Senior BPA PHAD (Pharmaceutical Development)

Job Description

300+ The number of clinical trials in development to improve patients lives, towards which youll be able to contribute.Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: To lead Business Planning & Analysis (BPA) activities within a country (typically large revenue OR medium revenue) or Business Unit, a region or globally (depending on the division size), providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the business leadership. Manage the execution of regional / global strategies for own part of the organization and the correct and timely implementation of BPA processes and policies and ensure adherence thereof. Deliver core management reporting and financial planning processes to ensure the effective and timely delivery of insightful, recurring or ad-hoc financial information. Lead the development of detailed budget and financial forecasts for use in Global and Regional, country, Business Franchise (BF), and Business Unit (BU) planning. Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results. Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data: Sales trends, Functional Expenses, Other Income and Expenses, Impairment review, Management Cash Flow, Capital Investments, life time costs for projects, NPV etc. Support the organization s leadership team with financial analysis (including Risks & Opportunities analysis), cost analysis and control and drive corrective actions. Conduct value added analyses, e.g. Resource Allocation, Profitability analyses, Benchmarking to recommend short -and long-term targets and improvement areas. Manage and ensure the development of a team of experienced BPA professionals. Provide leadership in preparing business cases, participating and value adding in key negotiations for mid-size investments and programs/projects for the domain/sub domains.Minimum requirements What you ll bring to the role: Advanced University Degree in Finance & Accounting, economics or business administration with a strong focus on finance. Excellent English skills (written and spoken), 2nd language a plus. 10 years of finance experience in Controlling/Business Planning & Analysis and Financial Reporting & Accounting Experience in Pharma industry and/or technical operations is a plus. Good understanding of CapEx investments and business partnering. Experience in working in an international matrix organization. Good business sense and maturity to adapt in a diversified and complex environment. Highly collaborative.Why consider Novartis 799 million. That s how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people s lives We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world s toughest medical challenges.Imagine what you could do at Novartis!Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.,

Keyskills :
early warning systemscash flowcost analysisclinical trialsbusiness planningfinancial analysisfinancial planningfinancial reportingmanagement reportingbusiness administrationfinancial justificationbpa