Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional certifications such as CFA, CMA, ACCA are a strong plus.
• Minimum 6+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders and drive decision making.
• Strong ability to influence key stakeholders and drive decision‑making

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