Business Finance Manager

Are you excited about stakeholder management, have an analytical mindset, and enjoy partnering cross-functionally? Are you passionate about finance and do you get energy from bringing your finance and business skills into play to make a difference to patients and society? If you answered yes, then you might be our new Business Finance Manager. We encourage you to apply!

The Position

The position, based out of our Center of Excellence in Copenhagen, is part of a diverse, and engaged team reporting to the director of Business Finance.  As Business Finance Manager:

• You will work as a finance partner to Austria supporting the countries’ Finance & Operations Director.

• You will actively drive business decisions by translating financial data into insights; leveraging business- and having market understanding to support the country management team and the continued growth of the Business Area.

• You will be responsible for the mid-term financial planning and tracking financial and market performance for your respective country.

• Furthermore, you will be part of driving projects spanning all various countries and ensure best practise sharing

Qualifications

You are our ideal candidate if you:

• You hold a master’s degree in Business, Finance or similar and carry relevant working experience.

• You possess strong personal and analytical skills and put pride in continuously improving your way of working, while being driven by partnering with affiliates in close collaboration with colleagues across the value chain.

• You possess a can-do and proactive mindset and approach tasks with a positive mind and a good sense of humour. You are comfortable taking on new responsibilities and you identify opportunities and involve yourself proactively.

• Have strong communication skill, being able to explain a complex situation in a concise and simple manner and enjoy cooperating with people at all levels of the organisation.

• Are fluent in written and spoken English.

• If you additionally have experience with business intelligence systems (e.g., SAP BO, PowerBI), it would be an advantage.

About the Department

Business Finance acts as the Centre of Excellence for two business areas within the region Europe and Canda covering affiliates Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Austria. The team consists of 6 Business Finance Managers working dedicated as finance partners to the affiliates and two supporting the Business Area.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

Please submit your application via the Novo Nordisk website as we are unable to accept direct CVs. Additionally, please make sure to ad a brief cover letter telling us why you’d be interested to join us as Novo Nordisk and why you are our ideal candidate.

Please note that we are reviewing applications on ongoing basis, therefore the position will be filled as soon as the successful candidate has been found.  

Deadline

Please submit your application by January 27th 2025.

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.