**Summary**:
The role objective of the BPA Manager is to form the link between key performance indicators, both quantitative and qualitative, and the financials over the short and medium term, guiding management on the key dynamics and highlighting the primary decision points to deliver our company strategy You will combine commercial business partnering - supporting the commercial franchises through analysis, future looking projections and ‘what if’ scenarios - with FP&A; management - working with departments on spending plans to drive efficiency and maximise returns - presenting key messages and decision points to senior management. **About the Role**:
**Key responsibilities**: - Working hand in hand with the business to balance challenge and support to drive decision making that helps us deliver our company strategy
- Build the bridge between KPIs and financials, allowing Finance and the business to understand and highlight the drivers of current financial performance and what this means for the future
- Develop and control spending plans, ensuring investment is in line with company goals and actual spending respects targets
- Prepare ‘what if’ scenarios to simulate financial impacts of potential actions, working with wider commercial and support teams to translate these actions and commercial KPIs into financials, providing clear recommendations to management
- Coordinate business inputs into the financial processes (bi-annual forecasts,



monthly and quarter closing, etc), explaining the needs of the financial team and the best way to explain activities in the finance context
- Develop high quality and insightful reporting that allows top management the quickly understand core dynamics and areas for potential action, translating often complex situations into simple messages and decision points
- Strong communication, clearly and concisely presenting analysis and conclusions, often to non-Finance people, ensuring drivers, recommendations and consequences are fully evaluated and understood
- Strive for efficiency in Finance processes, being goal focused to continually review how we work, removing unnecessary processes to focus on how we add value to Novartis, meeting the changing needs of the company **Essential requirements**: - Minimum 3 years of experience in a related role
- Fluent English
- Strong Project and Financial Management skills
- Strong communication and relationship skills
- Nice to have: part of the protected categories list Article 18 Division Finance Business Unit Pharmaceuticals Location Italy Site Milano Company / Legal Entity IT08 (FCRS = IT008) Novartis Farma S.p.A. Functional Area Audit & Finance Job Type Tempo pieno Employment Type Regular Shift Work No Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

📌 Bpa Manager (Milano)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Milano