Head of Finance

Head of Finance_Launch your career to new heights at Eirgen Pharma_

With an ambitious growth plan, increased focus on strategic growth options as well as heightened

delivery performance Eirgen has created a new C suite structure resulting in the promotion of key

internal leaders.

As a result of these promotions, we are recruiting several leadership roles to join our Senior Leadership Team and help drive our business strategy forward. Eirgen was founded in 2005 and since then we have continually grown and now employ over 180 employees at our site in Waterford. Our strengths lie in our capability to rapidly introduce new products and add additional volume to existing products - ensuring supply for new product launches and expanding market opportunities.

What makes us different is that while we continue to grow our business we have still maintained that small company feel to our culture which enables us to ensure that our employees are always front and centre in everything we do. By creating a progressive and dynamic working environment, where hard work and enjoyment aren’t mutually exclusive, we have created a high performing, people-centric culture which allows us to work in an environment where the focus is always on ensuring that the patient comes first. Eirgen prides itself on inclusive recruitment and working practices.

About the Job

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), you will lead the development and implementation of

strategies and operational practices within the Finance function of the organization, ensuring the

successful delivery of business strategy and site objectives.

This role has specific overall responsibility for the company’s financial records, financial reporting,

tax compliance, annual audit, budgeting and forecasting, and cash flow management.

Key duties of this role include:Senior Management

• Participate as part of the senior management team in the effective running of the business and

development of the company’s strategic plans. Bring to life the business strategy and

performance to the broad organization, with an intent to provide understanding and direction

• Coordinate and collate the Company’s budget and 3 year business planning process – assist the

CFO in bringing the budget story to life through effective analysis and visuals

• Bring a cost and value focus to the organization, amongst others by effectively engaging and

challenging peers, managers and direct reports

• Act as financial sounding board for business topics

• Maintain department or key financial performance metrics for site review and steering, and

actively drive the discussion on overall business metrics

• ‘Live’ the Company values, provide leadership, drive and deliver on strategy

• Effectively manage the Finance Department through clear goal and expectation setting,

performance management, coaching, mentoring, engagement and stakeholder management

Corporate Finance

• Work with Corporate Finance partners to assist in overall corporate finance strategy and control

systems

• Manage the cash position of the company in consultation with the Corporate Finance team

Board of Directors

• Presentation of financial information to the Board of Directors

• Support the CFO with recurring or ad-hoc queries and analysis

Financial Records & Compliance

• Ensure that the company financial records are maintained in an accurate and timely manner.

Apply accounting policies consistently and maintain compliance with OPKO and local accounting

standards

• Ensure Eirgen is tax compliant, including but not limited to VAT, PAYE/PRSI, Corporation Tax,

Withholding Tax and R&D tax credits

• Ensure appropriate levels of insurance are in place

• Act as focal point for company secretarial activities – ensure Board Minutes, forms and filings

are managed in accordance with internal and company law

• Manage the Payroll related activities of the company ensuring compliance with company and

employment law

Annual audit

• Responsibility for ensuring a SOX compliant, clean audited set of financial statements.

• Manage (and negotiate) with auditors as required

Budgeting and forecasting

• Responsibility for ensuring the delivery of a corporate approved budget and 3 year business

plan, in cooperation with the CFO

• Deliver a monthly (or as otherwise specified) legal entity EBITDA forecast to corporate, pre-aligned with the CFO

• Delivery a quarterly legal entity tax forecast to corporate and tax partners

• Delivery a recurring cash flow forecast to manage the company cash needs

Others

• Manage the relationships with banks, the IDA and other funding providers as agreed with peers

and the CFO

• Actively seek to remain up to date on changes in finance, laws and regulations, systems &

technology, grant funding, auditing, etc and seek to implement improvements

• Ensure requirements of Eirgen Pharma safety statement are implemented, amongst others by

continuously promoting a positive safety culture and leading by example

• Ensure work is carried out in compliance with the required Quality standards, conforming to

company, cGMP, cGLP, SOP’s, regulatory guidelines, safety and environmental standards.

About you

You are an effective leader and have built, managed and motivated teams in the past. You also have a proven track record as an influencer at senior management level, are analytical and a strong decision maker with excellent problem solving skills. You manage change collaboratively and possess excellent written & verbal communication skills. You will draw from many other attributes including critical thinking, customer focus and time management. You have the ability to form positive relationships and enjoy collaborating, gaining knowledge and solving customer, partner, vendor and internal challenges/issues. Focused on Continuous Improvement you like to identify and initiate process and system changes to their conclusion ensuring delivery of results for the business.

The ideal candidate should be a Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or similar) with >10

years’ experience, preferably within a pharma / regulated / manufacturing setting. Experience using ERP software packages, SAP being an advantage. SOX experience, US GAAP and FRS 102 exposure is a distinct advantage.

Working at Eirgen – What to expect

At Eirgen, we have developed a diverse, people-centric, high performance culture where people are enabled to achieve their potential. If you are working at Eirgen, then we think you’ve got something special. Our employees are high-performing and work as part of a cohesive team, they are dedicated people who are driven to succeed and are rewarded with competitive salaries and an attractive range of benefits including opportunities for career progression and continuing education.

Apply for the above role by sending your CV to opportunities@eirgen.com including the job title in the subject.Direct applicants only. We are not accepting assistance from recruitment agencies at this time.