Assurance Insights & Review Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Identifies opportunities for Process and Control Deep Dives, leveraging Data & Analytics inputs, existing financial risk score cards, other relevant metrics and management insights
• Closely collaborates with key stakeholders – finance, compliance, audit to ensure effective and efficient assurance initiatives with minimal overlaps/duplication
• Participates in a Global Assurance Committee meeting ensuring effective leverage and prioritisation of Deep Dives to address key risk and priorities
• Leads scoping / planning of each Assurance Deep Dive by identifying global/regional subject matter experts (e.g. GPO, FC&C, etc) and delivering a scope/plan which is approved through governance
• Leads execution of Assurance Deep Dives of agreed scope both remotely and through on-site visits. Identifying risk mitigation and issue remediation opportunities and agreeing a deliverable action plan with relevant participants
• Supports mitigation and remediation actions where necessary and ensures existing risk management processes are leveraged, including FC&C processes
• Work with Data & Analytics team to continually improve the Assurance Risk Dashboard, reflecting the evolving risks and insights gleaned from stakeholders and previous Assurance Deep Dives
• Manage all personnel and administrative duties including hiring, conducting reviews, mentoring, aligning resources to support deliverables, and manage department targets

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in relevant field 
• Relevant years of experience in finance roles and leading position in Accounting, Reporting and / or Finance Compliance and Audit
• Experience working with data mining or process analytics software, process automation software and/or AI powered process software
• Strong Stakeholder management skills in a changing environment
• Significant experience managing or working with a Shared Service Center
• Experience working with globally standardized and harmonized processes and controls
• Extensive experience in operational excellence, business analysis, process improvement, risk management and change management
• Experience working effectively in a complex matrix organization

You’ll receive: 
Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus in the amount of 17,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); MultiSport Card, Car Allowance Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/