Senior Manager – Global Financial Controls & Compliance

About the role

Novartis is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a newly created cross‑process SME role within Global Financial Controls & Compliance. You will shape the scope, drive collaboration across teams and ensure robust control design during the S/4HANA transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Define the scope, responsibilities and ways of working for the cross‑process SME role.
• Promote knowledge sharing and best‑practice adoption across SME teams to reduce silos.
• Partner with Global Process Owners, FC&C Operations, IT application controls, and external auditors to align control design and remediation.
• Lead cross‑process coordination and project management, managing priorities, dependencies and decisions.
• Champion IT application controls, automated controls, workflows and system configuration.
• Support the evolution of the control environment in the context of S/4HANA / Lean Digital Core transformation.
• Identify opportunities to harmonise, simplify and digitise global controls processes.

Required profile

• 10+ years experience in finance controls, internal controls, risk, audit or compliance within a global, matrixed organisation.
• Strong understanding of Internal Control over Financial Reporting, SOX 404 requirements and control testing.
• Proven ability to work cross‑process, connect stakeholders and translate complex requirements into pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and change‑management capabilities.
• Fluent in English and at least one additional European language.

Required skills

• S/4HANA
• IT application controls
• Automated controls
• System workflows
• Segregation of duties

What we offer

• Competitive annual base salary range (£64,010 – €94,300) aligned with Novartis pay setting policy.
• Opportunity to influence global finance control strategy in a leading pharmaceutical company.
• Collaborative, innovative environment with strong focus on digital transformation.