Since 1929, ESTEVE has been driven by a clear and powerful purpose: improve people’s lives. Headquartered in Barcelona, we are a global pharmaceutical company with affiliates in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France, the UK, and the USA, as well as world-class production sites in Mexico and China supporting our global CMO business.

We are on an exciting growth journey, transforming into a leading international specialty pharma company, focused on highly specialized medicines that address unmet medical needs. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: people matter, transparency, and accountability.

We care, we do: Our commitment goes beyond medicine. We care about making a positive impact on people, the environment, and the way we do business.

Mission

The FP&A; Director for the CDMO business is responsible for leading strategic financial planning, performance management, and decision support across ESTEVE’s general CDMO operations.

This role acts as a key finance business partner to the CDMO leadership team, supporting growth, operational excellence, investment decisions, and long-range value creation across a complex international manufacturing network.

The position plays a critical role in helping ESTEVE scale its CDMO platform globally while maintaining strong profitability, capital discipline, and customer-centric execution.

Role

- Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes for the CDMO business.
- Oversee monthly financial performance review, including analysis of actuals vs. budget/forecast and key variances.
- Provide financial support to commercial team in the preparation and evaluation of customer quotations, ensuring profitability,



cost transparency and alignment with CDMO pricing and margin objectives.
- Drive financial analysis and provide strategic insights to support investment, sourcing and cost optimization decisions.
- Develop, implement and continuously improve cost control tools, methodologies and reporting standards globally.
- Identify operational and financial performance levers and define relevant KPIs.
- Build and track business cases for investments and strategic projects.
- Act as a trusted advisor to management on performance improvement, risk mitigation and growth opportunities.
- Ensure an end-to-end view of operations, including risks, results and improvement initiatives.
- Define functional objectives and establish policies and procedures to support a robust financial infrastructure.
- Lead, mentor and develop the CDMO FP&A; Team

Required Studies

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance or Engineering (required).
- MBA or Master’s degree in Finance (preferred).

Other specialized knowledge

- Strong knowledge of SAP and Business Intelligence tools
- Strong understanding of manufacturing economics and cost structures

Languages

- Fluent English required (Spanish highly valued)

Professional experience

- 10+ years of progressive finance experience
- Significant FP&A; leadership experience with CDMO/Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals & Industrial multinational environments
- Strong exposure to manufacturing finance and operations partnering (cost controlling)
- Experience in international matrix organizations
- Exposure to transformation, scaling environments

Ready to join us on our purpose to improve people’s lives? Become part of a team where your passion can make a real difference.

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📌 CDMO FP&A Director (Barcelona)
🏢 ESTEVE
📍 Barcelona