BPA Manager Global Development

Location: Barcelona, Spain

This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

At the heart of Novartis' purpose and value creation, the passionate Development organisation are reimaging medicine by turning molecules into medicines. The Development Finance BPA works with a team of curious, experimenting and performance driven associates. You will be the key finance business partner for Global Development Functions (including Clinical Development, Advanced Quantitative Science, Regulatory Affairs and Patient Safety), managing all BPA activities, providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to business leadership.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the execution of global strategies for own part of the organization and the correct and timely implementation of BPA processes and policies and ensure adherence thereof.
• Deliver core management reporting and financial planning processes to ensure the effective and timely delivery of insightful, recurring or ad-hoc financial information.
• Lead the development of detailed budget and financial forecasts for use in Global Development planning.
• Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results.
• Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data: Functional Expenses, Other Income and Expenses, Impairment review, Capital Investments, life time costs for projects, NPV etc -Support the organization's leadership team with financial analysis (including Risks and Opportunities analysis), cost analysis and control and drive corrective actions.
• Conduct value added analyses, e.g. Resource Allocation, Benchmarking to recommend short -and long-term targets and improvement areas.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt.
• Accuracy of actuals, plans, availability of analysis in time and of required quality.
• Achievement of Budget targets, quarterly financial forecast accuracy, Customer satisfaction.

Essential Requirements:

• University degree in Business or Finance/Accounting.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings and recommendations clearly.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Highly curious, with a demonstrated ability to explore and learn new business topics.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Minimum of 5-10 years' experience in a multinational organization, working across different cultural environments.
• High level of proficiency in English required – spoken and written.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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?

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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?

Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up:

Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally:

Division

Finance

Business Unit

Finance

Location

Spain

Site

Barcelona Gran Vía

Company / Legal Entity

ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.

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.