Record to Report (R2R) Section Head

Job Description Summary

Location: Cairo, Egypt #LI-Hybrid
About the Role:
As a Record to Report Section Head, you will be responsible for supporting the business within a country with complex analysis, reporting, forecasts etc. (typically very large to large revenue) and provide expert advice within a core FSC process/ area/ technology.
This role reports directly into the Record to Report Lead.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the operational conversion of the Finance strategic goals within a dedicated area of the business & supervise the performance and development of a small team of FSC specialists.
• Ensures the integrity, viability, and interoperability of financial reporting processes (Actuals, Budgets and Latest Estimates) and systems, including tax, inventory, corporate controls, and payment and purchasing data.
• Manage and operate the basic reporting processes for actuals and forecasts to agreed quality and fast close timeline.
• Provide financial accounting services and data in a timely and accurate manner, including fixed assets, cash activities and divestment activities; ensures appropriate information is provided to relevant individuals and external bodies.
• Manage audit reporting processes and support compliance for various tax related reports (i.e.: VAT, corporate tax, employee tax); provide necessary data to internal and external authorities.
• Manage and automate the provision of routine information to local users from SAP and BW, and perform ‘super user’ responsibilities for Finance and Controlling modules in SAP.
• Supervise the development and maintenance of current reporting systems (SAP, BW, Excel); integrate other requirements and the changing needs of the organization so that processes to report actuals, budgets, latest estimates and mid-range plans are met cost effectively and responsively.
• Prepares ad-hoc and routine ‘accounting / management’ information and quality financial analysis in order to support global and organization’s requirements.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable).

Essential Requirements:

• 4+ years of relevant experience in General Accounting in Multinational Companies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent.
• Experience in financial statement preparation.
• English language proficiency.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience using SAP.
• Experience in financial reporting tool, Hyperion Financial - FCRS - SAP BI.
• Strong leadership skills.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

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

Novartis is a proud member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network and the Valuable 500, promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in workplaces around the world. We also collaborate with international partners, such as Disability: IN, Purple Space, and Business Disability Forum to identify and develop best practice solutions to enable people with disabilities to participate as equal members of our organization.

Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

Skills:

• Building Effective Teams.
• Compliance And Controls.
• Continuous Process Improvement.
• Critical Thinking.
• Esg Data Management.
• Financial Accounting.
• Financial And Management Reporting.
• People Development.
• Process Optimization.
• Rapid Problem Solving.

Languages:

• Arabic.
• English.

Skills Desired

Building Effective Teams, Compliance And Controls, Continuous Process Improvement, Critical Thinking, Esg Data Management, Financial Accounting, Financial And Management Reporting, People Development, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving