Financial Analyst - SoD Ops

As a part of Novartis, you will play a crucial role in ensuring access controls and risk reduction within the organization. Your responsibilities will include: - Bringing process and system expertise from the perspective of Segregation of Duty (SOD), collaborating with IT, Business, and FC&C community for enriching process knowledge - Working closely with Risk Owners/Process Owners to complete User Access Review, Segregation of Duties, and Critical Action reviews effectively and in a timely manner - Driving continuous improvement in access controls, defining and implementing solutions to reduce the number of SoD conflicts across systems and processes - Sharing the latest access controls updates, best practices, and learnings with both FC&C and non-FC&C community, and training role owners and risk owners on access controls - Leading automation initiatives in the SoD and GRA Access Control area to enhance processes and drive continuous improvement - Ensuring transparent, reliable, and agile stakeholder management, including people management to maintain a high-performance work culture - Supporting in ensuring a low number of internal control deficiencies, timely reporting of control deficiencies, adherence to SOX timelines, and supporting internal and external audits if required Qualifications required for this role: - Bachelor's degree in B.Tech, MBA, or equivalent - 2-6 years of post-qualification experience including expertise in IT Application Controls, SAP GRC, and SAP security concepts - Expertise with SAP GRC Access Controls and SAP authorization concepts in ECC, S/4 HANA - Project management skills with a focus on driving performance and productivity - SAP GRC AC Certification Desired requirements for the role include experience in process automation and digital tools such as Microsoft Power Automate, BOTs, Power BI, and Alteryx, as well as prior working experience in a large Audit firm or top-tier IT service providers. Novartis is committed to reimagining medicine to improve and extend people's lives, and you can be a part of this mission by joining our team. To learn more about our benefits and rewards, you can refer to the Novartis Life Handbook [here](https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards). Please note that Novartis is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment and building diverse teams representative of the patients and communities served.,