Hybrid Manager – Analytics chez Novartis

Job Description Summary

The Manager – Analytics will play a crucial role in:
a. Designing and Developing Innovative Dashboards - Creating cutting-edge, creative dashboards by thoroughly understanding business and stakeholder requirements. This includes developing dashboards on self-service models as well as collaborating with IT resources to ensure the necessary technical support and infrastructure are in place
b. Driving analytics initiatives based on anomaly detection and trend analysis operations. This will involve working with dashboard solutions utilizing technologies such as Blackline, Celonis, QlikSense, Power BI, Alteryx, and others.
c. To enhance the reporting & automating capabilities of FRA and enable the organization to effectively utilize data-driven insights.
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Job Description

• Develop and Maintain Dashboards and Reports - Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and understand requirements, translating them into technical specifications to create interactive, user-friendly dashboards and reports
• Optimize Dashboard Performance - Enhance the efficiency of dashboards by optimizing data extraction, reducing rendering times, and troubleshooting to resolve any issues impacting performance and data accuracy. 
• Ensure System Availability - Guarantee the continuous availability of systems across all time zones by streamlining processes and promoting teamwork, while ensuring the developed solutions are highly usable and widely visible to stakeholders.
• Support Global FRA in the continuous review and monitoring of operational performance and compliance through the use of relevant dashboards and the identification of anomalies using tools like Celonis and AI.
• Detect anomalies or variance in trends related to FRA process performance, controls, and compliance and drive necessary actions to address them. Lead projects focused on implementing new Finance Core Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other enhancements to improve financial reporting and analysis. Manage and engage stakeholders and participate in customer-facing interactions to gather requirements and understand user needs.
• Develop creative and innovative approaches to address key business questions by leveraging existing data assets or creating new ones. Assist internal customers in effectively analyzing business performance and identifying areas for improvement.
• Operationalize robust standard processes that are supported by tools and systems, reflecting best practices and adhering to a control framework. Ensure compliance with relevant requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, Computer Science/ Finance or Equivalent/University Degree.
• Minimum of 5-7 years working experience in digital solutions development, performance management systems, financial reporting and analysis or financial planning and analysis roles in a MNC environment (preferably).
• Should have strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Possess a demonstrated track record of proficiency in bringing simplification by utilizing available data sets and driving automation to minimize human efforts in operational areas.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

 

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, Building Effective Teams, Critical Thinking, Effective Communications, Financial Accounting, Financial And Management Reporting, People Development, Process Optimization, Resource Allocation, Understanding Value Drivers