Sr. Manager - Business Planning & Analysis

Novartis India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis India is seeking a seasoned FP&A professional to act as a business partner for BPA within the country, delivering insightful financial analysis and decision support to the management team. The role involves coordinating a team of specialists, driving cost control, and supporting strategic planning initiatives.

The candidate will ensure data integrity, produce timely management reports, and provide early warning on resource redirection to optimize profitability and performance.

Qualifications

• Strong financial analysis and forecasting capabilities.
• Experience in budgeting and management reporting for large-scale operations.
• Ability to derive insights from multiple data sources and present actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide management with accurate financial analysis for monthly reviews and ad-hoc requests.
• Evaluate risks/opportunities and recommend mitigations.
• Support budgeting, rolling forecasts, and strategic planning processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Data integrity

Analytical thinking

Education

CA/MBA or equivalent

Job description

Summary

About the role:
To support the business within a country with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc. (typical very large to large revenue) and may coordinate a team of specialists. To act as a Business Partner for BPA within a country, providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the management team.

About The Role

Key Requirements

• Ensure the operational conversion of the BPA strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business -Provide management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests, and ensure timely and accurate information gathering.
• Perform analysis to evaluate risks or opportunities; make recommendations to mitigate these risks.
• Manage and provide financial analysis and decision making support for a investment/project in a domain
• Ensure ongoing business performance is appropriately monitored and measured, and drive early warning for re-direction of resources with Business Partners.
• Provide accurate operational information and advice to support the annual budgeting, rolling forecast and Strategic Planning processes.
• Ensure integrity of data provided by commercial teams, and provides value added; provides recommendations on forecast accuracy improvement.
• Provide well managed and quality financial analysis in order to improve business case proposals and profitability tracking.
• Continually improve and streamline existing management reporting processes and support the definition and implementation of lean processes to meet the changing demands of the business.
• May supervise the performance and development of a small team of BPA specialists.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt. Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

Essential Requirements

• CA/MBA or further professional qualifications preferable.
• 9-12 years of experience in FP&A.
• Strong financial controlling skillset, functional know-how and excellent analytical skills - able to connect the dots from various source of information and generate financial insights from independent analysis

Desirable Requirements

• Internal customer satisfaction with quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of financial analyses provided
• Reliability, timeliness and accuracy of budgetary and financial forecasts
• Accuracy of early-warning system and results.
• Managing risks and ops efficiently for the line of business

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