’s financial commitments. In your role, you will lead the strategic planning and budget processes with a view to drive the right investment choices in an efficient way. You will also lead the company’s cashflow forecast and networking capital optimization.**Your tasks**
- Define and lead the strategic planning process, coordinate assumptions, oversee the development of scenarios, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes
- Define and lead the yearly budget planning process, coordinate assumptions, oversee development of scenarios, lead continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes
- Support the management reporting team in organizing the process and budget data collection and consolidation
- Support company executives and finance leaders in ensuring an optimized use of financial resource
- Lead the company’s cashflow forecast
- Analyze optimization opportunities and support continuous improvement in NWC and CAPEX in liaison with finance business owners and group controlling
- Support the CFO and business leaders with ad hoc analysis of markets and company performance to help the company to execute its growth agenda
- Collaborate with other members of the FP&A team on analysis of actual results, performance management and monthly rolling forecast

**Your profile**
- University degree in finance and controlling, accounting, business administration or equivalent education
- At least 7 years of relevant business finance and FP&A experience in an international company at the corporate headquarters level, ideally but not necessarily in the MedTech industry
- Experience in improving bottom line performance through analysis and insights from self-effected budget and performance processes
- Analytical person with the ability to quickly interpret financial results and the motivation to deep-dive into details if required
- Ability to challenge the business and finance colleagues constructively, make sound recommendations regarding future improvements and drive actions
- Reliable person with excellent presentation skills the ability to maneuver in a multicultural environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to escalate in a conciliatory way and to follow-up persistently to ensure the delivery of feedback
- Ability to lead by example, to influence others without authority and to get things done in ambiguity
- Fluency in English both written and spoken; good knowledge of German is a plus
- Proficiency in the use of common ERP systems, reporting and budgeting tools

**Our offer**
- We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more - including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, an excellent range of foods, sports and cultural facilities, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles. Employment level: 100%.- **Sonova AG**
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