Financial Accounting & Reporting Specialist, Intercompany (m/f/d) - Fixed term contract

Novartis AG; Basel-Stadt; Hybrid; CHF 91,000 - 169,000; Part time

Job summary

Novartis AG in Basel, Switzerland is seeking a Financial Accounting & Reporting Specialist, Intercompany to ensure accurate accounting, reconciliation, and reporting of intercompany transactions across legal entities. You will partner with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay teams to resolve complex differences, strengthen controls, and support reliable financial close and reporting.

This temporary role offers hybrid work arrangements and exposure to global intercompany

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Experience in financial accounting and reporting.
• Knowledge of close processes, GL, intercompany eliminations, internal controls.
• Proficiency with SAP or similar ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Professional English proficiency and collaboration across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting, reconciliation, and reporting of intercompany transactions across entities.
• Resolve intercompany mismatches and reconciliation differences.
• Coordinate intercompany close and elimination activities.
• Execute financial controls and maintain documentation for compliance and audit readiness.
• Collaborate across Finance, Tax, Treasury, O2C, and P2P teams.
• Drive standardization and automation of intercompany processes.

Skills

Intercompany accounting

Reconciliations

General ledger

Internal controls

SAP ERP

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Process automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary Range: CHF91,000.00 - CHF169,000.00

Job Description Summary

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Location: Basel, Switzerland

Contract Type: Temporary fixed-term contract until the end of March 2028.

Relocation Support: This role is based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Visa Sponsorship: Novartis is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Ready to bring clarity, control, and smarter ways of working to global intercompany accounting? As a Financial Accounting & Reporting Specialist, Intercompany (m/f/d), you will help ensure accurate accounting, reconciliation, and reporting of intercompany transactions across legal entities. You will partner with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay teams to resolve complex differences, strengthen controls, and support reliable financial close and reporting. You will also act as a subject matter expert, driving standardization, automation, and digital improvements that reduce manual effort and make intercompany processes more efficient and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage accurate and timely accounting, reconciliation, and reporting of intercompany transactions across legal entities.
• Resolve intercompany mismatches, out-of-balance positions, and reconciliation differences in collaboration with global counterpart teams.
• Coordinate intercompany close and elimination activities, investigating billing, cross-charges, allocations, transfer pricing, and foreign-exchange differences.
• Execute key financial controls and maintain robust documentation to support compliance, audit readiness, and reporting requirements.
• Partner across Finance, Tax, Treasury, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay to strengthen end-to-end intercompany processes.
• Drive standardization, automation, and digital improvements while providing intercompany accounting guidance and knowledge sharing.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in financial accounting and reporting, with strong exposure to intercompany accounting and reconciliations.
• Strong knowledge of financial close, general ledger accounting, intercompany eliminations, internal controls, and compliance requirements.
• Advanced proficiency with SAP or comparable enterprise resource planning systems and Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex accounting differences.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with professional English proficiency and experience collaborating across global teams.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley controls, transfer-pricing impacts, foreign-exchange differences, or complex cross-border accounting.
• Experience driving process automation, standardization, or digital transformation within Financial Reporting and Accounting, with a strong focus on leveraging AI solutions, including Microsoft Copilot, AI Agents, and intelligent automation technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

Novartis offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to recognize your experience, skills, and contribution. The final compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity, and applicable market considerations.

In addition to base compensation, eligible employees may have access to performance-based incentives and a comprehensive range of benefits and wellbeing programs in line with Novartis Switzerland policies.

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? People & Culture at Novartis

Skills Desired

• Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders (Inactive)
• Building High Performance Team
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Financial Accounting
• Financial And Management Reporting (Inactive)
• Process Optimization
• Resource Allocation
• Understanding Value Drivers (Inactive)
• Workforce Development