Business Planning & Analysis (Fixed Term Contract)

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

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

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

Experience/Professional requirement

• Minimum 5 - 8 years of prior relevant experience in FP&A / BPA teams working on business performance measurement, Forecasting, Corporate Finance, Financial analysis etc.

• Strong experience in budgeting, planning, and operating financial reporting and forecasting systems

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate and provide high context information for senior management and regional office

• Experience collaborating in a cross-functional team environment.

• Being flexible to changes in business environment.

• Strong financial compliance and controls.

• Background in Finance and good knowledge of finance controlling and accounting processes

Education

• Bachelor’s or 4-year university degree required preferably in Finance or related field

• Chartered Accountant (Preferred)

 

Skills Desired

Critical Thinking, Data Visualization, Employee Engagement, Insight Generation, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Process Optimization