Senior Business Analyst IM EM

Overview

The organization is recruiting a Senior Business Analyst, Emerging Markets to support the Innovative Medicine Emerging Markets (EM) Finance organization.

This role is fully virtual, with a flexible location across EMEA and a preference for candidates based in Emerging Markets. Contract type: Full-time, permanent.

The EM organization covers pharmaceutical business operations in approximately 80 countries across Africa, Russia, CIS, Turkey and the Middle East. The business is organized in 8 sub-clusters, each with dedicated commercial leadership and functional support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an active member of the EM Finance team and contribute to best-practice sharing.
• Partner closely with the Sr. Business Controller for EM to provide financial support to EM sub-cluster teams.
• Coordinate, at EM level, planning processes including Latest Thinking, Budget cycles, Forecast Updates, Integrated Business Plan, and BvAs.
• Lead the Central EM budget (under General Management ownership) and drive coordination of Functional budgets with EMOC leads and local Finance teams.
• Lead advanced EM Finance reporting tools and reporting outputs, including dashboards, headcount, NTS/PVC, GP, and ad hoc reports.
• Support the EM Finance onboarding process by contributing to consistency and capability building across sub-clusters.
• Build and maintain relationships with key sub-cluster Finance teams, EMOC Functional leads, and the EMEA Regional Finance team.
• Coordinate Business Plan updates, including consolidation, analysis, scenario planning, alignment across EM, and review of detailed financial plans, covering quarterly Latest Estimate and Budget vs. Actual cycles.
• Lead the Central EM budget and BvA activities, including headcount, intercompany, and quarterly closing follow-up.
• Coordinate functional target setting, budgets, and BvA with EMOC Functional leads and local Finance teams.
• Support execution of Business Plan commitments at EM level covering: sales, headcount, Opex, Capex, DSO, Net Income (MRNI) and cash flow.
• Provide support to the EMEA Regional Finance team (e.g., PVM, leadership MBR preparation).
• Drive adoption of SigniFi and other Finance transformation initiatives in EM through alignment, communication, and coordination.
• Participate in cross-sector or EM/EMEA-wide initiatives in Finance or the business.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• University degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Business Administration, Finance or related areas.
• Professional financial qualifications are an advantage.
• 5+ years of finance/accounting experience, including business planning, reporting and analysis.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Advanced experience with Excel, Power BI, automation tools (e.g., Power Automate) and emerging AI solutions.
• Experience in a multinational environment.
• Strong social skills, team-player mentality, and collaborative working style.
• Passion for leading change and challenging the status quo.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to handle complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment.
• Ability to work proactively and independently, as well as in a team across geographic boundaries in a virtual setting.
• Fluent English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Budgeting and budget management
• Financial analysis
• Financial forecasting
• Financial modeling
• Financial reporting and financial statement analysis
• Problem solving
• Relationship building

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• Cairo, Egypt
• Fully virtual role with flexible location across EMEA.
• Preference for candidates based in Emerging Markets.
• This role may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements; applications are considered as a single submission.

Requisition References (as provided)

• Egypt: R-109266
• Spain: R-108023

Equal Opportunity Statement

The organization is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.