SR Financial Accountant

Senior Financial Accountant

Bring your technical accounting expertise to a role where precision meets purpose. Join NNUK as our Senior Financial Accountant and take ownership of the financial close, statutory reporting and control environment that underpins our ability to reach more patients than ever before.

Your new role

As Senior Financial Accountant for NNUK, you will lead our financial accounting and close processes, safeguard balance sheet integrity, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and act as a senior technical expert across statutory reporting, audit and internal controls.

Day-to-day, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and owning the month-end and year-end close for NNUK, ensuring timely, accurate and audit-ready financial statements while coordinating cross-functional activities with Tax, Payroll, GBS and the business
• Taking full accountability for balance sheet accuracy, reconciliations and the oversight of offshored reconciliation activity, driving follow-up where required
• Leading the statutory accounts process from preparation through to audit completion and Companies House filings, in line with relevant accounting standards and regulations
• Supporting the operation and continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting, ensuring adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley and the Minimum Controls framework via Assurance Connect
• Leading periodic due diligence and credit risk analysis to support Working Capital Funding with private providers
• Acting as a senior Finance Business Partner – providing insight, constructive challenge and targeted training to business teams – and mentoring the Assistant Financial Accountant
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives in partnership with GBS, Tax and Payroll to enhance reporting efficiency, accuracy and KPI performance across shared service centres

Your new department

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

Within NNUK, the Financial Accounting team sits at the heart of our Finance function – ensuring the integrity of our numbers, the strength of our controls and the trust of our internal and external stakeholders. As Senior Financial Accountant, you'll work closely with the Senior Manager, Financial Accounting (providing cover when needed), partnering with colleagues across Tax, Payroll, GBS and the wider business.

Your skills & qualifications

We're looking for a fully qualified accountant who combines deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, improvement-minded approach. You operate independently, communicate with clarity and bring a meticulous eye for detail. You'll bring with you:

• A degree-level education and full qualification as an ACCA or ACA accountant, with 5+ years PQE in financial accounting and statutory reporting within a complex, regulated environment
• Proven experience working with SOX/internal control frameworks and managing relationships with both internal and external auditors
• Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS, alongside an understanding of UK VAT rules and basic corporation tax
• Demonstrated experience managing relationships with shared service centres, including KPI governance and driving performance improvement
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management and communication skills – able to translate complex financial information for non-financial audiences and engage confidently at senior levels
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, with the flexibility to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines and the ability to coach and develop less experienced colleagues
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g. SAP, QuickBooks) and the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline
23 June 2026. (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.)

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.