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.We are currently looking for a Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst) to join our Finance Team. Join us, the future is ours to shape!
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Job Description
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.
We are currently looking for a Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst) to join our Finance Team. Join us, the future is ours to shape!
Your Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Perform and support yearly budgeting, monthly/quarterly latest estimates and rolling forecast in all internal and regional financial cycles
- Lead monthly/quarterly sales forecasts and perform detailed analysis in all sales drivers
- Business Partnering with commercial teams on short - midterm business plans with P&L perspective. Understand & challenge the business risks and opportunities in all layers.
- Proactively carryout value-added analyses on financial data, perform profitability analysis on products, teams, business units and report the results with brand P&Ls
- Support product costing process / COGs (systems runs, understanding the cost variances, run value added improvement projects)
- Acting as a point of contact with Global Finance Innovation teams and leading financial system submissions & reporting
- Support month-end closing activities by collaborating with stakeholders from Financial Reporting & Accounting team
- Perform financial compliance controls, ensuring the accuracy of financial transactions in the P&L areas are recorded and well explained
- Design and manage early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results
Min Requirements:
- BA degree in related fields
- Fluent in English
- Min. 5 years of experience in budget planning and finance analysis
- Strong communication skills and being a team player
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
- High Level of resilience
Preferred Qualifications
- Pharma industry experience is a plus
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art 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 and entrepreneurial spirit 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 encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
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.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
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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 DriversSkills Required
- BA degree in related fields
- Fluent in English
- Minimum 5 years of experience in budget planning and finance analysis
- Strong communication skills and being a team player
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
- High level of resilience
- Pharma industry experience
- 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
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.
