Regional Finance Manager

## Regional Finance ManagerApplylocations: Paddington, United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: REQ-29505**Job Description****General Summary:**This position focuses on providing strategic Finance partnering support, including forecasting, performance management, accounting, and internal controls. The Regional Finance Manager works cross-functionally with the local teams, regional leadership team and International Finance & Accounting.**Key Duties and Responsibilities:*** Provide financial leadership to Vertex’s in-market operations and drive partnership with local business leads through strong strategic and operational finance and accounting support. • Drive the region’s monthly financial revenue forecast, operating expenses and financial reporting process in close collaboration with the respective lead business partners. • Perform sales and external data analytics to develop key insights on performance and future trends. • Provide demand forecast for countries in scope and partner with Supply Chain to optimize stock levels and improve forecast accuracy. • Support the long-range planning process and actively integrate the corporate planning activities with various business leaders. • Support finance and accounting transactional processes in countries such as record to report and source to settle, including forecasting, accruals and training to local teams. • Ensure rigorous and transparent application of group policies and procedures throughout the region and reinforce a robust internal control framework. • Provide financial skills to support dossier creation and pricing decisions and financially support reimbursement negotiations in conjunction with the lead finance business partner • Participate in global projects representing local needs.**Knowledge and Skills:*** Good understanding of financial valuation techniques as well as experience evaluating alternative investment opportunities and business strategies, simulation and scenario analyses.* Demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify key issues and value drivers, and translate strategic insights into an appropriate analytic framework.* A track record of proactively identifying problems and gaining consensus on potential solutions..* Good facilitation skills.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.* Advanced knowledge and proficiency of Microsoft Excel (including VBA Macros), Microsoft PowerPoint and financial planning and reporting systems (Hyperion, SAP BPC, OBIEE, MicroStrategy).* Fluency in English, additional language skills of markets supported strongly desired.**Education and Experience:*** Bachelor’s degree in a finance or business discipline* Professional Accounting qualification or MBA* Experience in business partnering, finance, accounting and data analytics.**Flex Designation:**Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible**Flex Eligibility Status:**In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as: 1. **Hybrid**: work remotely up to two days per week; **or select** 2. **On-Site**: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.#J-18808-Ljbffr…