Summary
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
- Manage the execution of regional / global strategies for own part of the organization & manage and ensure the development of a team of experienced FRA professionals.
- Manage the budget for the area of responsibility.
- Manage the country internal financial controls; ensures appropriate compliance and usage by performing regular compliance tests and audits.
- Provide timely statutory and country reporting information to internal and external stakeholders, including regional finance officers.
- Ensure the integrity, viability and interoperability of country financial reporting processes and systems, including tax, inventory, corporate-control, payment and purchasing data.
- Manage the implementation of risk management processes and ensure existence and use of adequate risk management tools.
- Manage tax, compliance and audit reporting processes and ensure provision of necessary data to internal and external authorities.
- Manage the correct and timely implementation of financial control processes and policies and ensure adherence thereof.
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
- Working collaboratively between function leaders, support all functions with Finance experience, authority and knowledge
Key performance indicators:
- Timely preparation of monthly and quarterly financial documentation & reporting.
- Performing update/review for accounting content of operating units accounting -
- Performing ad hoc activities in a timely manner, as requested.
Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Functional Breadth.
- Operations Management and Execution.
- People Leadership.
Skills:
- Compliance And Controls.
- Critical Thinking.
- Data Cleansing / Normalization.
- E2E Process View.
- Embracing Change.
- Financial Accounting.
- Financial And Management Reporting.
- Interpersonal Savvy.
- Resilience.
- Tax.
Languages :
- English.
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