What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Financial Officer position at Halma plc?

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About Us :

We are a fast-paced, high growth company that offers an exciting customer value proposition and operates in an entrepreneurial and start-up like environment. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment and having a significant impact on a company's growth and people - this is the opportunity for you! Launched in 2007, CenTrak is a leader in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for the healthcare market. We strive to ensure the right technology is available at the right time to save lives and manage healthcare costs.

CenTrak improves healthcare operational workflow and the quality of patient care via the industry's most robust and scalable Enterprise Location Services™. These systems offer a unique combination of technology-linking RFID tags and sensors with displays which permit users to track, locate and observe movement of equipment and people in real-time. CenTrak currently locates millions of patients, staff, visitors and assets in healthcare facilities all over the world. CenTrak systems enable critical solutions including Asset Tracking & Management, Nurse Call Automation, Clinical Operations and Workflow, Patient and Staff Duress, New Baby Protection, Temperature Monitoring, and Hand-Hygiene Compliance / Infection Control. The company is best known for its Second-Generation Infrared (Gen2IR™) technology which delivers Clinical Grade Locating, a requirement for workflow and other key healthcare automation opportunities.

CenTrak is a Halma company. Halma is a FTSE100 listed company on the London Stock Exchange and has a current market capitalization north of £10billion. Building on our heritage as a manufacturer of intelligent sensors and products, we are a global group of life-saving technology companies focused on growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. We have over 40 businesses with solutions that address needs in four sectors (Medical, Environmental & Analysis, Process Safety, Infrastructure Safety). Named as one of Britain's Most Admired Companies, our group companies provide innovative products and services that help solve many of the key problems facing the world today. Our businesses operate in more than 20 countries across major operations in the UK, Mainland Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific, supplying customers in 160 countries and employing more than 8,000 people worldwide.

Overview of Role :

The CFO will demonstrate four fundamental pillars : strategy, leadership, operations, and controls. This individual will paint the picture for the business and translate financial data into meaningful commentary, trends, and actions. The CFO will surround themselves with the best talent and make coaching, mentoring, and leadership development a priority through all levels of the finance organization to ensure the right balance of technical, analytical, and leadership skills within their team. This role reports directly to the CEO.

Departmental Oversight

Accounting

Financial Planning and Analysis

Legal

Information Technology

Collaboration with Halma Healthcare Sector DCE, Sector CFO, Group Finance and other OpCo CFO's

Responsibilities : Strategic

Deep understanding of the business strategy to prioritize business tasks and processes and get the best return on investment.
Understand profit trends and how these will impact the future of the business.
Recommend where the business should expand or trim for future growth.
Research revenue opportunities and economic trends, analyze internal operations, find areas of cost reduction and process enhancement
Understand the key profit and cost drivers in the business proactively challenging current practices in driving for efficiency and continued improvement, ensuring that a full understanding is achieved and risks associated are highlighted and mitigated in an efficient manner
Financial guidance, advice and key insights on strategic opportunities including acquisitions and other business investments to push business performance to new levels
Present complex financial concepts in a non-financial manner to ensure the leadership understand clearly the position and risks associated with changes

Leadership

Lead and engage the team with excellent communication skills, team development, and serve as a partner to internal customers.

Reliable partner to the CEO and the leadership team, providing input to peers regarding the financial implications of all major business decisions, as well as strategic input in shaping the Company's business objectives.

Effective decision maker ready to implement changes within the company to prevent loss and support growth.

Partner with other CFO's and Financial Director across the Halma plc globally on initiatives.

Operations

Generate robust data and analytics to keep the CEO and leadership team informed of the viability of current and future business strategies. Transform analytics-based insights into measurable results and decision tools.

Financial planning, budgeting expertise, and discipline to create realistic budgets and short and long-term financial plans. Stay ahead of changes within the company.

Track and analyze cash flow management to spot and fix problems.

Provide commercial and financial leadership, ensuring all deadlines are met and all deliverables are produced accurately, timely and of requisite quality

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the end-to-end production of financial reporting and planning (Budgets and forecasts) and for co-ordination, presentation and commentary in various formats to support Halma needs and internal reporting requirements.

Understand, manage and reconcile the balance sheet, review and advise as to corrective action required and ensure completed.

Controls

Risk management to prevent the company from the influence of outside forces such as competitors or inside forces such as bad business decisions. Ensure the business model is strong and resilient enough to withstand bumps in the road.

Compliance with applicable regulatory, internal controls, financial reporting processes and other legal requirements.

Implement policies, procedures and processes as defined by Halma plc leadership.

Support the wider Halma control environment as required

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in business or related field, CPA required, MBA preferred

Healthcare / Healthcare IT / or Healthcare Technology Experience preferred

10 years progressive, hands-on experience in all areas of financial operations including accounting, reporting, financial analysis and planning, systems and processes, controls, compliance and corporate development

Experience with mergers and acquisitions

Knowledge of global currency, conversions, and accounting

Established solid financial foundation with the right systems and team in a lean environment that will allow the business to grow effectively (organically and through M&A) over the next several years

Executive experience with SaaS business models and their associated revenue recognition is strongly preferred

Recent experience as CFO or #2 at a fast-growing company, with strong familiarity with software revenue recognition, metrics, and best practices

Ideally a combination of experience that includes a large, global complex company and a rapidly growing company that has scaled from $50M to $150M

Up to 30% travel may be required, including international

Coach / Player Role

High work ethic

Impeccable integrity and ethical standards

Knowledge / Skills :

Demonstrated ability to architect effective change, understanding the critical nature of aligning leaders and employees to the strategy

Operates effectively in fast-paced, high-growth environments and balances trade-offs of short-term execution with long-term investment

Puts in just enough process to drive repeatability and scalability while retaining the entrepreneurial spirit and delivering for the customer

Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; strong verbal and written communication, effectively resolves conflict, build followership and consensus, and facilitates problem-solving and collaboration

Customer - ability to interact and engage with customers in a meaningful way to create an impactful and long-lasting relationship

Leadership - effective at building high performing teams, attracting and developing talent, pro-actively and transparently working to ensure the leadership team is operating as a high performing team; provides feedback and coaching; takes swift action when performance or behaviors are not meeting expectations

Global - experience in multiple countries and working across cultures

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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