Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines.
Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally. Join us as a Founder of our new Sandoz!
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 TFCs (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
- 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
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art 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 and entrepreneurial spirit 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 encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
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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
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite
- Proficiency in SAP
Sandoz embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. 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.
The Companys Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process
