Finance  The major focus of this accountability is to ensure that all financial deliverables are being met by ensuring Service Provider costs are in line with the Agreement and all benefits and savings are being realized.   - Establish and maintain the Novartis charge back process and systems.  - Report that anticipated and agreed-upon Service Provider financial responsibilities are not converted to Novartis retained or pass-through expenses through correct pricing, resourcing, etc   - Investigate variances in forecasted expenses or usage.   - Assisting in and supporting, as needed, the review of monthly charges to assure the accuracy of Service Provider charges, Novartis retained costs (shadow organizations), pass-through expenses, billing, exchange rates, etc.  - Review financial analysis for all Service Provider sponsored initiatives to ensure financial viability.   - Ensure compliance to the overall Billing Process within Genpact as well as between Genpact and Novartis is being followed.  - Ensure consistently accurate and timely month-end invoicing.  - Control and ensure effective usage of Novartis Share Point for all Billing Schedules;  - Regular updates of the Billing Schedules with correct application of productivity discount, Base charge rates, Pass-Through, Transition fees and CCN changes;  - Strict compliance with financials from MSA and contract deliverables such as FX true-up and CSL credits.  - Correct Novartis contact and invoice addresses list at all times.  - Full back-up and transparency for all costs, including T&L, training, transition, etc.  - Regular review and approval of Billing KPI's. Timely reporting of Billing KPI's Dashboard to Management.  - During transitions or changes of scope: Lead Business case preparation, ensure Con-tract documentation is properly done on time, support eventual negotiations ensuring optimal rates and conditions for Novartis, manage contract interpretation and liaise with other departments (legal…etc) when required.  Reporting  Reporting skills are vital to ensure that management receives data to support the deci-sion making process on critical areas of scope expansion and to measure that approved initiatives are on track.  - Perform monitoring to ensure that savings objectives for the Agreement and additional benefits from the project are being met and report reasons where deviations occur.   - Establish and manage the overall budget, financial tracking and forecasts in connection with the Agreement.  - Prepare and submit financial forms for new countries and scope.   - Develop standard reporting and communication requirements between the Service Pro-vider and various staff and organizations within Novartis.  - Assist in data collection and business case preparation.  - Provide data on a regular basis to management (e.g. PEC).  - Track actual costs and savings twice per year (Mid-year and End-year Actual reporting)  - Update all Actual reporting files based on the changing organizational structure (e.g. FSC CH, FSC US etc.).  - Ensure timely and accurate reporting to management.  - Business case Budget preparation.  - Enhance global alignment and mutual understanding of the Actuals and Budget templates across FRA Heads population.  Governance  The governance process is key to ensuring the successful delivery of all initiatives. The role will entail strengthening the agreed-upon governance process and delivering the relevant details to support the current governance process  - Support the design, implementation and communication of the governance structure and processes across the Novartis Group.  - Resolve escalated issues in accordance with the governance escalation procedures.  - Educate countries on the contract through workshops, communication (e.g. Teamspace, web page, etc) and consulting.  - Maintain contract Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): periodic review, updates, ap-proval and archiving.  - Ensure the parties comply with the contract governance and it is effective and kept up-to-date.  Contract Compliance/Vendor Management  This is a major accountability to ensure that the vendor delivers on agreed-upon service delivery, regulatory and financial commitments. Designing and implementing processes to ensure the delivery of contractually agreed deliverables is an essential part of this area along with building a successful relationship with the vendor.   - Drive negotiations related to all addendums and updates to the Agreement that are re-quired during the Term of the Agreement.  - Maintain the relationship with the Service Provider.  - Assisting with interpretation and intent of the Parties in regard to the terms and condi-tions of the Agreement.  - Ensure through monitoring that Novartis and Service Provider have the necessary internal financial controls in place to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, e,g receipt of SAS 70 reports, tracking audit findings remediation, etc.  - Ensure compliance to Novartis and legal requirements, e.g. Data Privacy, Information Security by coordinating with responsible parties for the delivery of requirements.  - Manage the contract change control process for in scope and new services, including ensuring that all financial and process impacts/benefits are recorded and evaluated.  - Evaluate and ensure that service level performance is monitored and reported, including the delivery of performance credits.   - Ensure the receipt and review of all Service Provider reports (BCP, SAS-70, Surveys ..etc) required per the Agreement.  - Ensure that the foreign exchange mechanism in the contract is executed as per the Agreement by managing the relevant Service Provider responsibles.  - Ensure contract compliance, alignment and awareness across Novartis organization   - Liaise with other Novartis compliance functions, e.g. Legal, Internal audit, Data Privacy, Information Security.  - Assist with the interpretation and intent of the parties in regard to the terms and conditions of the contract  - Ensure Contract Governance is kept updated and followed strictly  - All documentation is in place and approved, e.g. CCNs, SOWs, Addendums, etc.  - Relevant business cases are put in place, reflect the changes and are aligned with the stakeholders  Projects  - Project Management skills are required to ensure the delivery of key projects to support automation of contract management task and benchmarking of processes to support best practice and standardization.  - For example: support benchmarking of the services provided by the Service Provider in comparison with Novartis and industry best practices.  Education (minimum/desirable):		  Minimum:  University degree in business administration/finance and/or comparable business experience.  Further education in   - Negotiation skills  - Communication skills  - Cultural awareness  Languages: - English (written & spoken fluently)  Experience: - At least 5-10 years work experience including the following attributes:  - Contract and/or vendor management experience  - 3-5 years working with contracts and vendors  - Audit/Compliance:  - 3-5 years audit/compliance experience in an inter-national environment and/or outsourcing industry  - Senior financial analyst:  - BPA in small/mid size unit  - Ideally supporting commercial side of the business  - business process re-engineering position  - Executive presence and credibility  - International experience across Asia, Europe and the Americas  - Very strong cultural awareness  - Track record of successfully delivering value in complex environment   - Proven know-how:  - Project Management skills  Technical / Professional Knowledge and Skills (Describe the role specific know-how needed to fulfil this job. Mark the 3 most important as “job priority”)  Technical / Professional Knowledge and Skills  (max. 5 competencies)		  Job  Priority- Key activities   Business Partnering			  - Respond to business partners needs and requests in a timely manner  - Provide decision making process through technical expertise  - Communicate and negotiate in a heavily matrixed organization  - Productivity mindset  Strong analytical skills			  - Accurate  - Fast  - Comfortable with many data sources  - Strong analysis and synthesis capabilities  - Identify root causes of problems and recommend pro-cess improvements to address them  Strong communication skills  - Comfortable with many interfaces/stakeholders  - Clearly communicate expectations and requirements to others  - Drive an environment of fiduciary responsibility, ac-countability and financial transparency  Good management skills		  - Can make tough decisions  - Ability to drill-down and step-back  - Very self-driven, able to set and manage self and others’ priorities   - Can train others  Tulasi A Human Resources Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd  Building # 6 | Raheja Mind Space | Hitech City Madhapur | Hyderabad | Rangareddy  Andhra Pradesh | 500 081 | INDIA Web: http://www.novartis.com

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Novartis - Contract Manager  ,Job Description for Novartis - Contract Manager  in Novartis in  Hyderabad for (5-10) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Novartis - Contract Manager  in Novartis in  Hyderabad for (5-10) years of experience. Apply Now!