Manager, Digital Finance

Job Description Summary
Ready to turn complex financial data into insights that drive better decisions? As Manager, Digital Finance, you’ll work at the intersection of Finance, analytics and technology, taking ownership of key finance processes and helping translate complex, system-generated outcomes into clear, actionable business insights. You’ll partner across Finance, business and Information Technology teams to understand what sits behind the numbers, strengthen reporting and controls, and build dashboards and analytical solutions that improve how decisions are made. This is an opportunity to combine your financial expertise, analytical mindset and curiosity for technology to simplify complexity, challenge how things are done today and help shape the future of Digital Finance at Novartis.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
· Own key Digital Finance processes, ensuring accurate, timely and meaningful financial insights for business decision-making.
· Analyse financial performance, variances, pricing, costing and margins to identify drivers, risks and opportunities.
· Validate system-generated financial outcomes by tracing data, business rules and calculation logic across multiple platforms.
· Translate Finance requirements into clear analytical frameworks and technology-enabled solutions with Information Technology teams.
· Build dashboards and analytical solutions that simplify complex data and provide actionable insights to business stakeholders.
· Identify opportunities to strengthen data quality, automate reporting and improve financial processes, controls and workflows.
· Partner across Finance, business and technology teams to explain outcomes clearly and drive continuous improvement.
Essential Requirements
· Professionally qualified Chartered Accountant, Master of Business Administration in Finance, Analytics or Systems, or equivalent qualification.
· Strong financial knowledge across profit and loss, pricing, product costing, margin analysis and performance management.
· Four to six years of relevant experience in financial analytics, business analytics, finance transformation or related areas.
· Proven ability to analyse large, complex datasets and interpret financial outcomes generated across multiple systems.
· Hands-on experience building dashboards and analytical solutions using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Qlik or comparable tools.
· Working knowledge of enterprise resource planning and financial systems, such as SAP Business Planning and Consolidation or SAP Analytics Cloud.
· Working-level Python capability to investigate data, trace business rules and explain system-generated financial results.
· Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, translating complex financial and technical concepts into clear business insights.
Desirable Requirements
· Experience in pharmaceuticals, consumer goods or another environment involving product costing, pricing and margin analytics.
· Experience with finance transformation, reporting automation or data tools such as Alteryx, Power Query or similar technologies.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis 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 diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Skills Desired
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Controls Compliance, Critical Thinking, Database Normalization, Data Cleansing, Data Reporting, Data Visualization, Employee Engagement, Financial Management, Give Feedback, Insight Generation, Interpersonal Relationships, Key Driver Analysis (KDA), Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Planning Analysis, Problem Solving, Process Optimization, Stakeholder Influence