Chief Financial Officer

Sinclair is Hiring! Join Our Team as Chief Financial Officer Location: Subject to Candidate’s location, Shanghai is preferred but not mandatory Scope: Global – operations across more than 27 countries Role Purpose The Chief Financial Officer will lead the global finance function of a privately owned, medium-sized international medical aesthetics company. We are seeking a highly commercial, hands-on finance leader with a proven record of rebuilding finance functions, delivering radical change and turning around underperforming international businesses. The CFO will provide strategic financial leadership while remaining close to operational detail, including cash, working capital, controls, forecasting, profitability and business performance. The role will build a stronger, simpler and more accountable finance organisation capable of supporting sustainable growth. Key Responsibilities Business Turnaround and Transformation • Lead the financial turnaround and transformation of the business. • Rapidly identify structural, operational and financial weaknesses and translate them into a practical action plan. • Challenge legacy practices, simplify the operating model and improve organisational accountability. • Deliver measurable improvements in cash generation, profitability, working capital and cost efficiency. • Support restructuring, market-entry and exit decisions, distributor transitions and changes to business models. • Establish robust tracking of transformation benefits and ensure committed savings are delivered. Commercial and Strategic Finance • Act as a trusted commercial partner to the Chairman/ CEO, COO and senior leadership team. • Translate financial information into clear commercial decisions and actions. • Provide rigorous analysis of product, customer, country, channel and market profitability. • Strengthen pricing, margin management, investment appraisal and portfolio prioritisation. • Support growth across direct markets, distributor markets, manufacturing operations and new-product launches. • Provide robust financial challenge to commercial forecasts, business cases and investment proposals. Financial Performance and Cash Management • Take direct ownership of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and financial performance. • Introduce accurate, timely and decision-focused management reporting. • Improve forecast reliability and strengthen financial discipline across all countries and functions. • Drive working-capital improvement, particularly inventory, receivables, payables and DSO. • Maintain tight control over liquidity, banking, treasury, foreign-exchange exposure and funding requirements. • Ensure financial risks are identified and addressed at an early stage. Finance Function Rebuild • Assess and redesign the global finance organisation, including capabilities, roles, reporting lines and location strategy. • Build an effective operating model across group finance, regional and country…