• Performance Management and Service Delivery
• Act as single point of contact and special matter expert for accounting related topics, policies and processes for CFO and authorities/auditors
• Provide services at expected levels with a clear customer focus and escalates exceptions
• Close monitoring of changes in accounting standards and external requirements, timely reacts to these changes and initiates adequate process/system changes to ensures compliance
• Actively manage the collaboration with the Novartis Corporate Centers (NOCC), FRA Technical Accounting and business colleagues in Division to ensure accurate accounting and financial reporting
• Proactively challenge the status quo and comes up with making fact based recommendations
• Support continuous improvements and process changes towards efficient and effective processes including sub-ledgers
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including accounting authorities/auditors

What you’ll bring to the role

• University level degree in Business Administration/ Economics/Finance or Certified Accountant/ Big 4 audit background desirable
• Proficiency in German and English (written and spoken)
• Significant working experience in Finance, with in-depth functional expertise and experience in managing financial shared services as well as projects driving performance (e.g. ERP implementation)
• Strong experience in statutory and IFRS accounting or from other finance areas (e.g. BPA) paired with strong ERP knowledge, S4Hana desirable
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-national organization with strong communication and collaboration skills

Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this?
With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people- and-culture

You’ll receive:

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. Thrive Together (novartis.com)

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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