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Global Financial Controls & Compliance Process Experts Senior Manager

Novartis Czech Republic · Pharma & life sciences

Summary

This role involves establishing and leading a new cross-process Subject Matter Expert (SME) function within Global Financial Controls & Compliance. The Senior Manager will drive collaboration, best-practice adoption, and strengthen IT application controls, while supporting the evolution of the control environment during S/4HANA transformation.

Key facts

Status
Available
Location
Prague
Salary
1172.2k–2176.8k Kč/yr
Contract
Full-time
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Level
Senior
Experience
10+ years
Benefits
Performance-based bonus potential · Flexible and hybrid working options · Minimum 14 weeks paid parental leave · Company vehicle or car allowance · Comprehensive benefits package including insurance, retirement plans, wellbeing resources and global recognition programmes
Languages (required)
EnglishFluent

Required skills

Internal Control over Financial ReportingSOX / SOX 404IT application controlsautomated controlssystem workflowssegregation of dutiesfinance systems control environmentsS/4HANA

Full description

Global Financial Controls & Compliance Process Experts Senior Manager

Job ID REQ-10082892

  • Primary Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Key Responsibilities

  • Shape and establish the scope, responsibilities and ways of working for a newly created cross‑process SME role within Global Financial Controls & Compliance.
  • Drive stronger collaboration, knowledge sharing and best‑practice adoption across process SME teams.
  • Partner with Global Process Owners, FC&C Operations, Group Methodology, IT application controls teams and external auditors to align control design, remediation and methodology requirements.
  • Lead cross‑process coordination and project management activities, ensuring priorities, dependencies, decisions and actions are clearly managed.
  • Strengthen IT application controls capability across the SME team, acting as an ambassador for system‑enabled controls, automated controls, workflows and configuration considerations.
  • Support the evolution of the control environment in the context of S/4HANA / Lean Digital Core transformation.
  • Identify opportunities to harmonise, simplify and improve global controls processes, including opportunities for digital enablement, automation and more efficient monitoring.

Essential Requirements

  • 10+ years experience in finance controls, internal controls, risk, audit, compliance or related areas within a global, matrixed organisation.
  • Strong understanding of Internal Control over Financial Reporting, SOX / SOX 404 requirements, control design, remediation and control testing environments.
  • Experience working with IT application controls, automated controls, system workflows, segregation of duties or finance systems control environments.
  • Proven ability to work cross‑process, connect stakeholders, diagnose gaps and translate complex requirements into pragmatic ways of working.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across Finance, Digital / IT, audit, methodology and operations teams.
  • Strong project management, coordination and change management capability, with a track record of driving clarity and momentum across multiple priorities.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English and at least one additional European language; additional language skills are advantageous.

Desirable Requirements

  • Professional certification such as CISA, CIA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent, particularly where linked to IT audit, systems controls or financial controls.
  • Experience gained in a Big Four advisory / audit environment, ideally combined with in‑house experience in a global organisation or transformation setting.

Benefits & Rewards

  • Expected Annual Base Salary Range for role: 1,172,150.00 – 1,674,500.00 – 2,176,850.00 CZK Annual
  • Performance‑based bonus potential
  • Flexible and hybrid working options
  • Minimum 14 weeks paid parental leave
  • Company vehicle or car allowance (subject to local policies)
  • Comprehensive benefits package including insurance, retirement plans, wellbeing resources and global recognition programmes.
  • Location: Prague, Czech Republic