Job Description Summary
-Provide the business within a country with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc.
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
- Support financials in month/year end closing & reporting activities
- Forecasting, business planning, budgeting & strategic planning including periodical revisions
- Support Product Cost calculations and reporting variances in month-end closing and forecast studies
- Support COGS improvement projects and Kurtkoy factory long-term strategy
- Provide management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests, and ensures timely and accurate information
- Builds a strong Business partner relationship with Site Leadership Team, Commercial Team and Global Team
- Cost Center Budgeting, Controlling and Business Partnering with key stakeholders
- Investment preparation and follow-up OpEx Projects
Key performance indicators:
- Internal customer satisfaction with quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of financial analyses provided
- Reliability, timeliness and accuracy of budgetary and financial forecasts
- 100% compliance with all global and local procedures and policies
Minimum Requirements:
- University degree, ideally in Business Administration or Economics
- Minimum 3-4 years of experience in financial reporting, budgeting and planning within a global manufacturing company
- Knowledge of statutory & international accounting & reporting standards
- Strong analytical ability including the use of related analysis tools with a high level of energy and dedication
- Task oriented and capable of working with strict deadlines
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills with speak-up and teamwork mentality
- Being flexible to changes in business environment, concept and tools
- Fluency in both written and spoken English
Skills Desired
Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, Building Effective Teams, Compliance And Controls, Continuous Process Improvement, Critical Thinking, Data Cleansing Normalization, Data Visualization, Employee Engagement, Esg Data Management, Financial Accounting, Financial And Management Reporting, Market Understanding, People Development, Planning & Analysis, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Understanding Value Drivers
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
