Senior Manager, Functional Capabilities, US BPA Hyderabad

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key accountabilities
Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Serve as the primary Finance Business Partner for assigned Functional Capability stakeholders.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate risks, opportunities, investments, and resource allocation decisions.
• Translate business priorities into financial plans and performance measures.

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Lead annual planning, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and budget management activities.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and insightful planning and forecasting submissions.
• Monitor business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Deliver financial reporting, variance analysis, and executive-ready business insights.

Investment Governance & Financial Stewardship

• Evaluate business cases, investment proposals, and resource requests.
• Support governance of operating expenses, headcount investments, and project spend.
• Monitor financial commitments and drive accountability for achieving targeted outcomes.
• Ensure effective financial stewardship across the supported organization.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships with US Functional Capability leaders, US BPA teams, country organizations, and centers of expertise.
• Align finance and business stakeholders on priorities, assumptions, and financial implications.
• Communicate complex financial information in a clear and business-relevant manner.

Process Excellence & Innovation

• Drive simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement of finance processes.
• Leverage automation, digital capabilities, and responsible AI solutions to improve efficiency and analytical impact.
• Support adoption of best practices across BPA activities.

People Leadership

• Provide coaching, development, and day-to-day leadership to a BPA Analyst.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.
• Support broader capability-building initiatives across the BPA organization.

Compliance

• Ensure adherence to Novartis financial policies, controls, governance standards, and audit requirements

Key Performance Indicators

• Quality, accuracy, and timeliness of planning, forecasting, and reporting deliverables.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and effectiveness of business partnering support.
• Accuracy of risk and opportunity identification and mitigation actions.
• Delivery of actionable business insights and decision support.
• Achievement of financial targets and resource optimization objectives.
• Process improvement outcomes, automation adoption, and efficiency gains.
• Team development and engagement.

Education and Experience requirements

• CA (Chartered Accountant) or MBA (Finance) or equivalent.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, BPA, Commercial Finance, or related finance roles.
• Strong expertise in planning, forecasting, performance management, and financial analysis.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and support strategic decision-making.
• Experience working in a global, matrix environment.
• Experience leveraging and/or developing advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance financial insights, improve process efficiency, and strengthen business decision support.
• Prior people leadership, coaching, or team management experience preferred.

Skills Desired