REQ-10076833
Apr 28, 2026
China

Summary

To support the business within a country with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc. (typically very large to large revenue) and may coordinate a team of specialists. To act as a Business Partner for BPA within a country, providing insightful and value-added analysis and decision support to the management team.

About the Role

Key responsibilities:

  • Ensure the operational conversion of the BPA strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business -Provide management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests, and ensure timely and accurate information gathering.
  • Perform analysis to evaluate risks or opportunities; make recommendations to mitigate these risks.
  • Manage and provide financial analysis and decision making support for a investment/project in a domain
  • Ensure ongoing business performance is appropriately monitored and measured, and drive early warning for re-direction of resources with Business Partners.
  • Provide accurate operational information and advice to support the annual budgeting, rolling forecast and Strategic Planning processes.
  • Ensure integrity of data provided by commercial teams, and provides value added; provides recommendations on forecast accuracy improvement.
  • Provide well managed and quality financial analysis in order to improve business case proposals and profitability tracking.
  • Continually improve and streamline existing management reporting processes and support the definition and implementation of lean processes to meet the changing demands of the business.
  • May supervise the performance and development of a small team of BPA specialists.
  • Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
  • Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)


 

Essential Requirements:

  • Functional Breadth.
  • Financial Management.
  • Operations Management and Execution
  • English.

Desirable skills:

  • 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.

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Finance
Finance
China
Shanghai (Shanghai)
Audit & Finance
Full time
Regular
No

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REQ-10076833

BPA Manager

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