Sumar
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
- Ensure the operational conversion of the Finance strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business & supervise the performance and development of a team of FRA specialists.
- Ensures the integrity, viability, and interoperability of financial reporting processes and systems, including tax, inventory, corporate controls, and payment and purchasing data.
- Manage and operate the reporting processes in FCRS 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.
- Support 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.
- Contribute to key projects at global, country or BU level.
Key performance indicators:
- Achieve services excellence and Internal customer satisfaction with quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of financial analyses provided
- Customer satisfaction of service delivery and process specific KPIs in accordance with agreed SLAs
- Minimum Requirements: Work Experience:
- University level degree Finance/Accounting or any related field.
- Fluent in English both written and spoken, excellent communication skills. Other languages are a plus.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience, with good functional exposure to finance processes (R2R, Financial Compliance and Control, Management Reporting, Technical Accounting). Previous experience within financial shared service centers is desirable.
- Strong track record in fostering a robust control environment
- Conceptual thinking and ability to align specific functional requirements with the overall finance strategy.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-national organization.
- Previous experience working in projects to drive performance improvements with good track of stakeholder management skills.
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Languages :
- English.
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
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