Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst)

TR05 (FCRS = TR005) Sandoz İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş; Fatih; On-site; TRY 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst) at Sandoz İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. is seeking a seasoned finance professional to join the global finance team. The role focuses on budgeting, rolling forecasts, and detailed analysis of sales drivers, profitability, and cost inputs.

The candidate will partner with commercial teams on short- and mid-term plans, support product costing, and ensure robust financial controls across P&L areas. Fluent English and a BA degree are essential.

Qualifications

• BA degree in related fields.
• Five years of experience in budget planning and finance analysis preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform yearly budgeting, monthly estimates, and rolling forecasts.
• Lead monthly/quarterly sales forecasts and analyze drivers.
• Partner with commercial teams on short- to mid-term plans with P&L focus.
• Carry out profitability analyses and reporting for products, teams, and units.
• Support product costing processes and COgs variance analysis.
• Coordinate with Global Finance for submissions and reporting.
• Assist month-end closing and ensure financial controls are in place.
• Design early warning systems for accurate financial tracking.

Skills

Strong communication

Team player

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Data visualization

Education

BA degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. We are currently looking for a Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst) to join our Finance Team. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and support yearly budgeting, monthly/quarterly latest estimates and rolling forecast in all internal and regional financial cycles.
• Lead monthly/quarterly sales forecasts and perform detailed analysis in all sales drivers.
• Business partnering with commercial teams on short‑ to mid‑term business plans with a P&L perspective; understand and challenge the business risks and opportunities in all layers.
• Proactively carry out value‑added analyses on financial data, perform profitability analysis on products, teams, and business units, and report the results with brand P&Ls.
• Support product costing process and COGs (systems runs, understanding cost variances, running value‑added improvement projects).
• Act as a point of contact with Global Finance Innovation teams and lead financial system submissions and reporting.
• Support month‑end closing activities by collaborating with stakeholders from Financial Reporting and Accounting teams.
• Perform financial compliance controls, ensuring the accuracy of financial transactions in the P&L areas are recorded and well explained.
• Design and manage early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results.

Minimum Requirements

• BA degree in related fields.
• Fluent in English.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in budget planning and finance analysis.
• Strong communication skills and being a team player.
• Solid analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• High level of resilience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pharma industry experience is a plus.

Skills Desired

• Ability to influence key stakeholders.
• Building effective teams.
• Compliance and controls.
• Continuous process improvement.
• Critical thinking.
• Data cleansing.
• Normalization.
• Data visualization.
• Employee engagement.
• ESG data management.
• Financial accounting.
• Financial and management reporting.
• Market understanding.
• People development.
• Planning & analysis.
• Process optimization.
• Rapid problem solving.
• Understanding value drivers.

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. The law provides for severely disabled/equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.