Data & AI Lead - Finance at Recipharm

Job description

The role This is a brand-new role and the first hire of its kind in our Finance team. Reporting to the Head of FP&A and Commercial Finance, you’ll shape and lead our AI-for-Finance agenda: setting the direction, building the data foundation and AI agents, and helping our Finance team move from compiling numbers to analysing them and advising the business. We’re reshaping FP&A and Commercial Finance from reporting to steering, and this role is central to that. You’ll be a Finance professional who builds, not a pure IT profile. You’ll understand a P&L and a consolidation as well as you understand a data pipeline or an agent prompt. You’ll also be a thought partner to Finance leadership: we expect you to challenge how we work, bring ideas we haven’t thought of, and tell us where AI can, and can’t, make the biggest difference. What you’ll do • Shape the AI-for-Finance roadmap with Finance leadership: identify and prioritise the use cases with the most value, and recommend what to build, buy or stop. • Challenge current processes and propose new ways of working, rather than automating what exists today. • Own the design of the monthly finance data set, covering Group, BU and site P&L, historical data, and net sales by customer and product. • Design standard site input templates with automated checks, so data arrives clean and consistent. • Lead the build, testing and roll-out of AI agents across reporting, planning and commercial finance, and maintain their shared knowledge base and instructions. • Document definitions and data lineage as you go, so everyone trusts and understands the numbers. • Set the quality standards and controls for AI outputs, including accuracy tracking and reviewer feedback, so agents can be trusted in Board and investor reporting. • Partner with IT on architecture, security and data protection, and with our BI and data teams on product- and customer-level data, so Finance solutions fit group standards. • Drive AI adoption across Group and Site Finance: train, coach and support users, and build a community of practice. • Help shape the vision and roadmap for Recipharm’s future finance systems and performance platforms, and share what works with other functions. Who you’ll work with You’ll work closely with the Head of FP&A and Commercial Finance and the CFO, the FP&A and Commercial Finance team (your main users), IT, BI and data teams, Tagetik administration and consolidation, Site Finance teams across our network, and external partners. What you’ll bring • 3-6 years’ experience across finance, FP&A systems, analytics or BI, including leading data or automation initiatives from idea to adoption. • Advanced, hands-on experience with generative AI tools (e.g. Claude) and automation, and a clear view of where they add value in Finance. • Advanced Excel. SQL, Python or Power Query are a plus. • Experience with planning and ERP systems (e.g. Tagetik, SAP). • Solid finance literacy, especially P&L and consolidation. • A pragmatic, delivery-focused approach. You ship in small steps and document as you build. • The confidence to influence senior stakeholders, challenge the status quo and turn a vision into a practical plan. • Curiosity and critical thinking: you question the brief, test ideas quickly and know when not to use AI. Why join Recipharm • A rare chance to be the first Data & AI hire in a global finance team and to shape our AI-for-Finance vision from day one. • Real backing from Finance leadership and a direct line into the CFO agenda. We have started using AI in our reporting, and you’ll decide where we take it next. • Visible impact. Your work will change how the whole Finance team, from Sites to Group, spends its time. • A clear path to grow beyond the role into wider finance leadership. Location This is a remote role and open for applicants with EU/UK citizenship, or with a valid work/residence permit and permanent residence in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal or India where Recipharm has presence. Apply