Ever wondered how your skills and unique background could impact the world of tomorrow? Join our Finance & Admin team and bring your passion and talent to work.

Head of Finance and Controlling

Morgan Hill, CA, USA

Your contribution

You will report directly to the Group CFO and locally to the VP, CDMO Partnering. In this key finance leadership role, you will be a trusted partner to the CDMO business leadership, driving commercial business growth, financial planning, and operational excellence across our United States and Malaysia operations. You will lead a team of finance professionals, ensuring reliable financial reporting, compliance, and strategic decision support for the entire CDMO business unit.

Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Value Creation

• Develop and present multi-year financial and strategic plans, linking growth priorities and capital allocation to financial outcomes.
• Drive commercial business growth and continuous improvement in bottom-line performance.
• Prepare scenario models and investment cases for capacity, restructuring, and strategic partnerships.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting

• Lead annual budgets, quarterly/monthly forecasts, and long-range planning across sites and entities.
• Direct timely and reliable monthly, quarterly, and annual close, consolidation, and reporting under applicable accounting standards and Group Financial Guidelines.
• Deliver dashboards and analysis of growth, margins, costs, working capital, and cash conversion for executive decision-making.

Operations & Manufacturing Controlling

• Oversee finance for manufacturing and development operations, including product and project profitability, cost centers, and capital investment.
• Partner with operations and supply chain on material pricing, procurement, productivity, and cost reduction initiatives.

Commercial Finance & Customer Partnerships

• Partner with Business Development and leadership on customer segmentation, value propositions, and financial assessment of commercial plans.
• Lead financial and commercial aspects of customer negotiations, including pricing, cost recovery, and contractual terms.

Cash Management & Treasury

• Lead liquidity planning, cash forecasting, and working capital improvement across international operations.
• Coordinate banking relationships and foreign exchange exposure with Group Treasury.

Finance Transformation & Systems

• Lead finance systems roadmap and process transformation, including ERP and reporting tools.
• Standardize and improve finance processes, developing AI-enabled workflows for efficiency and cost visibility.

Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

• Implement internal control frameworks and oversee internal and external audits.
• Lead tax compliance and planning, coordinating with external consultants and Group functions.
• Identify and escalate material financial, commercial, and operational risks.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop finance teams across the United States and Malaysia.
• Build cross-functional financial understanding and accountability.

Your background

We’re not just looking for hard skills: We’re looking for people who bring their passion and talent to work.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in international finance leadership, including public-company reporting, FP&A, treasury, controls, and transformation.
• Strong experience in financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and business partnering.
• Proven leadership in a cross-cultural, international environment.
• Experience with ERP and costing systems (e.g., SAP CO, BW, OneStream).
• High integrity, accountability, and independent decision-making.
• Strategic, commercially focused, and proactive.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Fluent English required.

What makes working at Tecan unique

The chance to make it count and to have an impact on the world of tomorrow

• Working in an international and diverse environment
• The chance to grow your career within the company
• Feel empowered by our strong and unique company culture
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

What We Offer

• Medical, Dental, and Vision effective on your first day
• 16 company-paid holidays
• 401(k) employer match on first 6% contributions (no vesting period)
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• HSA & HRA options
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Legal Shield / Identity Shield
• Discounted Pet Insurance

Salary range: $250K– $290K

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with industry data.)

Our purpose.
At Tecan we are driven to improve people’s lives and health. We do this by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic. We collaborate with our customers from early-stage innovation through project implementation and beyond. We deliver the products, services and solutions that make lab processes and medical procedures precise, reproducible and compliant.
 
Stay unique and make it count.
Our values - trust, highest standards and ambition - are the cornerstones of our business and provide the framework for Tecan's culture. We foster a positive and empowering environment where our rarest assets, our unique employees, can grow and bring their passion and talent to work.

Join Tecan, a great place to work! Read about our recent certification from Great Place to Work.

We’re looking forward to receiving your application online. Please submit your CV or resume (w/o picture and w/o cover letter, reference letters and diplomas are optional).