Finance Business Partner

Job title: Finance Business Partner

Are you ready to drive financial performance in and across investment projects and influence key business decisions? Join us as Finance Buisness Partner, where you will collaborate closely with project leaders and the project portfolio manager to ensure transparency, value based decisions, and strong financial governance across a growing portfolio.

Your new role

As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a key role in supporting project management and portfolio leadership with financial insights as the financial compass guiding business decisions and upholding financial compliance. Further, you will ensure high-quality financial processes and play a driving role in continuously improving tools and processes across investment projects.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a trusted financial sparring partner to project managers by translating project plans into clear financial insights, analysis, and decision support
• Prepare and support business cases with a strong RoI mindset.
• Support in preparing leadership-ready presentations for IO M2 Investment Group and Steering Groups.
• Lead the monthly cost review process and challenge project managers on variances and actions.
• Ensure strong understanding of the financial impact of CAPEX and OPEX; drive the accrual process, including validation and posting of journal entries.
• Drive timely project closure and capitalization activities.
• Driving budgeting, forecasting, and cost control processes across investment projects, ensuring transparency and accuracy
• Identify opportunities to optimise financial processes to improve project performance across the portfolio

• Prepare, maintain, and update required guidelines and documentation.
• Strong system knowledge, including SAP, Coupa and Clarity and intermediate/advanced Excel and power point skills.

Your new department

You will join the API IO M2 Projects and Strategy area, where we manage a portfolio of investment projects. The department plays a critical role in maturing and executing investment projects. You will work closely with project managers, investment finance partners, and portfolio stakeholders in a dynamic and highly collaborative environment. The team is focused on continuous improvement, ensuring efficient project delivery while supporting business growth.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for an experienced, proactive and analytical finance professional who thrives in a project-driven environment who can set financial direction and communicate complex financial topics with clarity.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering Management, or a related field
• 3–5 years of experience within project controlling, project controls, business controlling, or a similar finance role
• Strong analytical skills and a structured approach to problem-solving
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence decision-making
• The ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• The desire and ability to take lead on financial compliance and decisions

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

At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 570,200 to 838,100 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Contact:

For further information about the position, please contact Helle Birk Madsen at hbma@novonordisk.com.

Deadline:

6th August 2026

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.