Finance Business Partner, MEA

As a member of the Finance team, the Finance Business Partner, MEA will support the FBP – MEA and South Asia in managing Finance business partnering for CSL's Middle East/Africa Commercial Operations and working collaboratively with colleagues across the region This role involves developing analysis, creating presentations, and ensure alignment with both regional and global objectives. The Finance Business Partner, MEA plays a key role in enabling financial processes and delivering accurate and timely financial planning, reporting, and analysis in collaboration with the FP&A team. FBP & Decision Support Support the Head of Finance in preparing financial insights, materials, and recommendations for Emerging Affiliate & Partner Business leadership discussions. Develop analyses to support business decision‑making (performance trends, risks, opportunities). Prepare structured briefing packs, management presentations, and executive summaries. Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Support annual budget, forecast, and outlook cycles across EA/PB markets. Perform variance analysis (actuals vs budget / forecast), identifying key drivers and issues. Consolidate inputs from markets and ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency. Performance & KPI Analysis Track and analyze key financial and commercial KPIs across EA/PB. Support preparation of dashboards and management reports. Assist in identifying emerging risks and opportunities across markets. Process & Data Management Maintain high data quality across financial models, reports, and templates. Support continuous improvement of reporting, automation, and standardisation. Coordinate timelines, submissions, and follow‑ups across markets and FP&A teams. Stakeholder Coordination Act as a coordination point with country FBPs, FP&A, and finance operations teams. Support clear communication and follow‑up on agreed actions. Build effective working relationships across Finance and Commercial teams Your Profile Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or other Business related discipline CPA/CA or MBA a plus 5+ years of experience in various finance roles including, business partnering, financial planning, reporting, accounting operations or related fields, including experience in the biopharmaceutical or manufacturing sector Experience with using dashboarding and visualization software (e.g. PowerBi) is preferable Experience supporting commercial functions including, but not limited to pharmaceutical industry is desirable. Ability to influence senior stakeholders without authority Comfortable constructively challenging country leaders Ability to align markets with differing priorities Strong organisation and process management skills Excellent interpersonal skills and is a natural collaborator who can engage with stakeholders at all levels Strong project management skills About CSL Behring CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/. Our Benefits For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL. You Belong at CSL At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please click here. CSL Global Privacy Notice for Job Applicants and Candidates