Company Description
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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
Job Description
The Regional Business Line Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will oversee and lead the financial management and oversight of the network’s high growth operations. Through regular collaboration with business leaders, this roles ensures resources are appropriately allocated and that costs are transparent and well understood across Eurofins companies. To support these objectives, a high-impact and effective team of people will be coached and developed.
As Regional Business Line CFO, you will:
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Partner with operational leaders responsible for the BioPharma Services Europe Business Line.
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Contribute to the mid-term strategy of the Business Line in your scope, with a focus on laboratory footprint, new & extended sites, expansion in new countries, and key services portfolio management.
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Define and monitor transfer pricing models for the relevant Business Line.
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Ensure the implementation and use of relevant ad hoc financial KPIs when needed.
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Carry out day-to-day leadership and performance management for teams, processes and activities, including the development of strong finance and support teams, including HR, IT, Marketing, and Internal Consulting.
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Oversee budgeting, financial reporting, and controlling (financials & headcounts).
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Drive the implementation of standard processes, KPIs and controls for Eurofins companies in your scope through industrial/permanent improvement measures, and operational/commercial excellence metrics for individual areas of activity.
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Develop and implement sourcing and standardisation strategies in order to obtain significant purchasing savings.
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Oversee the acquisitions that are planned and completed by supporting due diligence processes and leading the restructuring and integration of newly acquired laboratories.
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Lead or take part in transversal projects between Eurofins companies across the relevant Business Line.
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Manage and oversee human resource activities for Eurofins companies within your scope.
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Recruit, develop and promote talented leaders and manage the succession planning process for relevant teams in your scope.
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Oversee the effective roll-out of IT solutions.
Qualifications
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Masters’ degree in Business Administration, Finance or Engineering or Chemistry, from a leading university; MBA is considered a plus.
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Strong leader with proven track record in leading change and developing strong teams while achieving or exceeding ambitious targets in a sustainable manner.
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Over 10-15 years of progressive experience in operational finance roles with increasing level & scope of responsibility.
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Able to lead and inspire large teams across multiple countries & geographies.
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Solid knowledge of finance policies, processes and finance systems, with a track record of improving finance processes.
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Good interpersonal, communication and team leadership skills.
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Ability to manage and prioritise workload to ensure appropriate controls while driving forward strategic initiatives.
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Track record of building strong internal and external business relationships, and setting ambitious goals with a focus on accountability and deliver results.
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Ability to effectively communicate vision, strategies, issues, and action plans to senior management.
Personal qualities:
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Autonomous and accountable with a natural drive for delivering results. The ideal candidate is pragmatic, resourceful and hands-on, ensuring initiatives are undertaken with high drive and proactivity.
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Strong attention to detail complimented with an ability to appreciate the larger scope at stake, and cordial but firm, ensuring relationships are managed effectively and rationally.
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Adaptable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with an affinity for entrepreneurial and de-centralised organisations.
Additional Information
We support your development! Do you feel like you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/
Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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 laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.
