Manager, Rebates & Anlaytics

Requisition Number: 2402243
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Nuvaila is a growing pharmaceutical business focused on expanding access to high-quality, affordable medicines. At this pivotal stage of our growth, you will help strengthen the rebate, chargeback and analytics capabilities that support the business-ensuring partner payments are accurate and compliant, and giving leaders the insight they need to evaluate opportunities and make sound commercial decisions.
The Manager, Rebates & Analytics, independently owns Nuvaila's rebate and chargeback validation and payment process across PBM, GPO and distribution partners, and serves as a generalist analytics partner to the business. The role supports the development and modeling of business cases and presentations that are required for pipeline development, sourcing and market access, and supply chain and procurement.
Working with Sourcing, Market Access, Finance, Accounting, Legal and Supply Chain, the role keeps payment obligations, deadlines and disputes visible and turns data into clear recommendations. It reports to the Director, Business Operations who retains oversight of vendors and partner collaborations and final review of rebate payments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A detail-oriented, commercially minded analyst with strong Excel modeling skills and the discipline to run a recurring, deadline-driven financial process. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable reconciling an invoice line by line and building a business case for leadership, ideally with consulting training in structured problem solving, analytics and PowerPoint storytelling. Energized by a small, nimble team and varied priorities, they seek broad business exposure across sourcing, market access and supply chain, and growth through hands-on ownership.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Rebate Invoice Validation & Payment
• Own the quarterly PBM and GPO rebate cycle: invoice receipt, high-level and detailed review, claims-level validation, remittance packet preparation and submission to Accounts Payable within contractual timelines
• Verify rebate eligibility by client, formulary status, plan and line of business using enrollment files, PDLs and prior authorization criteria; apply contract exclusions (e.g., 340B, duplicate claims, invalid plan, pharmacy or NDC, incorrect rate) so only valid rebates are paid
• Manage disputes end-to-end: log and categorize discrepancies by reason code, resolve them with partners within contractual timelines, and track credits and interest
• Chargebacks, Reconciliation & Controls
• Manage chargeback processing and reconciliation with distribution partners against contracted pricing
• Reconcile estimated, invoiced and paid rebates; partner with Accounting and FP&A on accruals, General Ledger recording and forecasting, and support internal and external audits
• Maintain the PBM Contract Tracker, validation checklists, SOPs and audit-ready records; partner with Sourcing and Legal to operationalize new agreement terms and identify process, control and automation improvements
• Business Analytics & Decision Support
• Build Excel-based financial models and business cases supporting pipeline development, including evaluation of product and partnership opportunities
• Support Sourcing and Market Access with pricing, gross-to-net, rebate and contract scenario analysis, and utilization and formulary trends that inform negotiations
• Support Supply Chain and Procurement with demand, inventory, purchasing and supplier cost analysis to identify savings and efficiency opportunities
• Reporting & Communication
• Support development of recurring reports, KPIs and dashboards for leadership, including inputs to monthly and quarterly business reviews and annual planning
• Translate analysis into clear, executive-ready PowerPoint presentations and recommendations; respond to ad-hoc requests from across the business
• Identify data gaps and quality issues and work with IT and vendors to resolve them; provide day-to-day guidance to analysts or vendor support as the function scales

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, engineering or another quantitative discipline, with solid experience in analytics, finance, consulting, rebate/billing or a related role
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables and financial and scenario models built from large datasets
• Experience building business cases and presenting findings in PowerPoint to senior stakeholders
• Solid attention to detail, with experience reconciling financial data, invoices or contracts against deadlines
• Excellent communication and organization; ability to work cross-functionally and independently, explain complex analysis clearly and escalate issues appropriately

Preferred Qualifications:

• Management consulting experience, with formal training in business case development, data analytics and presentation storylining
• Exposure to U.S. pharmaceutical rebates, chargebacks, gross-to-net, PBMs, formularies or market access
• Experience with SQL, Power BI or Tableau, and SAP, Vistex or similar ERP/rebate systems; experience in a SOX-compliant environment
• Experience supervising or mentoring analysts; an accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is a plus

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
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