Senior FRA Specialist

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Sandoz, CA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Supports finance strategy through financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, accounting, tax reporting, audit support, and management analysis. Oversees actuals and forecast processes, ensures financial data and reporting-system integrity, automates routine reporting from SAP and BW, and serves as a Finance and Controlling super user. Supervises and develops a small team while driving process optimization, stakeholder engagement, compliance, and timely delivery of accurate financial information.
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Job Description Summary

To support the business within a country with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc. (typically very large to large revenue) and provide expert advice within a core FRA process/ area/ technology.

Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities:  

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Ensure the operational conversion of the Finance strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business & supervise the performance and development of a small team of FRA specialists.

  • Ensures the integrity, viability, and interoperability of financial reporting processes (Actuals, Budgets and Latest Estimates) and systems, including tax, inventory, corporate controls, and payment and purchasing data.

  • Manage and operate the basic reporting processes for actuals and forecasts to agreed quality and fast close timeline.

  • Provide financial accounting services and data in a timely and accurate manner, including fixed assets, cash activities and divestment activities; ensures appropriate information is provided to relevant individuals and external bodies.

  • Manage audit reporting processes and support compliance for various tax related reports (i.e.: VAT, corporate tax, employee tax); provide necessary data to internal and external authorities.

  • Manage and automate the provision of routine information to local users from SAP and BW and perform ‘super user’ responsibilities for Finance and Controlling modules in SAP.

  • Supervise the development and maintenance of current reporting systems (SAP, BW, Excel); integrate other requirements and the changing needs of the organization so that processes to report actuals, budgets, latest estimates and mid-range plans are met cost effectively and responsively.

  • Prepares ad-hoc and routine ‘accounting / management’ information and quality financial analysis in order to support global and organization’s requirements.

What you’ll bring to the role:  

Essential Requirements:  

  • Experience in General Ledger (GL) accounting and inventory accounting.

  • Knowledge of financial accounting principles and reporting requirements.

  • Experience with financial and management reporting.

  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

  • Ability to influence and engage key stakeholders across the organization.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

  • Experience in process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Experience in SAP and Navision

  • Fluency in English language

What you’ll receive:
  • Risk Life Insurance

  • 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)

  • Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year

  • Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)

  • Multisport Card

  • Premium Health Care Program

  • Transportation allowance

Why Sandoz? 

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health. 

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people 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 careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!  

  

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.  

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. 

#Sandoz

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, Building Effective Teams, Critical Thinking, Effective Communications, Financial Accounting, Financial And Management Reporting, People Development, Process Optimization, Resource Allocation, Understanding Value Drivers

Skills Required

  • Experience in General Ledger accounting
  • Experience in inventory accounting
  • Knowledge of financial accounting principles and reporting requirements
  • Experience with financial and management reporting
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to influence and engage key stakeholders across the organization
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience in process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Experience with SAP
  • Experience with Navision
  • Fluency in English

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: Basel
17,135 Employees

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.

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