Finance Graduate

An excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start their Finance career at a global pharmaceutical leader

Finance Graduate
£30,000K of salary per annum
12 months Graduate Placement with great learning and development opportunities
Full-Time (35 hours per week)
3 days in the office and 2 days working from home

This Graduate Programme will give you a broad range of invaluable skills and experiences to start your Finance career and will give you the opportunity to make a difference to the millions of people who rely on our products and the performance of our business

You will work within an experienced team and receive mentoring from senior finance professionals. Through your hands-on work you will gain knowledge and invaluable experience to develop your core skills within areas such as financial management reporting, financial planning, performance management, commercial business partnering & digital technology automation tools.

About Novartis Innovative Medicines

A global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. Our mission is to improve patients' lives by providing customers with innovative science and differentiated healthcare solutions delivered by diverse and engaged talent with integrity, passion and focus on performance. Our mission is brought to life by talented, performance driven people. At Novartis, creativity and diversity are encouraged, effort is recognised, success is celebrated, and people feel valued and listened to.

Job Purpose

• Support commercial business & central BPA team ensuring a smooth month end close
• Provide and gather accurate operational information in order to deliver target and latest forecast processe
• Continuously improve and streamline existing management reporting processes through automated tools and establish organized and structured reporting system.

• Carry out value-added analyses on financial data: sales trends, functional expenses Other Income and Expenses, business cases, ROI and profitability
• Provide senior management relevant business analysis to support ad-hoc requests and ensure timely and accurate information gathering.
• Ensure ongoing business performance is appropriately monitored and measured and drive early warning for any inconsistency/ risk.
• An open minded professional having passion to understand the big picture and have enthusiasm to learn more

The successful candidate will also benefit from:

• Team oriented atmosphere
• Good work, life balance
• International workforce
• Talent development from within
• Making a difference to patient's lives

We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:

• Recent bachelor's degree in business or Finance related study field
• Relevant work experience or extracurricular activities obtained next to your studies
• Clear motivation and ambition to gain Finance experience in a commercial environment
• You will be able to evidence skills transferrable to the business environment (e.g., good time management, teamwork) experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities
• You will be able to demonstrate
• Proactivity - ability to work independently and proactively under own initiative, taking responsibility and driving projects and activities to a successful conclusion
• Analytical thinking - but also able to act quickly and decisively as needed
• Prioritisation - manages multiple priorities well, demonstrating good attention to detail under tight deadlines and the ability to prioritise effectively
• Collaboration & teamwork - can develop effective relationships with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Has the confidence to work with senior managers and as an effective member of a cross-functional team
• Customer focused - delivering high quality projects and activities to internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to their needs
• Excellent communication. Can communicate complex data to a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting their wording and style to suit
• You will be IT savvy and highly proficient with Microsoft office Outlook, Excel, PPT skills and Word at Advanced Level)

Additional Information

Please ensure that you are willing and able to live within commutable distance of the company site before applying. This placement is based in White City in London and whilst we support hybrid working, we would expect the Graduate to be in the office at least 3 days per week/12 days per month , to aid your development in working with and learning from your team. You will need to be eligible to work in the UK.