Business Finance Manager

Your impact begins here

As Business Finance Manager, you will help the Brazil Affiliate turn financial performance into clear decisions. You will manage and forecast the P and L, lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, and bring Commercial and Supply Chain colleagues together around the numbers that matter. By spotting risks and opportunities early and challenging assumptions, you will help the affiliate deliver its short: and long:term targets and keep serving people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

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:Solid professional experience in Business Finance, FP and A, Financial Planning or similar finance roles.
:Strong knowledge of P and L management, financial planning, forecasting and performance management.
:The ability to understand business and market dynamics and translate them into financial implications.
:Strong analytical skills, with experience developing financial models, business cases and management reporting.
:Strong business partnering, communication and influencing skills, including with senior stakeholders.
:The ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and perform in a dynamic business environment.
:Advanced or fluent English.

Useful, but not essential:

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:Experience in a multinational environment.
:Experience from the pharmaceutical industry. Candidates from other dynamic industries, including FMCG and consumer goods, are equally welcome.

What you’ll do

You will go beyond reporting the numbers. You will connect financial performance with business realities and help the affiliate turn insight into action.

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:Manage and forecast Sales and P and L performance, with a clear understanding of the business and financial drivers behind it.
:Lead financial planning processes, including Anchor Budget (AB), Rolling Estimates (RE) and other forecasting cycles.
:Take an active role in the S and OP process, linking sales forecasts, demand and supply assumptions, market dynamics and financial outcomes.
:Monitor monthly performance, identify key deviations, risks and opportunities, and recommend the actions needed.
:Prepare monthly management reports and financial insights for local and regional leadership, translating complex information into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
:Develop ad hoc analyses and business cases that support commercial and strategic decisions on pricing, profitability, investments and business opportunities.
:Provide indirect leadership and guidance, making the most of support from Global Business Services (GBS) and Graduate colleagues.

Who you’ll work with

In Finance, Legal and Global Solutions, colleagues safeguard the business, provide corporate infrastructure and help create value so Novo can deliver on its purpose. As Business Finance Manager, you will be the finance partner for the Brazil Affiliate, working with local and regional leadership.

Your closest partners will be colleagues in Commercial, Supply Chain, Pricing and Data Insights. You will bring financial expertise and constructive challenge to their assumptions, so decisions are grounded in the same view of the numbers. You will also work with GBS and Graduate colleagues who support your analyses and reporting.

This is an individual contributor role with significant business exposure and influence. It does not currently include direct people management, but it does call for strong indirect leadership. The role follows a hybrid working model, with three days per week in the office.

What you can expect here

You will work in a dynamic business where your expertise is valued and your voice is heard. The role gives you broad exposure to the Brazil Affiliates commercial and supply chain decisions and to senior stakeholders, so you can build new skills and grow through hands:on exper

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