266 – Interim CFO Pharma, Medical, Romania

About Our Client:

Our client is a privately held international pharmaceutical group headquartered in France, with a legacy spanning more than five decades. With revenues exceeding half a billion euros and several thousand employees worldwide, the company serves patients in over 100 countries. Its industrial operations include multiple manufacturing sites across Europe and Africa, supported by an in-house R&D centre driving scientific innovation and product quality.

The business has an established presence across Europe and continues to expand in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and the Americas through a network of subsidiaries and distribution partners. With a growing footprint in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkan region, CE Interim is supporting the company’s Romanian affiliate, a commercially-focused sales and marketing organisation, in strengthening its finance function – covering controlling, reporting and governance. The Romanian leadership team operates in an international, multicultural environment with expatriate management and strong functional links to Group headquarters.

The organisation is entering a strategic phase of operational transformation and growth acceleration, focused on modernising systems, reinforcing governance and enhancing financial performance across its regional network.

Project Description:

The Interim Chief Financial Officer will play a pivotal role in steering the financial and operational agenda of the company’s Romanian organisation. Reporting to the General Manager locally and functionally to Group Finance, the CFO will ensure performance transparency, governance compliance and the effective transformation of financial, reporting and accounting processes to support sustainable growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the finance, accounting and reporting function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, management and statutory reporting, and ensuring alignment with international governance standards.
• Enhance controlling and performance-reporting frameworks to deliver actionable insights and support the commercial sales and marketing teams in Romania and the region.
  Implement modern finance and IT-enabled systems to drive process efficiency, scalable reporting, robust accounting controls, and data-driven decision-making.
• Act as finance business partner to the General Manager and regional commercial leadership, enabling the sales organisation via strong finance governance, scenario analysis and profitability oversight.
• Strengthen governance, internal control, compliance and audit readiness, promoting integrity and transparency across finance and administration.
  Deliver leadership continuity and capability building within the local finance team, ensuring sustainable hand-over and operational resilience.

This is a high-visibility, short-term interim assignment requiring both strategic oversight and hands-on operational execution in a commercially driven, international environment. The role offers the opportunity to shape the finance transformation of a leading global healthcare brand in a key Central and Eastern European market.

Interim Manager Required Skills:

This assignment calls for an accomplished finance executive with a proven track record in international, commercial organisations and interim assignments.

• Former CFO, Finance Director or Senior Controller with experience in interim, transformation or performance improvement roles
• Strong background in commercial finance, accounting, reporting and governance in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, FMCG or life-sciences
• Demonstrated ability to lead IT-enabled finance system upgrades, reporting transformation and analytics-driven decision-making
• Strategic yet pragmatic leader, comfortable working with expatriate management teams, and experienced in sales and marketing-driven business environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, enabling clear decision support, leadership of teams and cross-functional collaboration
• Fluent in English; Romanian language skills are welcome but not essential
• Resilient, adaptable leader with proven capability to deliver measurable value in a defined interim timeframe

Key Requirements:

• Interim executive leadership in finance transformation, accounting and reporting
• Governing financial processes across sales and marketing operations in a regional setting
• Delivering end-to-end performance improvement, internal control, and data-enabled decision support
• Cross-border stakeholder management and integration into global finance frameworks
• Implementation and optimisation of IT-enabled finance and accounting systems in supporting commercial growth

Type of Assignment:

• Interim

Scope of Interim Assignment:

• Finance Transformation, Governance

Functional Area of the Interim Manager:

• Finance

Location:

• Romania

Duration:

• 3-6 months

Start Date:

• November 2025

Why work with us?

CE Interim delivers proven executive interim leaders within 72 hours across borders, cultures, and industries. We specialize in high-impact interim management for private equity firms, family offices, and global corporations facing moments of transition: digital transformation, market entry, operational turnaround, post-merger integration, or crisis.

What sets us apart is not just the speed or depth of our network, it’s how we lead. Every engagement is personally guided by a CE Interim managing partner: former CEOs, CFOs, or COOs who’ve been on your side of the table, steering organizations through high-stakes decisions.

With a global talent pool and operational reach spanning Europe, the USA, and the Middle East, we don’t fill roles, we build trust, lead transitions, and deliver outcomes.

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