The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - Vision Care serves as a strategic finance leader and key partner to the vice president and general manager, Vision Care U.S. and the senior leadership team. This role is responsible for delivering forward-looking financial insights, driving disciplined planning processes, and enabling data-driven decision-making to support sustainable growth, profitability, and operational excellence.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance, this leader will oversee forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, performance measurement, and strategic analysis. The role also plays a critical part in long-range planning, capital allocation, and portfolio management, ensuring alignment with Bausch + Lomb's strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Partner with business and financial leadership to shape financial strategies and integrated business plans.
• Lead the annual operating plan, budget, and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Provide forward-looking insights and scenario analyses to inform strategic decisions across commercial, R&D, and operations.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Drive forecasting excellence, including scenario planning, risk assessment, and variance analysis.
• Deliver actionable insights on performance drivers, profitability, and risks/opportunities.
• Lead consolidation and presentation of financial results to executive leadership.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.
• Establish and maintain disciplined sales forecasting and revenue planning processes.

Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on financial performance, operational efficiency, and strategic trade-offs.
• Partner cross-functionally to evaluate new product launches, pricing strategies, channel optimization, and business development opportunities.
• Support capital allocation decisions, portfolio prioritization, and resource deployment.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing FP&A team with strong analytical and business partnership capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and tools to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and results-oriented performance.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field required; MBA, CPA or equivalent advanced certification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or finance experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business leaders to drive strategy and performance.
• Strong background in pharmaceutical or medical device industries with U.S. market experience required, consumer health/OTC experience preferred.
• Proven success leading financial planning processes, including sales and revenue forecasting.
• Experience building, developing, and leading high-performing teams.

Skills and competencies:

• Strong strategic thinking and analytical capabilities, with advanced financial modeling expertise (including GTN forecasting).
• Ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across functions.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with ambiguity.
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility with business and functional partners through disciplined decision-making.
• Strong leadership presence with a track record of building high-performing teams.
• Expertise in financial systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Adaptive Insights), and advanced analytics tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI).
• Strategic mindset with a hands-on, results-driven approach to execution.

This position may be available in the following location(s): US - Bridgewater, NJ

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting pay for this role is between $175,000.00 and $255,000.00. The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. They may also be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, a tuition reimbursement program (select degrees), company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive sick time, floating holidays and paid vacation.