The Finance Business Partner is primarily responsible for supporting business functions with financial analyses to drive impact & growth. As part of the FP&A function you will partner with all levels of management – C-suite to executive committee to department heads and project managers.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver the highest level of financial and commercial awareness, through best-in class insight & analysis, business intelligence and management information/reporting. You will be part of the monthly board reporting process, streamlining the preparation of data, and building out an insightful suite of KPIs.
- Working with functional leaders to assist in producing robust business plans, providing full financial support to all functions – fully engaging in commercial business issues and decisions before providing finance sign-off.
- Investigate the financial performance of segments/regions and produce a summary of emerging trends and recommended next steps.
- Partner with the Board/ExCom to deliver cross functional strategic projects, training, and process improvement.
- Work with the country/department management to understand department/country performance and work with them on strategies to improve performance and mitigate any operational risks.
- Preparation of standard & Adhoc management reports for business unit heads.
- Provides standardized and insightful level of analyses to drive business towards achieving strategic goals.
- Provide professional expertise and direction to other team members and act as the focal point for business units by participating in key project initiatives.
- Partners with reporting clients to understand their strategic goals, operational context, and activities to explain results with strategic business insights and facts.
- Provide support to business units across the Group, including product understanding, validation, problem/query resolution and coordination of communications.
- Continues to find ways to streamline processes, drive higher efficiencies & identify risks and opportunities at a macro and micro level.
- Uses storytelling principles to convey impactful messages.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant analytical experience.
- Professional qualification such as CA or CFA.
- Significant analytical skillset and quantitative abilities.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships.
- Ability to succinctly communicate issues and have a solution-oriented mindset.
- Quick to adapt to evolving reporting requirements, processes, and structures.
- Strong influencing, interpersonal and business partnership skills on all levels (Board & C-Suite to department heads and project managers).
- Ability to connect high level strategic goals to execution and KPI tracking.
- High level of commercial acumen to drive impact & key decision making.
- Advanced financial modelling skills to build dynamic analyses & forecast models.
Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only one of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs. We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities. We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to talking to you about working at Novotech.
ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities:- Deliver the highest level of financial and commercial awareness, through best-in class insight & analysis, business intelligence and management information/reporting. You will be part of the monthly board reporting process, streamlining the preparation of data, and building out an insightful suite of KPIs.
- Working with functional leaders to assist in producing robust business plans, providing full financial support to all functions – fully engaging in commercial business issues and decisions before providing finance sign-off.
- Investigate the financial performance of segments/regions and produce a summary of emerging trends and recommended next steps.
- Partner with the Board/ExCom to deliver cross functional strategic projects, training, and process improvement.
- Work with the country/department management to understand department/country performance and work with them on strategies to improve performance and mitigate any operational risks.
- Preparation of standard & Adhoc management reports for business unit heads.
- Provides standardized and insightful level of analyses to drive business towards achieving strategic goals.
- Provide professional expertise and direction to other team members and act as the focal point for business units by participating in key project initiatives.
- Partners with reporting clients to understand their strategic goals, operational context, and activities to explain results with strategic business insights and facts.
- Provide support to business units across the Group, including product understanding, validation, problem/query resolution and coordination of communications.
- Continues to find ways to streamline processes, drive higher efficiencies & identify risks and opportunities at a macro and micro level.
- Uses storytelling principles to convey impactful messages.
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant analytical experience.
- Professional qualification such as CA or CFA.
- Significant analytical skillset and quantitative abilities.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships.
- Ability to succinctly communicate issues and have a solution-oriented mindset.
- Quick to adapt to evolving reporting requirements, processes, and structures.
- Strong influencing, interpersonal and business partnership skills on all levels (Board & C-Suite to department heads and project managers).
- Ability to connect high level strategic goals to execution and KPI tracking.
- High level of commercial acumen to drive impact & key decision making.
- Advanced financial modelling skills to build dynamic analyses & forecast models.
Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect.
Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only one of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs.
We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities.
We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to talking to you about working at Novotech.
About UsNovotech is a global full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO).
At Novotech, ambition meets opportunity. As a globally recognized leader in clinical research and scientific advisory services, we are proud to combine our position at the forefront of the industry with an award-winning workplace culture that values ambition, innovation, and growth. Named Employer of Choice, Great Place to Work and Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE), we are committed to fostering an environment that reflects the life-changing work we do.
Since 1997, we have expanded our global footprint, now with 30+ offices across Asia-Pacific, the United States, and Europe. This growing network unites professionals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to advance therapies that improve patient outcomes worldwide.
At Novotech, our employees are at the heart of our success. By offering trust, flexibility, and autonomy through programs like NovoLife, our flexible benefits framework, we empower team members to create an effective work-life balance that delivers professional satisfaction and maximum results for clients.
With access to mentorship opportunities, professional development programs, and a dynamic community, Novotech offers a platform for driven individuals to achieve personal growth while shaping the future of healthcare. Join us to be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your ambition to make a global impact.
At Novotech we have advanced therapeutic and regulatory expertise, the ability to execute across markets and a client-centric service model, so that our clients get a trusted, long-term partner and an accelerated path to bring their life-changing advances to market. This gives our employees the opportunity to develop their careers by joining a diverse and supportive global organization with a collaborative culture, whilst working with clients on the cutting-edge of life sciences.
At Novotech you will work alongside empowered teams with a shared commitment to success.
- Strategic vs transactional mindset.
- Ability to gain insights and make proactive decisions quickly.
- Culture that fosters partnership and collaboration, where every voice is heard and valued.
- Ongoing support from senior stakeholders and leadership team.
