Associate Director Finance Generalist

Open for hire at one of the following locations –  Shanghai. - Job ID: 7790 

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Associate Director Finance Generalist 

The role will oversee all financial activities for the legal entity. As part of the local management team and the global finance organization he/ she contributes significantly to controlling, monitoring and optimizing the financial performance of the legal entity and serves as an interface to headquarter functions. This role will assist in his/her generalist role with all local needs of support functions such as BPA (Business Planning and Analysis), FRA (Financial Reporting and Accounting, Tax, Purchasing and Treasury. He/she is responsible to enforce and comply with global guidelines.

Main responsibilities:

• Financial planning and budgeting:
  • monitoring budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans
  • analysis of financial data and trends to identify opportunities and risks and derive recommendations for actions
  • collaborate with relevant departments to track their goal achievements.
  • provide liquidity planning and financial status reporting, determine financing needs

• Financial accounting:
  • ensure that accounting guidance is applied for China are correctly, including completeness of accruals
  • responsible for supporting the global accounting team for several tasks:
    • asset related questions and lease contracts
    • invoice review including Tax requirements and payment review
    • prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting including financial statements and notes
  • coordination and support of local service providers for statutory accounts preparation 
  • contact partner for auditors for statutory accounts and if relevant for group purposes

• Financial analysis and reporting:
  • conduct regular financial analyzes to assess the financial performance of the legal entity and identify deviations
  • preparation of meaningful financial reports and presentations for management and other stakeholders
  • develop KPIs and other performance indicators to measure and improve financial performance

• Financial support function:
  • ensure that all orders and payments are managed properly and compliant
  • ensure proper payment processes (supplier, tax, payroll & treasury payments) and regulatory reporting in close cooperation with Global Treasury functions
  • support Global Tax and Customs function with local tax filings
  • support discussions with local tax authorities pre-audit within tax & customs audit
  • support implementing customs procedures for new clinical tranches as well as with BNT323 product launch
  • Business Partner for operational local functions and local general manager in close cooperation with Global BPA (Business cases, risk management, etc.)
  • assisting Global Procurement with local sourcing and RFP processes 
  • SAP Key User for FI/CO & MM modules
  • Streamline and improve the local Travel-to-Expense process

• Cost management and profitability analysis:
  • Monitoring the cost structure of the legal entity and identifying optimization potential
  • Conduct profitability analyzes for products, projects and business areas to identify profitable growth opportunities

• Investment evaluation and controlling:
  • Evaluation of investment projects in terms of profitability, risks and capital allocation
  • Monitoring the implementation of investment projects and ensuring compliance with financial requirements
  • Carrying out ROI analyses and creating decision templates for management

What you have to offer:

Education

• Completed business studies or a comparable qualification e.g., CIMA

Professional experience, skills and competencies

• 10+ years of experience in controlling, ideally in a production environment
• In-depth knowledge of financial planning, budgeting and analysis
• 10+ years related experience including knowledge of local accounting rules (i.e. asset accounting including depreciation) and local tax law
• Good knowledge of ERP-Systems especially with SAP, ideally S/4 HANA
• Knowledge related to SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley-Act) / internal control systems
• Familiar with payment processes and cash flow planning
• Strong understanding of business relationships and key company figures
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as stakeholder management
• Mandarin is Must-to-have; Fluent oral and written English skills
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and rapid growth and adapt to change
• Strong problem-solving skill, solution-oriented, and being able to work at start-up environment and operate effectively

Benefits for you

BioNTech is committed to the wellbeing of our team members and offers a variety of benefits in support of our diverse employee base. We offer competitive remuneration packages which is determined by the specific role, location of employment and also the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

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Note: The availability, eligibility and design of the listed benefits may vary depending on the location. The final requirements for the individual use of our benefits are based on the company's internal policies and applicable law.

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