Summary
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
- Partnering ffectively with REFS Finance globally, Operations Finance, and REFS Business Leadership teams in RoW to align financial strategies and objectives,
- Providing cost transparency and ensures a good understanding of key cost drivers for REFS RoW by location and business area (Real Estate Mgmt, Design Construction Mgmt, Facility Mgmt, HSE),
- Evaluating risks & opportunities, proactively communicating findings, and making recommendations for mitigation. Following up to ensure issues are addressed promptly,
- Understanding and keeping current with the business strategy and objectives of various divisions, partnering effectively to provide cost-effective solutions, such as identifying savings opportunities,
- Providing timely, accurate, and meaningful financial management reporting on operation and project costs, serving as the basis for performance management and decision-making,
- Collaborating closely with Country/Region Finance and Business in REFS, as well as across Operations and all divisions, providing financial expertise for the evaluation, execution, and tracking of REFS Investments/Divestments and projects in RoW,
- Providing a standardized Investment/Divestments and projects approval process and ensures adherence to Novartis MAL,
- Establishing a robust process for accurate monitoring and reporting of key KPIs for savings and performance,
- Ensuring good accounting practices in line with Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM), MAL/FIKO, Investment guidelines and approvals process, all Operations forms (IS40, IS26, etc.), SOPs, and POP policy,
- Training and developing the Finance team to be recognized as a value-adding function within the organization.
Minimum Requirements:
- University Degree in Finance / MBA / Certified Public Accountant Degree (CPA),
- English language is mandatory, Spanish is beneficial,
- 10 - 15 years of experience in budgeting, controlling and reporting for shared service and real estate function or equivalent,
- Experience with strategy implementation, system development, cost management, performance monitoring,
- Experience in multi-function project and change,
- Accounting, internal audit / financial reporting and accounting experience,
- Strong business partnering across multiple stakeholders,
- Active cost management,
- Excellent knowledge of Excel, Power Point, SAP systems, with working knowledge of Ariba.
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