As a newly listed, independent organization, we have an exciting, once-in-a-career opportunity to set our own path forward.
- **Leadership and Management**:
- Role models a leadership style, that is inclusive, proactive, respectful, and results driven.
- Manages a diverse team to deliver a high-performing organization and drive improvements/standard solutions, while fostering a high degree of collaboration.
- Builds and strengthens the capabilities of the team by identifying, deploying, developing and overseeing talent within the function
- Provides leadership, training and development to ensure unified teamwork and alignment with Sandoz Values and Behaviours
- Sponsors and oversees new initiatives and/or projects, which will drive productivity and efficiency objectives
- Onboards and trains new team members to the team in a welcoming and efficient manner ensuring that they have required resources and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.
- **Service Delivery**:
- Ensure the operational conversion of the Finance strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business & supervise the performance and development of the FRA team.
- Ensuring the integrity, viability, and interoperability of financial reporting processes (Actuals, Budgets and Latest Estimates) and systems, including tax, inventory, corporate controls, and
- payment and purchasing data.
- Manage and operate the basic reporting processes for actuals and forecasts to agreed quality and fast close timeline.
- Provide financial accounting services and data in a timely and accurate manner, including fixed assets, cash activities and divestment activities; ensures appropriate information is provided to relevant individuals and external bodies.
- Manage audit reporting processes and support compliance for various tax related reports (i.e.: VAT, corporate tax, employee tax); provide necessary data to internal and external authorities.
- Manage and automate the provision of routine information to local users from SAP and perform 'super user' responsibilities for Finance and Controlling modules in SAP.
- Supervise the development and maintenance of current reporting systems (SAP, BI, SPMR and FCRS); integrate other requirements and the changing needs of the organization so that processes to report actuals, budgets, latest estimates and mid-range plans are met cost effectively and responsively.
- Prepares ad-hoc and routine 'accounting / management' information and quality financial analysis in order to support global and organization's requirements.)
- Review and assess changes to the process in scope for potential financial statement impacts.
- Participate in Balance Sheet discussions ensuring balances are appropriately recorded.
- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations.
- Review and formally assess, on a quarterly basis, the reasonableness of accrual estimates provided by the areas under scope.
- Ensure timely and compliant end to end FCRS schedules and corresponding working paper preparation / review where applicable.
- Ensure compliance with Sandoz Accounting Manual (SAM), Sandoz Financial Controls Manual (SFCM) and regulatory requirements and implementation in internal guidelines
- **Key Performance Indicators**
- Customer satisfaction of service delivery & process specific KPIs
- Minimal financials impact from audit and timely execution of action plans
- No errors in FCSR and SPMR schedules
- Reconciliations and month end performed on time and quality
- Savings and cost avoidance identified and implemented
- Stable services including those of outsourced operations with no control issues
**Ideal Background**
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and/or Finance required.
- CPA or Chartered Accountant is preferred.
- Advanced Degree in Accounting and/or Finance is preferred.
- Formal continuous improvement training preferred (i.e. Six Sigma).
- Fluent in English both verbal and written
- +5 years of financial experience for major company or division of large corporation required.
- Big 4 Audit background desirable.
- Previous experience in managing Financial Services
- Demonstrated ability to drive meaningful improvements in performance, quality and efficiency through system and process innovation and effective project management.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Expertise in financial reporting and consolidation systems, and strong Excel skills.
- Strong process design experience with demonstrated ability to organize high volume and complexity of activities into streamlined process.
- Good people skills, leadership exposure.
- Strong communications skills.
What you will bring to the position:
You will receive: (not required) Breakdown of benefits received in this role. Also include flexible work, learning and development opportunities.
Why Sandoz? 500 million patients received generic and biosimilar medicines from Sandoz in 2021, and while we are proud of that, we know we can do more to continue