Manager, Financial Control & Compliance (FC&C)

Job Description Summary

The Financial Controls & Compliance (FC&C) Manager independently assess and ensures compliance with all relevant Novartis Financial Control Manual (NFCM) and other relevant requirements. FC&C Manager also collaborate with business or process owners and provide advise as a risk management expert.

Job Description

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Understand NFCM, SOX 404 and local regulations and ensure compliance with those requirements

• Implement end-to-end process walkthroughs to gain deep understanding of process

• Independently test effectiveness of NFCM controls

• In coordination with the control owner, ensure a timely reporting of control deficiencies to regional /global team members and providing clarity over remediation actions.

• Liaison with key partners, including Control Owners, CFO, FRA Head and Group Financial Controls & Compliance (GFC&C)

• Ensure transparent, reliable, and agile customer management as a financial risk management experts / advisors

• Identify potential risks and opportunity for simplification, recommend controls or business operational improvements

• Raise awareness of risks in the organization

• Support Internal and external audits requirements as needed

• Proactively leverage technology including automation

• Follow and implement global finance process improvement initiatives, sharing leading practices

Education

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Economics or Financial related.

Qualifications

• Accounting/Compliance certification including CPA JP / US

Work Experience

• Experience with Audit and Internal Controls in Big4 audit firms – minimum 5 years

• Work experience in a multi-national, matrix organization

Skills

• Project Management skill

• SAP knowledge will have added advantage

• Soft skills: Great in communication, Team collaboration, Proactive, Flexible, Influence, Resiliency

Language

• Native level in Japanese and Advanced level in 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