Business Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally. Join us the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

Your Responsibility:

• Business partnering for one of the Companys business units;
• Providing strong finance support and analysis to Business including variance and trend analysis with in-depth identifications of root causes;
• Reliable timely and accurate financial forecasts;
• Preparing Target and Latest estimate including drafting presentation with comments and submitting on time to global;
• Measuring and analyzing achievements of Ukraine budget for sales costs and headcounts;
• Supporting preparation of business reviews (deck) with thoughtful comments;
• Participating in period end closing process;
• Creating transparency on costs and seeking to improve cost efficiency (proactive management of costs);
• Controlling margin and TPC development on a product level and in case of need initiating review with supply hubs;
• Constant monitoring of slow-movers and write-off and search for write-off minimization;
• Executing financial processes with quality and accuracy improve business productivity and operations;
• Consolidating of data for several BUs/sub-Cluster;
• Driving automation of financial processes.

What youll bring to the role:

• Degree in Finance Economics Business Administration (or similar);
• Previous professional experience in an analytical role preferred;
• Understanding of the following areas: Business Planning and Analysis Budgeting Controlling and Reporting Cost management;
• Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail;
• Courage to challenge the status-quo;
• Advanced English (oral and written);
• Good knowledge of MS Office (esp. Excel and Power Point);
• SAP knowledge and experience (preferred).

Youll receive:

In addition to the various learning opportunities we offer company benefits such as:

• 28 days of annual leave
• Life and Health Insurance
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working arrangements
• Corporate psychological support
• Parental leave

Why Sandoz

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders AI Driven Compliance And Controls Critical Thinking Data Cleansing / Normalization Data Visualization Employee Engagement Financial And Management Giving And Receiving Feedback Insight Generation Interpersonal Savvy Managing Ambiguity Market Understanding Planning & Analysis Process Optimization Rapid Problem Solving Reporting Understanding Value Drivers