Senior Vice President Head of FP&A

Evotec is seeking an accomplished and strategic SVP Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead the global FP&A function and serve as a critical partner to the CFO and Executive Leadership. This senior role will shape investor-facing communications, deliver compelling financial narratives, and support capital markets engagement. The SVP will oversee global budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and operational performance. With a focus on value creation, data-driven decision-making, and finance transformation, this leader will guide a high-performing team, optimize financial systems, and coordinate cross-functionally to drive consistent, transparent, and strategic financial insight across the organization. The position can be based at either our Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany or in Abingdon, UK.  This is a senior leadership position within our Global FP&A and Controllership organization, reporting to the EVP Global FP&A and Controllership. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a key strategic partner to the CFO, and EVP Global FP&A and Controllership, on financial presentations, capital markets communication, and investor engagement.

• Prepare and manage external presentations and messaging for investors, analysts, and other key stakeholders, including earnings materials, investor days, and board-level briefings.

• Develop and deliver compelling financial narratives to support market communications, M&A activity, and long-term positioning of the Group.

• Lead the global financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function, ensuring strategic alignment, transparency, and value creation across all regions and business units.

• Drive the annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-range planning process, ensuring integration with business strategy and market outlook.

• Identify and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive business accountability and highlight strategic opportunities or risks.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of six, creating a culture of excellence, collaboration, and strategic insight.

• Coordinate cross-functionally with Finance Business Partnering and Global Business Controlling to deliver consistent and aligned financial support globally.

• Own and optimize the global financial data model, including internal financial reporting and planning tools for decision-making at all levels.

• Champion the Tech Strategy within Finance, driving modernization of reporting systems and data infrastructure in support of finance transformation.

Ideal Qualifications:

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• Extensive experience in financial strategy, investor relations, or market communications, preferably in pharma, life sciences, or management consulting.

• Strong background in consulting or corporate strategy, with a proven ability to distill complex financial data into actionable insights and market narratives.

• Track record of executive-level business partnering, with excellent communication and presentation skills tailored to internal and external audiences.

• Experience managing international finance teams and global planning cycles.

• Strong command of financial systems, reporting tools, and data modelling best practices.

• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal); additional languages are a plus.

• A truly international mindset, with experience working in multinational and cross-cultural environments.

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.