Commercial Finance Manager

at  Novartis

SUMMARY

Externally oriented Finance Business Partner for 2 Therapeutic Areas providing (a) decision support to TA Heads to maximize growth and generate impact from investments, (b) Co-managing the Brand/TA P&Ls, (c) FP&A for TAs & Select Functions & (d) Drive AI and digital finance projects in AU

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Commercial Finance experience
• Functional Breadth.
• Business case management.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders.
• Ai Driven, Building Effective Teams, Capital Allocation.
• Critical Thinking, Financial And Management Reporting.
• Giving And Receiving Feedback.
• Insight Generation, Interpersonal Savvy, Managing Ambiguity.
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  Division
  Finance
  Business Unit
  Pharmaceuticals
  Location
  Australia
  Site
  New South Wales (NSW)
  Company / Legal Entity
  AU04 (FCRS = AU004) AU Pharma Pty Ltd
  Functional Area
  Audit & Finance
  Job Type
  Full time
  Employment Type
  Regular
  Shift Work
  No
  Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data including launch business cases, impact from investments, benchmarking etc.
• Drive Investor mindset within the TAs to support resource allocation based on product lifecycle
• Support the organization’s leadership team with financial analysis (including Risks and Opportunities analysis), cost analysis and control and drive corrective actions.recommend short -and long-term targets
• Deliver core management reporting and financial planning processes to ensure the effective and timely delivery of insightful, recurring or ad-hoc financial information.
• Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results.
• Manage the execution of regional / global strategies for own part of the organization and the correct and timely implementation of BPA processes and policies and ensure adherence thereof.
• Drive Financial literacy across the organization