Summary
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
• Provide management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests, and ensure timely and accurate information gathering.
• Performs analyses to evaluate business risks or opportunities; makes recommendations on how to mitigate risks and seize opportunities.
• Ensures ongoing business performance is appropriately supervised and measured, and drives early warning for re-direction of resources if needed.
• Ensures integrity of data provided by manufacturing teams, and provides valuable analysis; provides recommendations on improving forecast accuracy.
• Provides well-managed and quality financial analysis in order to improve case proposals and profitability tracking.
• Supports the product costing process, supports business partners in providing required inputs, reviews the standard cost calculations, checks for correctness and explains changes vs previous standards.
• Provide accurate operational information and advice to support the annual budgeting, rolling forecast and Strategic Planning processes.
• 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.
• Ensures the NAM, TechOps accounting manual, FICO, SOX controls and the different SOPs are respected and applied where vital.
• Supports the FSC and prepares legal entity reporting e.g. for tax and for statutory boards: works council, economic committee, advisory boards, and legally mandatory statistics on import / export as applicable.
• Provides input for special projects and initiatives for the site.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Minimum Requirements:
• Excellent analytical skills: able to connect the dots from various source of information and generate financial insights from independent analysis
• Strong communication skills: able to articulate the key findings and recommendations clearly to senior management team
• Displays of high professionalism in an executive fast paced setting
• Displays of high curiosity, with continuous learning / improvement approach
• Minimum 7 years relevant finance experience, including BPA, Strategic Planning and Business Operations
• University Degree or equivalent experience (subject area with numerical and / or analytical content) with post graduate MBA or further professional qualifications preferable
• Proficiency in English and Dutch (Both written and spoken)
Benefits and rewards:
Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally:
https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
