Job Description
Job Description: Cluster FP&A
Your Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To
- Lead Consolidated Planning and Reporting for multiple markets/business units (TGT, Latest Forecast, Strategic Plan) with strong focus on accuracy, timeliness, and quality of reported numbers.
- Drive consolidation of financials across cluster/countries, ensuring alignment with global standards and providing meaningful insights at a regional level.
- Support planning cycles (LF/TGT/SP) and deliver ad-hoc analysis to enable informed decision-making.
- Own Daily Sales reporting process, ensuring accurate and timely publishing for consolidated cluster performance.
- Perform TPC analysis and manage Master Data in SAP and BPC for cluster-level consistency.
- Monthly Sales, COGS, and Constant Gross Margin (CGM) analysis and reporting, including variance explanations versus budget, forecast, previous outlooks, and prior year.
- Gross-to-Net analysis and new product launch reporting for consolidated cluster performance.
- Price-Volume analysis and reporting (Actual vs PY/LF/TGT) across markets to identify key drivers of performance.
- Month-End Closing and Variance Analysis for major cost items at cluster level.
- Enable continuous process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Ensure timely and accurate BPC submissions for all planning cycles across cluster.
- Leverage advanced tools (Alteryx, BPC, QlikSense, AFO) for data processing and visualization.
What You'll Bring To The Role
- Financial degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics; MBA Finance / Chartered Accountant / CMA highly preferred.
- 610 years of relevant accounting/financial experience; strong FP&A/BPA experience in multi-country or cluster roles highly preferred.
- Excellent analytical and strategic skills with ability to interpret consolidated data and provide actionable insights.
- Strong experience in consolidation, constant gross margin analysis, and price-volume analysis.
- Ability to interface effectively with global and regional counterparts.
- In-depth knowledge of Sandoz systems and enabling functions (SHAPE, Data Warehouse, BPC) highly preferred.
- Strong communication skills to explain complex financial concepts to diverse audiences.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
