Finance Partner

Are you motivated by working across boundaries in the context of a dynamic stakeholder landscape? Can you see the business potential in how finance and controlling can shape decision making within operations?  

Join Finished Product Manufacturing in Novo Nordisk A/S and get a life-changing career! 

The position 

As a Finance Partner, you will play a key role in financial management and controlling within one of our production areas while also contributing to central strategic initiatives across Finished Product Manufacturing. Your expertise will support the management team in making data-driven business decisions, ensuring financial performance, and optimizing key financial processes. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Financial Management & Controlling – Oversee budgets, forecasting, cost analysis, and financial reporting to ensure transparency and accuracy 
• Strategic Support – Drive financial planning and performance management, supporting leadership with business cases and senior management insights 
• Process Optimization – Continuously improve finance-related business processes and ensure alignment between finance and operations 
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement – Work closely with the business area management team and the Finished Product Manufacturing Finance team to enhance financial decision-making 
• Mobility & Flexibility – Based in Gentofte, with a planned relocation to Høje Taastrup within a year, and regular travel to Danish sites as required 

The job is in Gentofte but will be moving within a year to our site in Høje Taastrup. Furthermore, it is expected that you are available to travel to one of our Danish sites on a regular basis. 

The onboarding process will include structured introductions to the management team, finance colleagues, and key business partners, fostering collaboration and enabling the newcomer to contribute to performance management and strategy deployment from an early stage. 

You will be paired with a dedicated buddy from day one, providing guidance on financial processes, business operations, and key stakeholders to accelerate integration into the role. 

Qualifications 

To succeed in this role, we expect you to have: 

• An academic degree within business, finance or similar  
• 1-2 years of experience within business analysis, business controlling or similar.  
• Strong analytical and communication skills. 
• Used to work within Excel and PowerPoint is expected, while knowledge within SAP or other major ERP systems and BI skills will be highly advantageous. 
• You master English to a professional level as it is the company language. 

 
On a personal level, you are motivated by understanding and analysing data and have a passion for solving financial issues. You demonstrate a continuous high level of responsibility regardless of the size and complexity of the task. As a person you are ambitious, persistent, and proactive and have a high focus on quality and structure. Being a positive and open-minded team player, you know that the greatest results are achieved in cooperation with other people.  

 
With a professional and open approach, you build strong relations with stakeholders at all levels and across functions. Furthermore, you have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complex matters with simplicity. 

About the department 

Business Development & Support (BD&S) in Finished Product Manufacturing (FPM) is the team that supports our global production sites with central functions such as Finance, Supply Chain & Manufacturing Strategy, Sustainability & Operational Excellence, and Digitalisation & Performance Management. Based in Gentofte we are more than 50 employees who, as partners and specialists, collaborate with our colleagues worldwide to produce medicine for people living with serious chronic diseases. We have a comprehensive overview ensuring an efficient and reliable support of the FPM organisation and are committed to driving change by identifying hidden potential and anticipating opportunities and challenges before they escalate. 

Working at FPM, Novo Nordisk 

Finished Product Manufacturing (FPM) is a part of Novo Nordisk Product Supply, a global production network at the forefront of technology and quality production of pharmaceutical products. At FPM, we not only manufacture all finished products for people living with serious chronic diseases, we also use our competencies to drive technology leadership and improve standards across our core technologies to support the growing efforts into completely new production platforms and therapy areas for Novo Nordisk.  

Our global network consists of around 6,000 colleagues across ten countries. Here, we are responsible for the manufacturing of all finished products, including devices, needles, assembly, and packaging. As more and more people need our products, we support Novo Nordisk's initiatives in new therapy areas. Every day, we strive to streamline and expand our capacity through process innovation, automation, and the introduction of new technology.  

Any questions? 

For further information, please contact, Manager of Business Finance, Ulrik Graae Nissen, on +45 30755968 

Deadline 

6th of April 2025. Please note that interviews will be held throughout the period, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

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.