. The Senior Cash Management Specialist is in charge of the optimization of cash position to ensure maintenance of adequate liquidity while also managing payments, receipts and financial risk effectively for Novartis Group entities. The Senior Specialist acts as a role model for the Cash Management Team providing guidance, knowledge-sharing, empowerment to junior team members and continuously demonstrating strong leadership skills. The role ensures that Cash Management processes (bank accounting, reconciliation, closing, entries, validation, quality, reporting and analysis) are in place and managed in accordance with defined standards and operating procedures. This includes driving operational improvements, ownership of projects, resolution of complex issues/cases, addressing and solving operational constraints on a timely manner, leading discussions with key stakeholders and bridging operations to the TCM leadership team. The Senior Specialist should demonstrate operational excellence on the key responsibilities that a Cash Management Specialist performs, ensuring cash forecasts are timely executed, with utmost quality delivery and fully compliant. In addition, the Senior Cash Management Specialist constantly provides regular and timely reporting, analysis and KPIs understanding to support NBS to enable improved performance, compliance and cost reductionThis role is also managing performance analysis, banking set-up, controlling of bank operations and all TCM relevant master data, enabling effective and efficient TCM processes. He/She is ensuring coordination of activities with In-House-Bank (IHB) and Group Treasury.The Senior Cash Management Specialist leads without formal authority the Novartis NGSC Cash Management processes, supporting, enabling and stewarding the execution of quality services by the team.The position requires a self-driven, diligent, hard-working individual, strong and motivated potential leader with knowledge and experience in Treasury. The role entails the provision of services within the scope of TCM Cash and Banking Management. The position requires a creative, diligent, hard-working individual with knowledge and experience in Treasury driving outstanding customer service and operational efficiency. About the RoleKey Responsibilities:Has the operational oversight to provide services at expected levels with a clear customer focus, including handling the exceptionsProvides functional guidance from TCM Cash Management perspective for business transactions
