Business Planning Consultant

Summary

LI-Hybrid

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Relocation Support: This role is based in São Paulo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Ready to turn data into decisions that shape the business? As a Business Planning Consultant, you will bring together financial, commercial, and external insights to help teams make smarter, value-driven choices. Partnering across Finance and the business, you will influence planning, forecasting, performance, investments, and resource allocation while using data, automation, and artificial intelligence to simplify how Finance works. This is an opportunity to combine analytical rigor with curiosity and business impact, turning complex information into clear recommendations that move priorities forward.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• · Partner with business leaders to translate strategy into financial insights, recommendations, and actionable decisions.

• · Drive planning, forecasting, and performance analysis, identifying risks, opportunities, trends, and corrective actions.

• · Evaluate investments and business cases using financial analysis, value creation, strategic fit, and execution considerations.

• · Improve resource allocation by monitoring investments, benefits, and opportunities to redirect resources toward higher-value priorities.

• · Leverage data, automation, and artificial intelligence to simplify Finance processes and strengthen analytical insights.

• · Strengthen financial governance through robust controls, clear documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and timely risk escalation.

• Essential Requirements

• · Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.

• · Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, business planning, finance business partnering, commercial finance, or analytics.

• · Strong financial analysis capabilities, including forecasting, performance management, scenario modeling, business cases, and investment analysis.

• · Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, strong presentation capabilities, and experience working with enterprise planning or reporting tools.

• · Fluent Portuguese and strong professional English, with the ability to communicate complex financial topics clearly.

• · Strong business acumen, analytical thinking, learning agility, collaboration, ownership, adaptability, and ability to influence without direct authority.

• Desirable Requirements

• · Spanish language proficiency and/or experience working within pharmaceutical, healthcare, or another complex regulated industry.

• · Experience with Power BI, automation, generative artificial intelligence, or agent-based solutions to enhance analysis and Finance processes.

• Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

• Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.

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• Division

• Finance

• Business Unit

• Finance

Location

Brazil

Site

Santo Amaro

Company / Legal Entity

BR03 (FCRS = BR003) NOVARTIS BIOCIENCIAS S.A

Functional Area

Audit & Finance

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Job ID

REQ-10089611

Business Planning Consultant

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Job ID

REQ-10089611

Business Planning Consultant

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