Director of Business Finance

Are you an experienced finance leader with a passion for driving financial control and oversight? Are you ready to take on a challenging role as the Director of Business Finance for Fill & Finish Expansions at Novo Nordisk? 

If you are looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact, then apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position
As a Director of Business Finance you will take on the responsibility to drive decision-making and business impact trough excellent financial processes, reporting and presentations. It will be your responsibility to ensure solid processes and deliver excellent financial planning, reporting and financial risk management assessments throughout the yearly budgeting process.

As a company, we are growing and investing heavily in capacity for the future. Therefore, it is important in this role that you can both drive daily operations and develop processes, people and work environment needed to excel in your deliverables also in the future. It is important that you, together with your team, drive pro-active finance partnering and constantly look for opportunities to maximize the way we generate value to our stakeholders.

As a Director of Business Finance you will have the following responsibilities:
•    Overall finance for Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx) including driving financial budgeting and follow-up processes to ensure full financial control and oversight in FFEx for both Opex and Capex.
•    Lead financial target setting for FFEx, ensuring appropriate resource allocation by delivering necessary analysis and recommendations.
•    Develop and drive the Finance functional strategies within FFEx.
•    Ensure compliance with financial, procurement, and business ethics standards in FFEx.
•    Act as a finance partner to FFEx management, providing necessary insights to support decision-making.

The position is based in Lyngby, Denmark. However, the organizational responsibility extents to Fill & Finish Bangalore, India (GBS) where additional employees are based.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need to have the following:

•    A master’s degree in business, finance or a related field of study with a strong financial background, and a proven track record from previous managerial positions.

•    Proactive leadership skills with excellent stakeholder management skills.

•    You take pride in delivering high quality work and you are attracted to a fast-paced working environment.

•    You have a genuine interest in developing your employees and strive to make them perform optimally as a team.

•    As a person you are ambitious, proactive, engaged and bring high energy with you.

About the Department
The Fill & Finish Expansions department is responsible for designing, planning, and building all major fill & finish expansion projects across Novo Nordisk. We are a newly established and growing area, focused on rethinking our fill & finish facilities with the use of modern technology. Our goal is to set the standards for the facilities of the future, designing facilities that we will still be proud of 20 years from now. As part of our global approach, you will have the opportunity to work with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

Business Finance is a diverse department with dedicated and highly skilled employees, mainly based in Lyngby. Our department is responsible for the financial reporting and budgeting processes for FFEx and for driving finance partnering towards the senior management team in FFEx and Corporate Finance Functions. In addition, the team covers finance partnering toward all the support and staff functions overseeing the global investment portfolio of projects.

You will head up a strategically important department in Fill & Finish Expansions covering the capacity expansion projects portfolio. You will be part of the FFEx Strategy, Governance & Finance management team, and you will drive the Global Finance Organisation in Fill & Finish Expansions and therefore be the Chair of the FFEx Finance Leadership Team. 

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 
Contact 
For further information, please contact Cristina Sima, Vice President, Head of Strategy, Governance & Finance in FFEx at +45 3079 7978 or get to know us better by visiting Novo Nordisk Global Manufacturing Careers. 
 
Deadline 
17 April 2024.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.