Business Planning and Analysis Manager

We are now looking for a Business Planning and Analysis Manager* to further develop and sustain our activity in Ukraine.

*Fixed-term contract

Your Responsibility:

• Business partnering for one of the Company’s business units;
• Providing strong finance support and analysis to Business, including variance and trend analysis with in-depth identifications of root causes;
• Reliable, timely and accurate financial forecasts;
• Preparing Target and Latest estimate, including drafting presentation with comments and submitting on time to global;
• Measuring and analyzing achievements of Ukraine budget for sales, costs, and headcounts;
• Supporting preparation of business reviews (deck) with thoughtful comments;
• Participating in period end closing process;
• Creating transparency on costs and seeking to improve cost efficiency (proactive management of costs);
• Controlling margin and TPC development on a product level and in case of need initiating review with supply hubs;
• Constant monitoring of slow-movers and write-off and search for write-off minimization;
• Executing financial processes with quality and accuracy, improve business productivity and operations;
• Consolidating of data for several BUs/sub-Cluster;
• Driving automation of financial processes. 

What you'll bring to the role:

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration (or similar);
• Previous professional experience in an analytical role preferred;
• Understanding of the following areas: Business Planning and Analysis, Budgeting, Controlling and Reporting, Cost management;
• Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail;
• Courage to challenge the status-quo;
• Advanced English (oral and written);
• Good knowledge of MS Office (esp. Excel and Power Point);
• SAP knowledge and experience (preferred).

You’ll receive:

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 28 days of annual leave
• Life and Health Insurance
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working arrangements
• Corporate psychological support
• Parental leave

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health. 

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.  

Our momentum 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 careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!  

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.