BPA Lead

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Job Description Summary Lead Business Planning & Analysis (BPA) activities within a country. Provide strategic and insightful value-added analysis and decision support to the business leadership. Deliver core management reporting and financial planning processes to ensure the effective and timely delivery of recurring or ad-hoc financial information, and pro-active cross-functional liaison with the Financial Reporting & Accounting (FRA) and commercial teams Job Description: Major Accountabilities: Develop strong understanding of the market dynamics and Novartis products to drive performance. Support leadership team in driving performance with financial analysis, drive external competitive analysis and internal insights (e.g. sales and cost trends, early warning systems, Risks and Opportunities make recommendations to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities, etc). Demonstrate leadership and influencing skills dealing with senior management / Cluster / Region / leading business review preparations and additional initiatives/ad-hoc projects as needed. Pro-actively conduct value added analysis – Benchmarking, Resource Allocation, Profitability analysis, NPV assessment to drive margin...