About the role:
We are seeking a highly commercial and strategic Senior Finance Business Partner to support our Ostomy Care business across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and a diverse portfolio of Central and Eastern European Export Markets.
This is far more than a traditional finance role.
As a trusted advisor to senior commercial leaders, you will help shape business strategy, identify new avenues for growth, challenge conventional thinking, and influence key decisions that impact both business performance and patient access to healthcare solutions across the region.
This role sits at the heart of the business, partnering directly with regional commercial leadership to drive profitable growth in a complex and evolving healthcare landscape.
You'll combine strategic finance, commercial insight, healthcare reimbursement knowledge, and market understanding to help the business navigate both opportunities and challenges across the region.
Success in this role requires the ability to quickly establish credibility, bring fresh perspectives, and confidently influence senior stakeholders while driving performance against key business objectives and KPIs.
The role is based in Prague, Czech Republic, and requires approximately 10% travel across the region.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Business Partnering
Act as the primary finance partner to the Commercial Director and broader leadership team.
Translate strategy into actionable financial and operational plans.
Provide forward-looking insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations to support business decisions.
You will have ownership of the Budget, Estimate, and Strategic Plan cycles, coordinate monthly reviews with the FP&A CoE, and ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial forecasts.
Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to accelerate growth and improve performance.
Lead robust performance management through reporting, KPI tracking, forecasting, and business reviews.
Influence strategic decisions through a deep understanding of market dynamics, competitor activity, and industry trends.
Driving Business Growth
Partner with the commercial organization to identify opportunities to expand market share and accelerate growth.
Management of cost & margin, including pricing, product mix optimization, COGS analysis, standard costing, SKU rationalization, and cross-border trade performance.
Evaluate existing business models and challenge the status quo to drive innovation and efficiency.
Support pricing strategies, tender processes, wholesaler negotiations, and rebate agreements.
Deliver insightful analysis across sales, marketing, customer performance, and return on investment.
Act as a catalyst across functions, connecting stakeholders and driving execution.
Leverage market and competitor insights to support business decisions, while utilizing SAP, Hyperion, Power BI, and AI-enabled forecasting tools to drive financial planning, performance analysis, and decision-making.
Market Access & Healthcare Reimbursement
Support reimbursement applications and market access activities for Convatec's Ostomy and FMS portfolios.
Maintain relationships with key healthcare stakeholders, industry associations, and reimbursement bodies: CzechMed, the Categorization Committee, MoH and the health insurance funds, ILCO, and full reimbursement applications.
Contribute to healthcare data analysis and evidence generation initiatives.
Support activities related to medical device reimbursement frameworks and healthcare policy developments.
Provide insights that help ensure sustainable patient access to innovative healthcare solutions.
Regional Exposure
You'll support a diverse portfolio covering Czech Republic, Slovakia and Eastern European export markets.
You will be responsible for managing distributor performance in those markets, terms, credit exposure and route to market strategies.
About you
We're looking for someone who combines strong financial expertise with commercial curiosity,…