Business Planning & Analysis Manager

Job description

Band Level 4 Job Description Summary: The Novartis Corporate Finance team is seeking (2) new Business Planning & Analysis (BPA) Managers who supports the BPA Director of Capabilities in enabling Functions to execute strategy. You will meet financial commitments through proactive resource allocation, risk and opportunity management, cost-efficiency and trade-off analysis. Job Description: Key Responsibilities: - Performance Management - interacting with Functional and Product Finance teams to collaboratively plan for +$1.0bn in resources, support the Director BPA in managing performance and delivering annual financial targets. - Resource Allocation excellence– Monitor spend categories and drive proactive analyses to optimize investments. - Co-pilot planning cycles together with remote teams and consolidate cross functionally for specific cost categories. - Risk & Opportunity Management – safeguard and improve overall financial performance through proactive and transparent communication of risks and opportunities. - Drive process standardization and pioneer development of new tools for insight generation – simplify and automate processes and develop new tools to elevate insight gener...