Major accountabilities:

• Ensure the operational conversion of the BPA strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business -Provide management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests, and ensure timely and accurate information gathering.
• Perform analysis to evaluate risks or opportunities; make recommendations to mitigate these risks.
• Manage and provide financial analysis and decision making support for a investment/project in a domain -Ensure ongoing business performance is appropriately monitored and measured, and drive early warning for re-direction of resources with Business Partners.
• Provide accurate operational information and advice to support the annual budgeting, rolling forecast and Strategic Planning processes.
• Ensure integrity of data provided by commercial teams, and provides value added; provides recommendations on forecast accuracy improvement.
• Provide well managed and quality financial analysis in order to improve business case proposals and profitability tracking.
• Continually improve and streamline existing management reporting processes and support the definition and implementation of lean processes to meet the changing demands of the business.
• May supervise the performance and development of a small team of BPA specialists.

Key performance indicators:

• Internal customer satisfaction with quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of financial analyses provided -Reliability, timeliness and accuracy of budgetary and financial forecasts -Accuracy of early-warning system and results.
• Managing risks and ops efficiently for the line of business

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Accounting/Business or any related field.
• Minimum 5 years in the related field of Business Planning & Analysis
• Proficiency in MS Office and SAP required.
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Good understanding of internal controls and ability to evaluate policies and enforce procedures.
• Action oriented, proactive, strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Exercises professional business partnering and able to drive changes and improvements

Skills:

• Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders.
• Ai Driven.
• Compliance And Controls.
• Critical Thinking.
• Data Cleansing / Normalization.
• Data Visualization.
• Employee Engagement.
• Financial And Management.
• Giving And Receiving Feedback.
• Insight Generation.
• Interpersonal Savvy.
• Managing Ambiguity.
• Market Understanding.
• Planning & Analysis.
• Process Optimization.
• Rapid Problem Solving.
• Reporting.
• Understanding Value Drivers.

Languages :

• English.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.