Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.44 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

• Be the business partner of one of the division leaders and member of the group operating council for financial and controlling matters
• Be responsible for all monthly and quarterly financial reporting of the division and its business units, explaining main variances in P&L, Net working capital, Capex and all other relevant financial matters
• Work closely with controllers in the business units and/or in the countries to get strong understanding of the business situation
• Make analysis of and alert on deviations between actuals and budgets, challenge the business solutions to bridge gaps and monitor the action plans taken
• Make ad-hoc financial analysis for the division leader and the Group management
• Strong implication in the budget process of the division and in particular be fully responsible of the coordination of the budget process and the forecasting exercises
• Improve, simplify, standardize and/or automate management information, reporting and KPI’s
• Support the coordination & implementation of Group’s Finance policies & procedures 
• Ad hoc project management, including the implementation of Finance IT systems supporting the Group’s controlling activities

Profile description:

• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. interview skills, oral and written communication skills, presentation skills) as this role will interface with leaders of the Group as well as local resources and experts. 
• Strong analytical skills, focus on adding value
• Strong problem-solver with “can-do” mentality, able to both pragmatically define solutions and capture and understand all relevant details when necessary
• Technical knowledge IT: MS Office products with advanced level in Excel. 

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or Business
• Excellent level in English with knowledge of other European languages

EVOLUTION:

In a fast growing group, successful employees are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility)