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Senior Financial Analyst

Novartis AG

  • East Hanover, NJ
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    The role manages end-to-end FinOps activities (POs, invoices, vendors, accruals, and reporting) and partners with BPAs to provide spend visibility, variance insights, and operational clarity. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationEast Hanover, NJ
    IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1996

    Description

    Job ID

    REQ-10082031

    Jul 29, 2026

    India

    Available in: English

    Summary

    About the role: The Analyst delivers accurate, timely, and compliant financial operations while supporting BPA priorities and business decision-making.The role manages end-to-end FinOps activities (POs, invoices, vendors, accruals, and reporting) and partners with BPAs to provide spend visibility, variance insights, and operational clarity.It enables operational excellence, strong financial controls, and builds BPA-relevant experience through planning support and financial analysis within Novartis' global finance model.

    About the Role

    Key Responsibilities: Financial Operations Execution: Execute end‑to‑end PR/PO/SOW lifecycle while ensuring alignment with BPA budgets, forecasts, and business priorities.Manage invoicing, service confirmations, and payment follow‑ups to drive timely closures and provide accurate spend visibility to BPAs. Partner with Procurement to support vendor onboarding, master data, and lifecycle management.Accruals, Close & Controls: Support monthly/quarterly close, including accruals, variance analysis, and invoice cut‑off, ensuring alignment with BPA outlooks.Maintain audit‑ready documentation and ensure adherence to financial controls. Identify and resolve discrepancies in collaboration with BPAs and Finance teams.Stakeholder & Query Management: Act as a key contact for finance operations queries from business stakeholders and BPAs, ensuring clarity and responsiveness. Provide actionable updates, insights, and guidance to minimise rework and improve decision‑making.Escalate risks proactively to maintain continuity and financial accuracy.Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Support dashboards and reporting that provide spend visibility, variance insights, and actionable inputs for BPA decision‑making. Drive standardization, simplification, and automation across FinOps processes. Adhere to SOPs and contribute to capability building through training and knowledge transfer.Essential RequirementsBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related field.2-5 years of experience across Financial Operations, FRA, BPA, or P2P environments.Hands‑on experience in PO lifecycle, invoicing, accruals, and reconciliations with strong analytical mindset.Desirable RequirementsStrong communication skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a high‑volume environment.Exposure to US finance operations and global operating models.Working knowledge of Ariba, SAP/FICO, Mercury, and vendor platforms.Strong Excel and reporting capabilities with focus on insights and decision support.Experience collaborating with cross‑functional and regulated teams.

    Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-cultureBenefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally.Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)

    Division

    Finance

    Business Unit

    Finance

    Location

    India

    Site

    Hyderabad (Office)

    Company / Legal Entity

    IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited

    Functional Area

    Audit & Finance

    Job Type

    Full time

    Employment Type

    Regular

    Shift Work

    No

    Accessibility and accommodationNovartis is 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 recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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    Job ID

    REQ-10082031

    Senior Financial Analyst

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    REQ-10082031

    Senior Financial Analyst

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    About Company

    Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines Novartis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis Group companies employ approximately 120,000 associates and its products are available in more than 180 countries around the world.

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