We are a trusted CDMO partner for life. At FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), we encourage you to discover what inspires you every day, to follow your passion and your power – what we call Genki.

The work we do has the potential to transform people’s lives and to impact where it matters most. Each day is an opportunity to push the boundaries of your potential, so join us as Global Finance Business Partner and become part of a fast-growing global company, united by Genki.  

We are a dynamic global company and our focus is to combine technical leadership in cell culture, microbial fermentation and gene therapies with world class cGMP manufacturing facilities to advance tomorrow’s medicines.

With sites in Billingham & Wilton UK, Hillerod Denmark, North Carolina and Texas USA, the size and breadth of our business will open up huge opportunities for you, whether you want to move to a different role in the UK, relocate, or progress and take on more responsibility.

Our teams are proud to partner with innovative companies reimagining what’s possible in biopharmaceuticals. Every day at FDB is a day for improvement, each challenge is an opportunity for growth, and every moment is a chance to evolve together.

As a global finance business partner you will be responsible for the cost controlling and partnering of FDB global cost areas with a focus on IT, Quality and Science and Innovation. You will play a key role in the budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting and financial planning processes to ensure alignment with objectives and cost optimization opportunities. In your partnering role you will collaborate and drive performance through transparency of data facilitating accountability and self-service for cost owners as well as providing guidance on governance processes.

• Be a Strategic Partner: play a key role in the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes related to global costs areas, ensuring alignment with global objectives and identifying opportunities for cost optimization.
• Global cost controlling: Lead the cost controlling for specific global cost areas including global IT, Quality and Science and Innovation. Work closely with the Global IT Finance Business controller providing guidance on cost control, opportunities and cost optimization. Additionally liaise with all FDB sites to ensure accuracy of the data reported. 
• Global capex project controlling and partnering:  Lead the cost control of global capex projects initiated by global functions, with a particular emphasis on global IT, while also encompassing other relevant global functions as appropriate. Provide guidance and support throughout the project governance and approval process, ensuring that business cases supporting the request are robust and underpinned by a comprehensive financial rationale. Serve as a representative of global finance on the IT portfolio board and in other business forums as needed. Ensure that global projects are accurately budgeted and accounted for at FDB sites, adhering to relevant accounting standards and policy.  
• Drive Performance with Data: Analyse financial results, spot trends, and provide insights that empower leadership to make data-driven decisions. Drive accountability to global cost owners through meaningful, transparent data, ability to self-serve, as well as providing finance business partnering to these functions. Provide transparency through reporting the total cost of global functions including local and global costs. 
• Tell the Story Behind the Numbers: Prepare and present reports, business cases, and performance analyses—turning complex data into clear, actionable insights for leadership 
• Process Improvement: Strive for continuous improvement supporting the enhancement of finance processes, systems and tools for great accuracy, efficiency and compliance 

• Master’s degree in Finance or Economics required
• 5+ years of experience within Business Finance Partnering, FP&A or Business Controlling ideally in a large global organisation  
• Professional Accounting Certification (e.g CPA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc)
• Ability to work effectively with multiple functional areas 

At FDB, your passion – your Genki – is your power and we empower you to define what Genki means to you.

When you join us, we will train, develop and support you to become the best you can possibly be. We offer a structured new starter induction programme as well as on-going development training. In addition to this, we offer:

• Competitive salary plus company bonus scheme
• 35 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Salary Sacrifice scheme offering, healthcare, bikes, dental etc.
• Generous pension scheme
• Free parking and electric charging points 

Closing date 23rd May 2025

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