BPA Manager

期限：短期岗位 2026/7-2027/8 (14 months in total)

Contracted BPA Manager – NCIM & Site Payment Transformation Support

Role Purpose
The Contracted BPA Manager will provide time‑bound, project‑focused finance support to Development Finance during the implementation of NCIM，the new site payment solution.
The role is not a standing BPA position and will focus on ensuring financial data integrity, migration readiness, and practical local deployment of the NCIM site payment model through close collaboration with NCIM project teams, Development BPA, and SSO Finance Specialists.

Scope of Responsibilities
NCIM Project Finance Support

• Act as the embedded finance/BPA resource supporting the NCIM project within the defined Development scope.
• Represent finance and BPA requirements in NCIM design discussions, testing phases, and deployment activities.
• Support UAT and defect resolution from a finance data, controls, and reporting perspective.
• Identify finance‑related risks linked to NCIM implementation and support mitigation actions.

Financial Data Migration & Validation

• Support financial data migration activities related to NCIM, including:
• Validation of historical and open POs
• Reconciliation between legacy systems and NCIM outputs
• Identification, documentation, and follow‑up of data quality issues
• Work with project and data teams to ensure migrated data supports downstream site payments, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Support post‑go‑live stabilization with a focus on data accuracy and consistency.

Site Payment Solution & SSO Finance Collaboration

• Partner closely with SSO Finance Specialists on the rollout of NCIM‑ Novartis Clinical Invoice Management solution.
• Ensure the solution reflects local operational and regulatory needs, including market‑specific requirements (e.g. China).
• Provide finance input on:
• Site payment process design
• Accrual logic and financial tracking
• Controls and issue resolution during transition
• Support investigation and resolution of site payment‑related issues arising during migration and early operations.

Stakeholder Interface & Documentation

• Act as a finance coordination point between Development Finance, NCIM project teams, and SSO.
• Prepare clear financial inputs, issue summaries, and decision materials for project forums when required.
• Ensure proper documentation of assumptions, decisions, and handover materials at the end of the contract period.

Explicit Role Boundaries

• This role is contractual and temporary and does not own:
• Ongoing BPA cycle ownership (budget, LF/LO, standard reporting)
• Long‑term functional cost management
• People management or line‑management accountability
• Focus is execution and transition support, not steady‑state BPA operations.

Contract Parameters

• Duration: 12–14 months 一次性下订单14个月
• Engagement model: External / Third‑party (non‑Novartis headcount)
• Role nature: Hands‑on, delivery‑focused, project‑oriented
• Primary interfaces: Development BPA, NCIM project team, SSO Finance Specialists

Required Experience & Profile

• Solid experience (5 year minimum) in clinical site payment management finance roles
• Hands‑on exposure to system implementations, finance transformation, or data migration projects.
• Strong understanding of financial data structures, accruals, and operational finance processes.
• Comfortable working across project teams, SSO users, and global stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, strong issue‑solving capability, and ability to operate with limited supervision.

• Operations Management and Execution
• English：capable of communicating with offshore service teams based in India

Desirable skills:

• Compliance And Controls.
• Critical Thinking.
• Data Cleansing / Normalization.
• Planning & Analysis.
• Process Optimization.
• Reporting.
• Understanding Value Drivers.