Finance Director, Avalere Health
Global healthcare communications agency
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Global healthcare communications agency
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To imagine new possibilities for a healthier world and create the connections that make better health happen.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline; CPA, CMA or equivalent qualification preferred
- 8+ years of progressive finance experience, including senior leadership responsibility
- Experience within marketing, advertising, communications, consulting or professional services environments
- Strong expertise in commercial finance, project accounting, revenue recognition and business partnering
- Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams
Desirable
- Experience within a multi-brand, multi-entity or global agency environment
- Experience supporting resource-based or project-driven businesses
- Familiarity with financial transformation, process improvement and finance technology initiatives
- PE backed company experience
What the job involves
- The Finance Director is the senior finance leader for the capability, responsible for driving financial performance, commercial effectiveness, operational discipline and governance
- As a key member of the capability leadership team, the role partners closely with client, operational and capability leaders to support profitable growth, optimise performance and ensure strong financial stewardship
- Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership:
- Serve as the primary finance advisor to the Capability President and leadership team, providing insight and challenge on strategic, commercial and operational decisions
- Lead financial planning and strategy to support growth, profitability and investment priorities
- Act as the key liaison with Group Finance, ensuring alignment on budgets, forecasts, reporting requirements and business initiatives
- Commercial Performance & Client Finance:
- Own revenue, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning for the capability
- Drive improvements in project profitability, utilisation, pricing strategy and overall commercial performance
- Oversee financial governance across the client lifecycle, including contract review, revenue recognition, forecasting and billing
- Identify financial risks and opportunities, delivering clear recommendations and action plans to improve performance
- Financial Control & Governance:
- Support an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting, including month-end and year-end close activities
- Maintain strong financial controls, balance sheet integrity and compliance with US GAAP, company policies and regulatory requirements
- Lead local audit, tax and statutory compliance activities and serve as the senior finance escalation point for the capability
- Promote a culture of accountability, governance and sound financial management
- Cash Flow & Working Capital:
- Lead cash forecasting and working capital management to maximise cash generation and liquidity
- Partner with client teams to improve working capital -through billing, collections and receivables performance while controlling expenditure and reducing aged debt
- Leadership & Team Development:
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team, creating clear accountability and development opportunities
- Foster collaboration across finance, operations and client-facing teams
- Drive continuous improvement, automation and adoption of best practices across finance processes
- Success Measures:
- Achievement of revenue, EBITDA, cash flow and working capital targets
- Improved forecast accuracy, project profitability and overall financial performance
- Strong governance, compliance and audit outcomes
- High levels of stakeholder confidence and finance team engagement
Our take
Avalere Health, founded in 2001 and formerly known as Fishawack, has built a strong reputation as a leading provider of cross-border strategy consultation, communications, and marketing expertise for companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.
Though the company doesn’t make its exact customer list public knowledge, it does claim to serve all of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world, as well as several breakout biotech and medtech enterprises. In the over two decades since its founding, it has acquired and merged 19 healthcare firms worldwide - including Avalere Health, from which it takes its new name.
Given that it’s grown from one location in the UK to encompass teams across the US, Europe, and Asia, the company appears to operate from a position of serious strength in this trillion-dollar space. Recently, it seems Avalere has focussed on building out its leadership team as it embraces its new branding and manifesto.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- The tools, skills, and support you need to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges
- Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career
- Personalized learning and training
- Hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization
- Flexible working practices
- Company pension/retirement plan
- Private medical insurance
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Compelling time-off policy
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Leadership
Amar Urhekar
(CEO)Was previously the COO of Avalere Health, Group President at Evoke, Global President at Ashfield Health and was President of the Americas at McCann Health.
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