Summary
About the Role
Key responsibilities:
- Apply functional knowledge to optimize outcomes for major global projects. Develop a unified cross-process strategy and governance framework.
- Implement the global governance, strategy, and integration framework and roadmap. Drive strategic planning with GPO heads.
- Lead LDC integration topics. Develop the consolidated GPO (and Finance Core) roadmap. Lead cross-process transformations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for transformational changes.
- Manage cross-functional and cross-process dependencies. Own GPO process performance balance scorecard. Drive value creation opportunities.
- Provide creative solutions to complex operational issues. Incorporate innovation to improve FRA accuracy and control. Drive cross-process programs, enablement and integration.
- Resolve critical operational issues. Interpret complex information for FRA planning. Represent FRA consistently across Novartis group.
- Introduce industry perspective based on best practices .Agree on optimal solutions with leadership team. Maintain strong internal and external relationships.
- Implement all Novartis policies, standards. Deliver high quality operational FRA processes.
Essential Requirement:
- University/Advanced degree. Certified Public Accountant/Chartered Management Accountant (or equivalent) is required.
- More than 10 years of experience in relevant finance roles and leading position in Accounting, Reporting and / or Finance Operations (Process)
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage and influence beyond FRA community and to drive stakeholder management in a changing environment
- Extensive experience in operational excellence, business analysis, process improvement, risk management and change management
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience working effectively in a complex matrix organization
- Proactive, result orientated and with a strong customer centric attitude
- Significant experience managing or working with a Shared Service Center
- Demonstrated analytical, process-oriented, performance and data driven mindset. Ability to understand situations, interdependencies and challenges holistically
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining t achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
