Novartis

Senior Financial Analyst

Hyderabad (Office) Full time

Job Description Summary

About the role:

Provides expert support to superiors in BPA as well as insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to Site Finance Head and the management of the Support Unit (SU) of a production site, Provides financial and administrative support to company organizations regarding BPA programs. Act in accordance with legislation, internal rules, good practices, and business objectives


 

Job Description

Key Requirements:

  • Support direct manager with the operational conversion of the BPA strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business (Support Units)

  • Works with direct managers to support financial activities, decision making and general projects (Site Period Costs, Direct Spend, Purchase Price Variance, Capex)

  • Provide analysis or reporting with particular emphasis on accuracy, compliance and timeliness of data provided

  • Ensure ongoing business performance is appropriately monitored and measured, and drive early warning for re-direction of resources with Business Partners (preparation & maintenance of cost allocation model)

  • Ensure integrity of data provided by commercial teams, and provide value added; provides recommendations on forecast accuracy improvement.

  • Support the improvement and streamlining of existing management reporting processes and the definition and implementation of lean processes (Power BI experience is preferred)

  • Coordinate Business Partnering with other areas of the business (FRA, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, MS&T and other GFO functions) to support on time and accurate information gathering.

  • Supports and improves business case proposals and profitability tracking and the annual budgeting, rolling forecast/Latest outlook and Strategic Planning processes.

Essential Requirements:

  • At least 4 years' experience in finance & controlling

  • At least 2 years' experience in managing global stakeholders

Desirable Requirements:

  • Strong analytical skills, detail orientation and ability to deep dive in processes and systems

  • Good organizational & communication skills, ability to work with different stakeholders in a multicultural environment.


 

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