Senior Manager Corporate BPA

Band

Level 6

 

Job Description Summary

We’re a team of dedicated and smart people united by a drive to achieve together.
You will lead this Business Partnering role with responsibility for coordination of financial processes at the Corporate level and be the key liaison with top management within Finance and the Function/Unit.
You will lead actual reporting process, contributing insights and update of executive reports related to month, quarter, and annual results for their Function/Unit. Ensure smooth month-end closing including actuals vs plan deviation analysis. Lead projects and initiatives on regular basis.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Partners effectively on different dimensions (local and global, as well as Senior Management e.g. ECN LT)

• Responsible to provide consolidated views of Function/Unit to be used for key executive presentations including business drivers

• Develop and implement the strategic financial plan in close collaboration with global business leaders for Function/Unit

• Provides cost transparency and ensure good understanding of key cost drivers

• Evaluates risks & opportunities, proactively communicates and makes recommendations for mitigation. Follows up and ensures issues are addressed

• Conduct value added analyses, e.g. Resource Allocation, Profitability analyses, Benchmarking to recommend short -and long-term targets and improvement areas.

• Ensures business partners understand the financial processes and follow internal guidelines/SOPs

• Drive continuous automation & simplification initiatives to optimize Corporate BPA financial planning and reporting processes

• Deliver adhoc process improvement projects that deliver value for Novartis Group

• Owns implementation of solutions that drive efficiency in all lines of the NVS Group P&L

Essential Criteria:

• University degree in Finance & Accounting. MBA desirable

• Extensive experience in BPA.

• Ownership of P&L & Executive business partnering

• Financial Modelling/Analytical Thinking.

Desirable Criteria

• Global Finance experience

Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

 

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, AI Driven, Building Effective Teams, Capital Allocation, Critical Thinking, Data Cleansing / Normalization, Data Visualization, Effective Communications, Embracing Change, Employee Engagement, Financial And Management, Insight Generation, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Planning & Analysis, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Reporting, Understanding Value Drivers