Financial Controls and Compliance Lead - Montréal, Canada - Sandoz

Sandoz

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Montréal, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Job ID 367976BR
Aug 29, 2023
Canada

Job Description:

1 is the position Sandoz Canada will achieve in the Bio-Generic market by 2025. At Sandoz, our purpose is to pioneer access for patients. Our business ambition is to be the world's leading and most valued generics company.

As the Financial Controls and Compliance Lead you have the oversight over the Financial Controls Manual (FCM ) related activities for Sandoz Canada's various functions.

This includes awareness of internal and external regulations to comply with. You ensure internal control sign-off by management without significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.

You provide deliverables according to FCM schedule and coordinate with Divisions and Sandoz Global Competency Center (GCC) on establishing and maintaining an adequate control environment.

You follow and implement global finance process improvement initiatives, sharing leading practices.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Lead the control and compliance activities within Sandoz Canada for various functions
Liaison/coordination with Global and GCC, including obtaining/providing subcertifications, testing etc as required.
Regular performance metrics reporting
Liaison with stakeholders, including CFO, Internal Audit (IA), external Audit and Corporate Financial Controls (CFC)
Provide all required FCM deliverables according to the communicated schedule
Ensuring risks are addressed by adequate controls per internal customer
Supervise test of Sandoz Canada's controls, including Segregation of Duties
Keep track of own and Divisional Finance action items/deficiencies (may come from different sources such as IA, FCM selfassessment, external auditors, etc.)
Process walkthroughs as required/requested.

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Minimum Requirements

What you'll bring to the role:

Professional accounting designation (CA, CGA) and B.Comm. with 4-6 years of experience in controls and compliance. Previous experience in auditing, managing quality for shared services is an asset
Highly qualified in accounting/IFRS and excellent computer skills with advanced knowledge of MS Office Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multinational, matrix organization
Excellent understanding of financial information systems, processes and internal controls
Strong planning, organizational and analytical skills.
Excellent people and communication skills in English and French (spoken and written)

You'll receive:

Why Sandoz?

500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2020 and while we're proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.

How will we do this? We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation.

That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility.

And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges.

Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying

Imagine what you could do here at Sandoz
Division

SANDOZ
Business Unit
Global ERC SZ
Location
Canada
Site
Montreal South Shore - Boucherville
Company / Legal Entity
Sandoz Canada
Functional Area
Audit & Finance
Job Type
Full Time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No