Job Description Summary
Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!•Provide strategic & operational leadership for Regulatory Affairs (RA) from a finance perspective
•Act as key business and sparring partner in interaction with Head RA as well as the LT team of RA
•Responsible for business planning, preparation of forecasts, analyses and process monitoring
•Providing appropriate financial operational as well as strategic support to business operations for effective achievement of business objectives to ensure a sound financial standing and growth of the company
•Drive standardization and automatization in GDSO
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
- Business partner for Regulatory Affairs (RA):
- Finance business partner for entire RA function (~700 FTEs, ~$80m cost center across multiple locations)
- Proactively manage all reporting, monitoring and planning cycles for the RA function
- Part of GRA LT team, expected to drive results, ensure RA LT objectives are delivered within budget, guide LT on finance related topics and work closely with P&O·
- Part of the RA Staffing Committee
- Drive transformation in RA
- D&R monitoring:
- Monitoring local D&R budget with quarterly update and insight into MYF and TGT, review
- Market bottom-up submission and discuss with Regions the potential challenges / changes to be implemented in submission
- Ensure disciplined and accurate reporting by markets based on correct P&L line (RA, Medical, Clinical, etc)
- D&R line consolidation, drive saving initiatives and course correction or mitigating actions when deviating from agreed targets
- Projects:
- Independently drive projects (strategic as well as operational projects)·
- Implement cost center tracking and forecasting in the GDSO network
- Develop ROIC model, monitor impact and provide strategy initiatives to improve ROIC
- Improve and automate development project tracking tools to improve project delivery and forecasting accuracy
Job dimensions:
- No. of associates: 3
- Financial responsibility: $80m budget and 700 FTE
- Impact on the organisation: Significant
Key performance indicators:
- Budget compliance
- Savings delivery
- Financial project delivery
- Forecasting accuracy
Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 12 years in FP&A with 2 years in development function preferred
- Leadership skills
- Proven effective communication skills
- Ability to work on cross-functional global teams
- Strong analytical and execution skills
- Excel and PowerPoint skills are a must
Skills:
- Team management
- Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders.
- Critical Thinking.
- Data Cleansing / Normalization. Data Visualization.
- Financial And Management Reporting.
- Insight Generation. Managing Ambiguity.
- Planning & Analysis. Process Optimization.
- Rapid Problem Solving. Understanding Value Drivers.
Languages :
- English.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us!
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.
Skills Desired
Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, AI Driven, Building Effective Teams, Capital Allocation, Critical Thinking, Data Cleansing / Normalization, Data Visualization, Financial And Management Reporting, Giving And Receiving Feedback, Insight Generation, Interpersonal Savvy, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Planning & Analysis, Pmi (Post-Merger Integration), Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Understanding Value DriversSkills Required
- Minimum 12 years of FP&A experience
- Two years of experience in a development function
- Leadership skills
- Proven effective communication skills
- Ability to work on cross-functional global teams
- Strong analytical and execution skills
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
- Microsoft PowerPoint proficiency
- Team management
- Ability to influence key stakeholders
- Critical thinking
- Data cleansing and normalization
- Data visualization
- Financial and management reporting
- Insight generation
- Managing ambiguity
- Planning and analysis
- Process optimization
- Rapid problem solving
- Understanding value drivers
- English language proficiency
Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.
Sandoz Insights
What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
