Karo Healthcare

Finance Business Partner - VMS

Karo Healthcare  •  Maidenhead, GB (Onsite)  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.

Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Finance Business Partner – VMS (Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements) for our office in Maidenhead.

What’s in it for you?

  • High-impact role partnering with senior leaders across supply chain and operations
  • International exposure in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial FMCG environment
  • Strong focus on development, ownership, and shaping business decisions
  • Hands-on role with real influence on performance and strategy

What you’ll be doing

  • Act as a trusted finance business partner to senior stakeholders across supply chain, procurement, and operations, influencing key decisions with commercial insight
  • Take end-to-end ownership of the P&L related to supplier costs, materials, and third-party manufacturing
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, using driver-based models to steer performance
  • Play a key role in the S&OP process, translating demand and supply plans into financial outcomes and challenging assumptions
  • Drive working capital improvements, with a strong focus on inventory, cash, and supplier management
  • Deliver forward-looking insights and performance analysis, shifting from reporting to actionable recommendations
  • Ensure strong financial control and accurate month-end close, including variance analysis and governance
  • Lead process improvements and transformation initiatives, enhancing reporting, systems, and ways of working

Requirements

  • Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or similar
  • 5+ years of experience in Finance Business Partnering / Controlling, ideally within FMCG, consumer healthcare, or other fast-paced environments
  • Strong financial acumen with the ability to translate data into business actions
  • Experience with forecasting, planning, and scenario analysis
  • Advanced Excel skills and strong experience with BI tools and data analysis
  • Proven ability to work in a fast-moving, dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders
  • Confident communicator with the ability to challenge, influence, and collaborate at senior level
  • Hands-on, proactive mindset with a strong focus on continuous improvement and impact

Benefits

  • Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
  • Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
  • Flexible schedule and life work balance
  • Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
  • Very positive work environment in a young, international, and motivated team
  • Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values

  

Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.

Karo Healthcare

About Karo Healthcare

Karo Healthcare delivers smart choices for everyday healthcare.

We own and commercialise branded, original over-the-counter products and prescription medicines across a range of everyday categories, including intimate health; skin health; digestive health, foot health; pain, cough and cold; wellness; and specialty products.

Our products are available in more than 90 countries and sold through pharmacies, retailers and via healthcare providers. We have our own sales organisation in more than 10 European countries, with the Nordic region as our core market.

Karo Healthcare is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and owned by KKR since 2025.

Industry
Beauty & Wellness
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Stockholm, SE
Year Founded
1987
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