Finance Partner

Are you an experienced finance partner and want to drive change across a global organisation? Are you motivated by advising and supporting key stakeholders to drive excellence in projects in a multibillion DKK investment portfolio?

If so, you could be our new Finance Partner within a newly established division in Novo Nordisk based in Gentofte, Denmark. Apply now!

The position

As our new Finance Partner, you will drive the budget and financial management at SVP level, and oversee the various projects and organisations anchored in the project portfolio. You will be involved in multiple business cases towards senior management and will interact with multiple stakeholders anchored in HQ functions and project organisation stationed in US, China, Brazil and France.

 
Your main responsibilities will include:
 

• Finance partnering towards our project organisations situated in multiple countries.
• Drive the annual financial processes to ensure successful resource allocation (AB/RE)
• Analysis of data and creation of insights to support senior management decision making
• Drive standardisation and coherence agenda across the project organisations.

You will independently drive several initiatives simultaneously and work closely with stakeholders across the organisation at all levels of the organisation, which requires that you have a good overview and the ability to execute multiple tasks simultaneously. 

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role you should have:

• MSc. in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or other relevant academic degree
• Minimum 5 years of experience in finance controlling and partnering setting e.g. Headquarter finance function, Production finance, Auditing or similar
• Experience a Management Consultancy role is an advantage
• Strong analytical and strategic skills, and the ability to deliver with high quality under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement/management skills along with the ability to build trusting relationships at all levels while driving agendas in an independent fashion.
• You can effectively communicate and confidently set directions in developing business cases, while also constructively challenging stakeholders on all levels of the organization.

We are looking for a professional, who has a structured and organised approach to their work. You are motivated by driving strategic projects and able to manage and prioritise high complexity and workload with tight deadlines, with the support of your team. You will be working with execution of business strategies and therefore you must be able to manage confidential information. For this position you are required to speak and write in fluent English.

About the department
‘Fill & Finish’ is a newly established division within Novo Nordisk and oversees the largest investment portfolio within Novo Nordisk. The multi-billion portfolio is being governed via the central ‘Programme Office’, in which the finance department is anchored. Programme Office is an international and high-performing organisation, consisting of around 60 people from approx. 10 countries.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 55,000 employees. Together we go further. Together we’re life changing.

Contact
For further information, please contact Finance Director, Peter Kjær Lauritsen at +45-34480417

Deadline
29 February 2024.

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.