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Global Senior Manager Digital Finance
Global Senior Manager Digital Finance-March 2024
Barcelona
Mar 16, 2025
ABOUT NOVARTIS
At Novartis, we’re reimagining medicine to improve people’s lives through innovative science and technology.
10,000+ employees
Biotechnology
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About Global Senior Manager Digital Finance

  About the Role

  Job location: Barcelona, Spain #LI-Hybrid

  Novartis is able to offer relocation for this specific role.

  About the role: This role drives the digital transformation of the Global Business Planning & Analysis (BPA)/ Digital Finance function of the Onco and Pharma Business Units into an advanced analytics and value-creation powerhouse. The Global Senior Manager Digital Finance (GSMDF) will shape our future finance/ BPA organization and the way we sup-port our business using AI, ML & digital. This includes project management, process and organizational design and identifying and managing interdependencies with other digital initiatives throughout the company.

  Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Co-develops vision and supports prioritization of new AI-/decision-making tools in close alignment with the BPA/Finance function of the Onco & Pharma business units

  • Owns selected AI/ML products and heads their design, development and implementation by orchestrating the right resources across data science and visualization experts. Ensures successful roll-out and adoption across IM.

  • Connects newly designed solutions and processes with operational links and leverages her/his operations acumen to pragmatically implement in the NVS environment

  • Identifies areas of inefficiencies in the application of AI/ML/digital and implements improvements towards a highly efficient, "industrialized" approach in planning and forecasting

  • Liaises with other digital/AI initiatives (e.g. commercial, other Novartis units), identifies potential overlaps/ synergies, and co-creates holistic digitalization roadmap

  • Co-shapes future organization of BPA/ Finance function to realize systemic evolution

  • Works closely with broader Digital Finance team to define data requirements for next generation AI tools to further improve decision-making and efficiencies

  Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

  We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

  Role Requirements

  Essential Requirements:

  • University degree in Finance, Economics (or similar), MBA or equivalent preferred

  • English (fluent)

  • Extensive years of experience in a multinational company, consulting or advisory in areas relevant to the position.

  • Knowledge of finance processes, especially planning and forecasting, performance management, management reporting

  Desirable Requirements:

  • Ideally country and/or regional experience within the Novartis commercial BPA function

  • Strong analytical skills (applicable to financial analyses and process, governance & organizational design)

  • Strong project management skills; project management certification (PMP, etc.) is an asset / Good communication and stakeholder manage- ment skills applied in complex environments (e.g. matrix/divisional organizations)

  Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

  You'll receive:

  Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Pension scheme, Share scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.

  Global Link - You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

  Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO:

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

  Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

  Division

  Finance

  Business Unit

  Global Finance

  Location

  Spain

  Site

  Barcelona Gran Vía

  Company / Legal Entity

  Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.

  Functional Area

  Audit & Finance

  Job Type

  Full Time

  Employment Type

  Regular

  Shift Work

  No

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