Job Description

Job title: Senior Finance Manager – EMEA Distribution

Department: Finance

Location: Delta Park, Fareham

GLS: M04

Working hours: Mon – Fri 37.5 hours a week

A Brighter Future Awaits You

CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of CooperVision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures – for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.

Job Summary – What to Expect:

This role is a key strategic partner to the Senior Director, EMEA Distribution, providing financial leadership and acting as a trusted advisor to support business performance and decision making across the region. As a member of the EMEA Finance Go To Market Leadership Team, EMEA Commercial & Operations Leadership Team, and EMEA Leadership Operations group, the role also serves as the finance figurehead for the 1,100-strong EMEA distribution organisation. Operating within a matrix structure, the position reports to the Senior Finance Director, EMEA, with a dotted-line relationship to the Finance Director, Global Distribution.

Responsible for the financial leadership of a $1bn+ distribution business and a $113m operating budget, this role drives forecasting, performance analysis, strategic planning, and business insights across multiple distribution channels. Leading a regional finance team of 12, with responsibility for teams in the UK, Belgium and Hungary, the role focuses on enhancing analytics, improving processes and controls, supporting investment decisions, and identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency while maintaining customer service excellence. This is a highly visible leadership position requiring strong finance expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to influence senior leaders across a complex, international organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Participate as a key member of the Global Distribution Finance management team and, as such, be responsible for overall results and the formulation of the business strategy, supporting and challenging the regional Distribution Senior Director, as well as the site Directors and their respective teams.
• Participate as a key member of the Go to Market Finance team providing Commercial colleagues with insight into Distribution activities as well as strengthening the collaboration to ensure overall business objectives are met.
• Leading and coaching the dedicated finance support delivering insightful information on a consistent and standardized basis to enhance management decision making.
• Responsible for coordinating the annual budget process and quarterly forecast preparation for distribution across multiple sites, in accordance with CV timelines.
• Coordinate and prepare Long Range Strategic Financial Planning process across sites to ensure deliverables are met.
• Drive consistent reports and analysis of financial results to support both the timely and accurate monthly close process and functional management reviews.
• Responsible for the fixed assets and capital investment within operation sites to ensure accurate asset reporting in accordance with accounting policy.
• Accountable for Implementation / monitor and development of controls of operations maintaining the relationship with internal & external auditors to ensure effective delivery & sign off controls for multiple sites & ACE region
• Responsible for reviewing and approving inventory strategy and plans across multiple locations including silver stock & finished goods
• Lead ad-hoc special projects that support management decision-making, working with various cross-functional teams including commercial