Lead BPA - REFS

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the execution of REFS CH investments strategy and translation into operational budgets
• Develops a strong relationship with the business partners (REFS Head of Capital Investments) ensuring financial targets are achieved. Drives a financial performance culture within the organization.
• Manages the monthly and quarterly actual closing including accruals and provisions estimates, results reporting and variance analyses, identifying root causes and proposing remediation actions.
• Lead the development of detailed budget and financial forecastsfor REFS CH operational spend and Capital Investments
• Provides leadership in preparing investments business cases and projects CARs providing feedback to Projects Managers to ensure correctness and effective data driven decision making
• Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for financial results.
• Proactively drive performance and carry out value-added analyses on financial data:Projects spend, Capital Investments and other REFS Operational Spend.
• Support the organization s leadership team with financial analysis (including Risks & Opportunities analysis), cost analysis and control and drive corrective actions.
• Support/Lead Planning (Budget, LO`s) and Reporting for all entities in CH, across all Divisions with strong focus on investment projects
• Provides Management meaningful decision support for investmentsprojects
• Ensures good accounting practices, guaranteeing adherence to Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM) especially in the investment project accounting

Essential Requirement

• University Degree in Finance / MBA / Certified Public Accountant Degree (CPA)
• 8-12 years overall years of experience
• Budgeting, controlling and reporting for shared service and real estate function or equivalent

Desirable Requirements:

• Business process and system development
• Cost management
• Strong business partnering across multiple stakeholders
• Good organizational & communication skills