Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Designs and maintains systems for financial tracking and platform presentations, seeks for automation and digitalization on the Platform financial data.
• Ensures consolidation and reporting of financial Platform KPI’s in a timely manner.
• Acts as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders, driving financial transparency and influencing decision-making across functions
• Identifies financial risks and opportunities, proactively recommends mitigation strategies, and follow through to resolution
•  Performs financial analysis, cost analysis, and control to, proactively, drive performance and corrective actions as needed
• Manage the full budget and latest forecast cycles for cost centers and service areas, ensuring accuracy and relevance
• Is the Platform main finance partner for several production sites, across different geographies and product portfolio.
• Is responsible for the Platform reporting of actuals, outlooks and Targets
• Supports on the preparation and consolidation of planning processes, guiding principles, and ensure timely, high-quality budget delivery, including risks & opportunities and scenario analysis.
• Assist on the consolidation and reporting of monthly Latest Outlooks (LO), reporting of actuals and associated variance commentaries to Global Finance Technical Operations

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential criteria:

• Degree in Business Administration or a similar diploma (MBA preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial controlling, planning & analysis, and reporting within a global organisation
• Manufacturing background
• Digitally savvy, with familiarity in Power BI or similar data visualisation tools, and an interest in using AI solutions like Copilot to enhance financial insights
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Desirable criteria:

• Ability to work and coordinate a cross-functional team in a matrix environment
• Adaptability to changing environment

Your benefits in joining Novartis:

• Attractive salary range
• Annual bonus
• Strong focus on your career development
• A “Quality of Work Life” approach, allowing you to propose improvements to your daily work environment
• Special attention to your work-life balance, with options such as remote working, annualized part-time arrangements, and parental leave
• Comprehensive social coverage for you and your family
• Various employee recognition programs

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