Business Planning & Analysis Manager

Manager

Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Hyderabad, India
This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role; please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

About the Role:
To support the business within a country / countries with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc. Owns and onboards markets to new CoE solutions as they come together in close coordination with internal stakeholders.

Job Description

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.
• Manage and provide financial analysis and decision-making support for a investment/project in a domain
• Owns and onboards markets to new CoE solutions as they come together with Process lead
• Maintains & Owns Market-specific master data changes (i.e. Org-Chart related changes) and is familiar with centrally driven changes
• Acts as an extended arm to markets and contributes to centrally driven initiatives
• Incl. End-2-End Delivery of CoE Agreed Processes to clusters of markets in harmonized way across Month-end Close as well as Planning and reporting activities

Essential Requirements:

• MBA degree from a premier institute/Chartered Accountant with excellent academic record
• Have at least 4-6 years of related BPA experience

Desirable Requirements:

• An open-minded person, curious to learn more and committed to deliver in a fast-paced environment
• Good team player with strong analysis and communication skills, and ability to influence key stakeholders

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, AI Driven, Budgeting, commercial finance, Compliance And Controls, Critical Thinking, Data Cleansing / Normalization, Data Visualization, Employee Engagement, Financial And Management, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Giving And Receiving Feedback, Insight Generation, Interpersonal Savvy, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Planning & Analysis, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Reporting, Understanding Value Drivers

Experience Level

Senior Level