Financial Compliance Manager (f/d/m)

at  Leica Microsystems

For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we’re driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.
Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible and empower our customers to create a better and healthier world. Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. We empower surgeons to take well-informed decisions in life-changing procedures. We enable users to gain insights which help answer key questions concerning development and engineering. All of this is achieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes and AI-based image analysis.
Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insight.
Leica Microsystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.
We currently offer the following position, that can be based either at our HQ in Wetzlar with a hybrid model (3 days onsite, 2 days home based) OR remotely in Spain or Italy with the request to travel to Wetzlar anytime is needed (especially during the onboarding phase):

• Drive, develop and optimize our global financial compliance setup for our three businesses Leica Microsystems, Leica Biosystems, and Mammotome, with 70 legal entities and approximately $2.5B revenue
• Overseeing all financial compliance and internal controls (incl. SOX) related topics from planning to controversy, process optimization and risk assessment
• Driving Leica´s Balance Sheet Review program (Internal Audit) as well as an adaptive training agenda
• Maintaining policies, guidance and documentation in close cooperation with the respective local finance teams
• Acting as point of contact for all relevant inquiries
• Business partnering and close collaboration with our Financial Controllers worldwide
• Contributing in cross-functional projects