Head Fra

2023 will see Sandoz become a standalone organization As a global market leader in Generics and Biosimilar medicine, Sandoz is stepping forward from a position of strength Those joining Sandoz in the coming months will help shape the future of the company, it’s growth, innovation, culture and how Sandoz impacts the lives of millions. These will be careers with genuine impact This is one such role**Are you ready to make a difference?**

**Role Purpose**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Primary point of contact for FRA matters including delivery of service levels and key performance indicators (KPI’s) as defined by FRA process
- Ensure review of significant contracts for appropriate financial terms, technical accounting conclusions, and function alignment
- Lead month end close activities including the analysis, review, and validation of financial statements, to include conducting cross-function analysis meetings with key stakeholders to review financial performance and balance sheet details
- Drive conclusions on complex accounting issues, implementation of reporting projects and/or policies, and continuous process improvement throughout the accounting and reporting cycle
- Approve significant journal entries and account reconciliations
- Direct and indirect management of onsite and offshore FRA team ensuring productivity, quality, and customer-service standards are met
- Supervise and coach direct reports to create positive working environment supportive of employee development
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including senior finance colleagues, both internal and external ac-counting authorities/auditors, and Division and Group FRA, and ensure timely communication with stakeholders as questions or issues arise

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Minimum requirements**
- Minimum of 10+ years’ accounting experience, preferably in Big 4 public accounting, healthcare industry or large corporation with shared service concept
- +5 years US Generic / Sandoz specific experience
- Enterprise systems knowledge (SAP)
- Significant experience in financial accounting and reporting, auditing, and financial process engineering, with record of strong control focus and driving / delivering change initiatives
- Thought leader on complex accounting topics (Revenue, inventory, divestitures, and acquisitions) and in-depth knowledge finance processes and infrastructure to provide value-add

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**Why Sandoz?**

500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2021 and while we’re proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.
How will we do this? We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying

**Imagine what you could achieve here at Sandoz**

**Division**
- SANDOZ

**Business Unit**
- COMMERCIAL OPS EUROPE SZ

**Country**
- France

**Work Location**
- Levallois-Perret

**Company/Legal Entity**
- Sandoz S.A.S

**Functional Area**
- Audit & Finance

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Employment Type**
- Regular

**Shift Work**
- No

**Early Talent**
- No