Global Commercial Finance and Transformation Lead (F, M, X)

Location: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, or Frankfurt, Germany, or working remotely

Our Team:

Business Analysis & Controlling (BA&C) team monitors Opella financial performance and trajectory, drives finance planning and forecasting processes, provides support to global and regional management on financial assessment of the business performance & making informed business decisions, as well as promotes simplification, harmonization, and automation across Opella Finance organization.

About the Job:

This role oversees global Commercial Finance and Promotion Expenses at Opella with respect to reporting, analysis, and performance insights. The role also actively supports the transformation of Commercial Finance capabilities. Workingclosely with the Opella Transformation Office and global and regional stakeholders, the role helps to drive the design, development, and deployment of future-state reporting & analytics capabilities while facilitating their end-to-end adoption across countries.

Beyond Commercial Finance stakes, the position shall contribute to broader Global Finance initiatives and supports coordination of Business Analysis & Controlling (BA&C) roadmap implementation across regional Global Capability Centers (GCCs).

The role operates in a matrixed environment, influencing cross-functional teams and global stakeholders without direct line management responsibility. The Global Commercial Finance & Transformation Lead position will directly report to the Global Head for Financial Analysis Planning & Reporting based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Main Responsibilities:

This role combines accountability for reporting & analysis of key business drivers (GtN and A&P) with leadership of strategic Finance transformation initiatives.

Acting as the key liaison for the EULA region within the Bedrock Transformation Program, the role aligns local, regional, and global stakeholders to drive transformation of Trade Investment (Gross-to-Net) and Customer Profitability reporting, including the design and rollout of standardized reporting, analytics, governance, and performance management capabilities across Opella.

The role also leads and coordinates other global initiatives, including implementation of the BA&C Target Operating Model (TOM), enhancement of Finance data quality and accessibility, and adoption of AI-enabled capabilities to improve automation and analytical efficiency.

Global Commercial Finance & Transformation Lead has the following key responsibilities:

• Lead Commercial Finance and Promotion Expense reporting and performance analysis cycles for Actuals and Forecasts at global level, ensuring timely delivery of insights while serving as a global contact point for operational Commercial Finance and A&P matters (PVM, Gross-to-Net, customer sales performance, working & non-working media, etc.).

• Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Digital, & Country teams to drive commercial finance data integrity, trade investment system harmonization, and adoption of standardized processes, while ensuring the central Commercial Finance framework is effectively adapted to different go-to-market models.

• Co-lead the design and standardization of customer profitability methodologies, leveraging ERP data together with off-system enhancements for specific expense types that require allocation rules, to ensure consistent Customer P&L reporting across markets.

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• Drive change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, training, and communication to support successful implementation. Monitor activity progress and reporton key milestones, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership.

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in financial processes and tools to enhance efficiency and insight generation.

About You:

• Experience: at least 5 years of experience in Finance (Finance Business Partnering, Business Analysis & Controlling, etc.). Global project experience is a plus.
• Soft skills: demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed organization; strong analytical, problem-solving, & communication skills; proven experience leading cross-functional transformation initiatives; high degree of autonomy, adaptability, and project management capability.
• Technical skills: Business Planning and Forecasting; high acumen in managing different systems (TM1, expert Excel, Power BI, etc.)
• Education: degree qualified in finance, business, or accounting.
• Languages: Fluent in English.

About Us:

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.   

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. 

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.  

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.