FP&A and Insights Business Partner

Are you ready to join a dynamic international team at the forefront of the pharmaceutical industry?

If you’re passionate about transforming financial data and market insights into impactful business decisions, and thrive in leading and coordinating innovative projects with a dedicated team of experts, then we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Step into the role of FP&A and Insights Business Partner at Novo Nordisk Italy, where your skills will contribute to shaping the future of healthcare.

Join us and be part of a journey that matters!

The Position

As an FP&A & Insights Business Partner, you will be working as dedicated finance partner to our business units, actively supporting business decisions by translating financial data into business insights. Your tasks will span over business controlling, sales forecasting and finance partnering. The position entails a variety of activities from daily operational tasks to finance projects.

In more details, you will:

• Drive strategic finance analyses and act as finance partner
• Analyse both short- and long-term market trends to evaluate sales potential.
• Conduct complex analyses and forecasts of finance and market data to support strategic and operational decisions of our management
• Evaluate cost saving potential by working with Procurement and the Business Unit Directors in alignment with our long-term strategy and to reach our goals for sales and cost
• Create business insights reporting for our sales business units

You will also perform finance controlling and ensure that budget in relation to annual cost is kept. Among your responsibilities, you will handle strictly confidential data regarding our strategy and support the Directors to ensure they have the needed funding to operate. Moreover, you will regularly connect with global finance colleagues to identify local improvement opportunities in our ways of working.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you hold an MBA or master’s degree in finance, economics, engineering or any relevant field.

On top of what we would expect:

• at least 4/5 years of relevant work experience as controller, business analyst, finance partner or alike with a focus on management reporting, financial planning, and analysis.
• strong analytical skills, and you always strive for excellence
• Fluency in English and Italian
• Excellent technical skills (SAP, Alteryx, and PowerBI and/or Tableau)

As a person, you possess a can-do and proactive mindset, approaching tasks with positivity and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You are comfortable taking on new responsibilities, readily identifying opportunities, and inviting yourself to the table. With excellent communication skills, you can explain complex situations in a concise and simple manner, and you collaborate effectively with people at all levels within the organization.

About the Department

The Finance and Operations team works to provide strategic direction to the company, ensuring that everything we do is viable and built to last. Overseeing and safeguarding Novo Nordisk’s short and long-term planning, Finance and Operations works closely with the business across the organization to develop strategies and business plans, monitor industry trends, and provide operating recommendations.

You will have the opportunity to build a life-changing career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent. And we reward hard work and dedication with the opportunity for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to realize your potential?  If yes, then join our team and help us make a difference.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Deadline

Apply before March, 15th 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 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.