Summary
Lead all BPA activities within a country ,unit, or function, a region or globally (depending on the division size), providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the business leadership.
About the Role
Key Requirements:
- Manage the execution of regional / global strategies for own part of the organization and the correct and timely implementation of BPA processes and policies and ensure adherence thereof.
- Deliver core management reporting and financial planning processes to ensure the effective and timely delivery of insightful, recurring or ad-hoc financial information.
- Lead the development of detailed budget and financial forecasts for use in Global and Regional, country, Business Franchise (BF), and Business Unit (BU) planning.
- Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results.
- Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data: Sales trends, Functional Expenses, Other Income and Expenses, Impairment review, Management Cash Flow, Capital Investments, life time costs for projects, NPV etc
- Support the organization’s leadership team with financial analysis (including Risks and Opportunities analysis), cost analysis and control and drive corrective actions.
- Conduct value added analyses, e.g. Resource Allocation, Profitability analyses, Benchmarking to recommend short -and long-term targets and improvement areas. Manage and ensure the development of a team of experienced BPA professionals.
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
Essential Requirements:
- University level degree in Finance / Accounting / Business Administration/ Economics
- Chartered Accountant
- 10-13 years of financial experience in various areas (Controlling/Business Planning & Analysis)
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-national, matrix organization. Global/multi-function project and change management experience
- Previous experience in Budgeting, controlling and reporting.
Desirable Requirements:
- Strong Communication, Facilitation and interpersonal skills
- Strong Customer Service experience
- Demonstrated ability to work with international colleagues
- Excellent people skills
- Excellent Stakeholder engagement skills
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Accessibility and accommodation
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