Head of Finance, FP&A, North America

The 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 Description The 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.

Job Description:

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

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.

• 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).

• 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…