Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

-To support the business within a country with complex analysis reporting forecasts etc. (typically very large to large revenue) and may coordinate a team of specialists. To act as a Business Partner for BPA within a country providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the management team.

Job Description

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:

• Bachelors 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 decisionmaking

Skills Desired

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

Required Experience:

Manager

Key Skills

• Internal Audit
• Financial Services
• Financial Performance
• Variance Analysis
• Journal Entries
• Account Management
• ACH
• Customer Accounts
• General Ledger Accounts
• Payroll
• Customer Relationships
• Financial Statements
• Annual Reports

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