Site Finance Head

Novartis • Durham, CA

2d • $160,300 - $297,700 • Onsite

About The Position

At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives—and we need bold, curious, and purpose-driven leaders to help us get there. Step into a pivotal leadership role where your insights directly shape strategic decisions and business outcomes. As a Site Finance Head, you will lead all BPA activities across your scope, delivering high-impact financial insights and value-driven analysis that empower senior leadership to make confident, informed decisions. This is a unique opportunity to influence performance, steer financial strategy, and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives through your work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; CPA or MBA preferred.
• 10–15 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing finance, including financial planning, product costing, and performance management.
• Strong expertise in SAP (S/4HANA preferred) and financial planning tools, with demonstrated ability to leverage systems to drive insights and process efficiency.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced, matrix, organization, demonstrating agility and sound judgment.
• Advanced communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights and effectively present to senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with data visualization tools and artificial intelligence-driven analytics

Responsibilities

• Lead site financial planning and reporting across GTx, Aseptic, and LMO platforms, ensuring timely delivery of accurate, insightful, and actionable financial information.
• Own budgeting and forecasting processes, including development of detailed plans and clear explanation of actual performance versus targets.
• Maintain early indicators, providing proactive visibility to financial risks, opportunities, and expected outcomes.
• Drive financial performance management through value‑added analysis across key areas, including operating income, FTEs, personnel costs, direct and indirect spend, inventory, and capital investments.
• Lead the development, validation, and maintenance of product cost standards according to policies, ensuring alignment with manufacturing processes, bill of materials (BOM), routing, and overhead structures; provide transparent variance analysis (standard vs. actual) to support performance management, inventory valuation, and decision‑making.
• Conduct advanced analytics (e.g., resource allocation, profitability, benchmarking) to identify improvement opportunities and define short‑ and long‑term performance targets.
• Partner with functional teams to define annual services provided to TRD and translate into structured cost allocations reflected in service level agreements.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and decision-making to improve accuracy, quality, and efficiency of deliverables.
• Lead, manage, and develop the BPA team, ensuring capability building and alignment to business priorities.
• Ensure full compliance with the Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM) and Novartis Financial Controls Manual (NFCM), maintaining strong financial governance and control standards.

Benefits

• health
• life and disability benefits
• a 401(k) with company contribution and match
• a variety of other benefits
• a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager