Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst)

Sandoz; Fatih; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz is seeking a Senior BPA (Sr. Financial Planning Analyst) to join our Finance Team in an impactful role within a global leader of biosimilar and generic medicines.

You will drive budgets, forecasts and financial analysis across regions and partners, shaping strategic plans with commercial teams. The candidate will have at least 5 years of budgeting/finance analysis experience, strong English skills and a proven ability to partner across functions.

Qualifications

• BA degree in related fields is required.
• Fluent in English.
• Min. 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.

Responsibilities

• Perform and support yearly budgeting, monthly/quarterly estimates and rolling forecasts 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 midterm plans with P&L perspective; understand and challenge risks and opportunities.
• Carry out profitability analyses on products, teams, business units and report results with brand P&Ls.
• Support product costing process / COGs and run value-added improvement projects.
• Act as a point of contact with Global Finance Innovation teams and lead financial system submissions & reporting.
• Support month-end closing activities with stakeholders from Financial Reporting & Accounting.
• Perform financial compliance controls, ensuring accuracy of P&L transactions.
• Design and manage early warning systems for financial tracking and warnings.

Skills

Fluent English

Strong communication

Team player

Analytical thinking

Education

BA degree

Job description

Job Description

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.

About The Job

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!

Your 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 - midterm business plans with P&L perspective. Understand & challenge the business risks and opportunities in all layers.
• Proactively carryout value-added analyses on financial data, perform profitability analysis on products, teams, business units and report the results with brand P&Ls
• Support product costing process / COGs (systems runs, understanding the cost variances, run value added improvement projects)
• Acting as a point of contact with Global Finance Innovation teams and leading financial system submissions & reporting
• Support month-end closing activities by collaborating with stakeholders from Financial Reporting & Accounting team
• 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

Min Requirements

• BA degree in related fields
• Fluent in English
• Min. 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

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more! With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably. Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged! The future is ours to shape!

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.

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