Additionalinformation

Additional Information

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Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products. In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.

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Company Description

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

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Job Description

The Finance Chief of Staff will support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the operational aspects of the role, as well as lead an array of initiatives and projects of strategic financial importance. The overall objective of this position is to design frameworks to better budget and monitor financial performance and maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations.

You will work closely with various financial leaders including the Deputy CFO, Head of Controlling, Head of National Service Centres and Shared Service Centres, and other functional leaders as needed.

The Finance Chief of Staff will follow up and advise on strategic programmes, establish goals, set major milestones, and track progress to inform the CFO. You will ensure deadlines are respected with the highest quality delivered, evaluate project performance against goals and take necessary actions to address deviations.

OBJECTIVES:

More specifically, examples of projects may include:

• Oversee the development and execution of financial policies to support key objectives;

• Analyse and define improvement opportunities for, and digitalise finance processes to improve, the services delivered to the Eurofins companies and other core functions (quality, cost, speed and effectiveness);
• More generally, participate in or lead other projects in for corporate support departments (HR, procurement, IT…) as and if needed;
• Play a key role in the maintenance of succession planning efforts and training plans within your scope.

Qualifications

Profile description:

• A minimum of 5 years of successful experience in a top strategy consulting and/or audit/transaction services firm;
• Strong project management skills and experience in leading finance transformation projects, strategic missions, M&A sourcing and/or integration, or finance systems deployment;
• Experience working in an international environment in fast-moving companies;
• Hands-on change management experience.

Personal skills:

• Rigorous and strong analytical skills;
• Organisational skills with high attention to detail;
• Excellent communication and people skills;
• Ability to conceptualise and implement new processes;
• Ability to influence and lead people through new processes;
• A dynamic and ambitious person with an entrepreneurial mindset;
• Ability to perform under pressure with a high level of drive and energy;
• Collaborative and constructive.