Site Finance Head

Job Description Summary

At Novartis we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend peoples livesand we need bold curious and purpose-driven leaders to help us get there. Step into a pivotal leadership role where your insights directly shape strategic decisions and business outcomes. As a Site Finance Head you will lead all BPA activities across your scope delivering high-impact financial insights and value-driven analysis that empower senior leadership to make confident informed decisions. This is a unique opportunity to influence performance steer financial strategy and make a meaningful impact on patients lives through your work.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead site financial planning and reporting across GTx Aseptic and LMO platforms ensuring timely delivery of accurate insightful and actionable financial information.

• Own budgeting and forecasting processes including development of detailed plans and clear explanation of actual performance versus targets.

• Maintain early indicators providing proactive visibility to financial risks opportunities and expected outcomes.

• Drive financial performance management through valueadded analysis across key areas including operating income FTEs personnel costs direct and indirect spend inventory and capital investments.

• Lead the development validation and maintenance of product cost standards according to policies ensuring alignment with manufacturing processes bill of materials (BOM) routing and overhead structures; provide transparent variance analysis (standard vs. actual) to support performance management inventory valuation and decisionmaking.

• Conduct advanced analytics (e.g. resource allocation profitability benchmarking) to identify improvement opportunities and define short and longterm performance targets.

• Partner with functional teams to define annual services provided to TRD and translate into structured cost allocations reflected in service level agreements.

• Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and decision-making to improve accuracy quality and efficiency of deliverables.

• Lead manage and develop the BPA team ensuring capability building and alignment to business priorities.

• Ensure full compliance with the Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM) and Novartis Financial Controls Manual (NFCM) maintaining strong financial governance and control standards.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration or a related field; CPA or MBA preferred.

• 1015 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing finance including financial planning product costing and performance management.

• Strong expertise in SAP (S/4HANA preferred) and financial planning tools with demonstrated ability to leverage systems to drive insights and process efficiency.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced matrix organization demonstrating agility and sound judgment.

• Advanced communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear actionable insights and effectively present to senior leadership.

Desirable Requirements

• Familiarity with data visualization tools and artificial intelligence-driven analytics

The salary for this position is expected to range between $160300 and $297700.00 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like but not limited to relevant skills and experience and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and depending on the level of the role eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health life and disability benefits a 401(k) with company contribution and match and a variety of other addition employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation personal days holidays and other leaves.

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The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process or to perform the essential functions of a position please send an e-mail to or call 1 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$160300.00 - $297700.00

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders (Inactive) AI Driven (Inactive) Building High Performance Team Capital Allocation Critical Thinking Data Cleansing / Normalization (Inactive) Data Visualization Effective Communications (Inactive) Embrace Change Employee Engagement Financial And Management (Inactive) Insight Generation Managing Ambiguity Market Understanding Planning & Analysis (Inactive) Problem Solving Process Optimization Reporting (Inactive) Understanding Value Drivers (Inactive)