About this role
China Finance Director
As the China Finance Director reporting directly to the Senior Director of APAC Finance, you will lead the financial planning and commercial finance for CVI in China and provide guidance to the Controlling team when necessary. This role is instrumental in delivering forward-looking insights, optimizing opex allocation, and enabling agile, data-driven decision-making. You will partner closely with the China leadership team to support strategic initiatives and drive business performance in alignment with CooperVision’s global and regional values and growth ambitions. A strong leader and collaborator cross functions and between country and region, with the ability to work under pressure in a complex environment. This role is also a key member of the APAC Finance leadership team and will have exposure to the global finance leadership team.
Responsibilities
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Strategic Business Partnership
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Serve as a trusted and strategic business partner to the China GM and leadership team, providing financial insights that shape strategic decisions.
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Lead scenario planning, risk assessments, and opportunity evaluations to support business agility.
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Financial Planning & Analysis
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Lead the financial planning and analysis for China which is one of the largest markets in APAC.
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Deliver high-impact dashboards, management reporting, and financial models to support performance management, including financial storytelling, and collaborate with the business to identify and drive actions on risks and opportunities.
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Lead the forecasting and budgeting for China and partner the leadership team in the overall strategy, drivers and initiatives.
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Support the long-range planning (LRP), including financial modelling and develop short and mid-term plans as part of the overall LRP
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Partner Marketing and Supply Chain in the sales & operations planning (S&OP), including taking the lead in bridging the operational to financial forecast, and identifying the risks and opportunities.
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Adopt a continuous improvement mindset and regularly improve the FP&A, forecasting and budgeting processes to drive efficiencies.
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Commercial Finance Leadership
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Support pricing strategy, deal desk operations, and marketing ROI analysis with the objective of driving growth and profitability.
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Support commercial team with return and exchange analytics to enhance profitability.
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Partner the business on ad hoc strategic projects, including financial modelling, scenario planning and implementation.
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Team Leadership & Development
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Manage and develop a high-performing finance.
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Organize team to enable strategic business partnering and in-depth focus, creating subject matter experts in FP&A and commercial finance.
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Promote a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and job rotation to build future finance leaders.
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Process Optimization & Technology Enablement
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Champion the use of data visualization tools and financial technologies to enhance reporting and analytics.
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Embed continuous improvement mindset to unlock efficiency opportunities to direct resources to more value-adding activities
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Controlling and Accounting
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With a dotted line of the controlling and accounting team into this role, act as the overall China finance lead and provide guidance to the team when necessary.
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Ensure all data presented is in accordance with relevant accounting standards and US GAAP, including local regulatory and tax compliance
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
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15+ years of progressive experience, including FP&A and commercial finance, within a multinational with proven leadership and experience in working in a matrix organization
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Healthcare/Consumer products experience is ideal but not necessary.
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Strong business partnering, analytical, modelling, and data visualization skills
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Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including financial story telling with ability to link business drivers to financial outcomes
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High local/regional/global and cross functional collaboration and interpersonal skills
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Experience with ERP and financial systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Tableau etc) is a plus.
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Job Info
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Job Identification
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12806
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Job Category
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Finance
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Posting Date
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10/22/2026, 06:15 AM
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Apply Before
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11/29/2026, 07:00 PM
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Job Schedule
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Full time
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Locations
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Yue Da 889 Center, Room 15F03-06A, Shanghai, 200042, CN
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(On-site)
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Company
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CooperVision
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Yue Da 889 Center, Room 15F03-06A, Shanghai, 200042, CN