Job Description SummaryThe Head of Finance Business Partnering & FP&A, North America is a senior finance leadership role and a key member of the North America Finance Leadership Team. Reporting to the CFO North America, this position serves as the primary strategic finance partner to the North America President and executive NA leadership team. This role manages a total of 10 reports.
The role is accountable for leading all aspects of financial planning, forecasting, performance management, strategic decision support, investor relations partnership, and business finance across North America. Acting as the financial steward of the business, this leader translates strategy into financial outcomes, provides insight and challenge to senior leadership, and ensures the organization delivers against its growth, profitability, and value creation objectives.
This position leads the integrated financial planning process for North America, oversees business performance management, supports major strategic initiatives and transactions, and drives high-quality financial insights that enable informed executive decision-making.
Job DescriptionThe Head of Finance Business Partnering & FP&A, North America is a senior finance leadership role and a key member of the North America Finance Leadership Team. Reporting to the CFO North America, this position serves as the primary strategic finance partner to the North America President and executive NA leadership team. This role manages a total of 10 reports.
Position Location:This position will be located at the Princeton, NJ US Headquarters site.
Our Sandoz flexible hybrid working approach allows US office-based employees to work up to 50% of their monthly workday remotely. This role will not have the ability to be located remotely. Preference will be given to local candidates not requiring relocation.
Major Accountabilities / Your Key Responsibilities:Strategic Business Partnership- Serve as a trusted advisor to the North America President, CFO, and Leadership Team, providing financial leadership and strategic guidance.
Financial Planning- Lead all North America planning processes, including Strategic Plans, Annual Budget, Targets, Mid-Year Forecasts, Latest Estimates, Long Range Plans, and Rolling Forecasts.
Performance Management- Continuously monitor performance against expectations, proactively identifying variances, risks, and corrective actions.
Executive Reporting & Decision Support- Lead preparation of financial updates and business performance materials for North America and Global leadership teams.
Investor Relations & External Engagement- Serve as the primary finance partner for Investor Relations activities supporting North America.
Leadership & Organizational Development- Lead and develop a high-performing Finance Business Partnering and FP&A organization across the US and India (dotted line).
What you'll bring to the role:
- A strategic and commercial mindset, with the ability to connect financial insights to business decisions and value creation.
- The confidence to constructively challenge, bring an independent point of view, and act as a trusted partner to senior leaders.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics, influence decisions, and develop high-performing teams.
- A forward-looking, curious and improvement-oriented mindset, comfortable navigating ambiguity and embracing data, digital tools and AI to improve how Finance works.
Required Qualifications:Education & Experience (Required):- Bachelor's degree in: Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within a complex, global organization.
- Significant experience leading financial planning and analysis, finance business partnering, performance management, and strategic planning functions.
- Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives and influencing business strategy and operational decisions.
Preferred Requirements:- MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced business degree preferred.
- Experience in gross-to-net forecasting, accruals, pricing, contracting, government pricing, and associated risks and opportunities within the U.S. pharmaceutical market preferred.
- Experience supporting investor relations, strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, or business development activities preferred.
- Pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotech, or life sciences industry experience strongly preferred.
Travel Requirements:• Willingness to travel over a broad geography required (up to 25%)
You'll Receive:Sandoz offers a generous employee benefits package that includes a competitive salary, health insurance coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision, a generous company match for retirement savings accounts, and generous paid time off as detailed below. We also follow a hybrid work policy that combines a mix of in-person and remote work to allow our employees flexibility.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $204,400 - 292,000 - 379,600 USD/year. Starting salary is typically positioned at the lower end of the range for those new to level and / or with less functional depth. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to experience level, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Consideration is also taken to ensure that internal equity is maintained. The total compensation package for this position includes restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to health insurance (medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision); life, accident and disability insurance; 401(k) contributions; tuition reimbursement; adoption and surrogacy reimbursement; and fitness program reimbursement. Employees are also provided with paid sick time, care time, vacation, holidays, and personal days off.
If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Certain positions may have responsibilities to support legal and compliance-related obligations, reporting requirements, monitoring activities, audits, remediation efforts, and other commitments arising from applicable regulatory, legal or corporate governance requirements.
Salary Range$204,400.00 - $379,600.00
Skills DesiredAbility To Influence Key Stakeholders, AI Driven Insight Generation, Building Effective Teams, Capital Allocation Financial And Management, Data Cleansing / Normalization, Decision Support, Effective Communications, Interpersonal Savvy, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, People Development, Planning & Analysis, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Reporting, Understanding Value Drivers
