Senior Business Planning & Analysis Manager at Sandoz

Job Description

• The role of the Senior Business Planning & Analysis Manager is to provide Sandoz South Africa with analysis, reporting, forecast and finance support, and will provide insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the CFO and management team.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Financial planning activities including driving Target, Forecast and Outlook process for South Africa market and the legal entity (export markets), focus on Full P&L (Sales, Gross Profit and TFC’s (Total Functional Costs), headcount monitoring and planning as well as working capital and Management Cash Flow.
• Business partnership and performance monitoring for commercial functions, Sales (Public and Private), RX Marketing and OTC as well as Supply Chain and other function financial support.
• Month, quarter and year end closing and reporting activities, including journal preparation, month end reporting and analysis of key figures.
• Financial Compliance activities according to SFCF (Sandoz Financial Controls Framework)
• Collaboration with Cluster and Regional Finance (BPA) teams to drive process simplification and optimisation

You’ll receive:

• Competitive market related salary
• Learning & development opportunities
• Substantial medical aid subsidy
• Group Life benefits, including dread disease cover
• Company paid medical aid gap cover
• Generous leave policy, including parental leave

Role Requirements :

Education:        

• CA(SA) Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

Languages:      

• English

Experience:

• Significant (5-7 years) experience in auditing, financial reporting or management accounting, with record of strong BPA focus
• Excellent analytical ability
• Strong written and oral communication skills, and ability to clearly present financial data in reports distributed internally and externally
• Excellent understanding and ability with ERP (SAP preferrable) systems, as well as relevant financial reporting tools and systems
• Experience collaborating in a cross-functional team environment

Additional Entry Level Criteria:

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Proficiency in SAP