Production Finance Partner

Do you want to use your strong financial skills and business mind-set in supporting Novo Nordisk ambitious production capacity expansion strategy? Do you get energy from delivering results and continuously improving workflows around financial processes and ensure valid data for decision-making?
If you want to be part of a team with an aspiration of being best in class and where you will have significant influence on how we solve our daily tasks, apply today and join us in the Production Finance team!
The position
As Production Finance Partner, you will be responsible for the financial management of inbound materials used in the internal manufacturing. This role focuses on Novo Nordisk's direct spend supplier network that plays a strategic role for the company, with significant growth also added from acquisition activities.
Your primary responsibilities include:

• Acting as a Trusted Finance Business Partner to the business area, being acknowledged for your strong stakeholders and communication skills
• Driving the financial management by proactively driving alignment with line of business on the financial plan, product costing, inventory, raw material consumption, purchase price variance, production variance, scrap, inventory provisions, etc.
• Ensuring Financial Compliance and House in Order by aligning on accounting treatment and cost classifications with Global Finance team
• Driving continuous improvement of financial and control processes, further strengthening the connection between business plans, activities, and resources to ensure value creation
• Being a key player in driving our systems and standards to the next level and setting the scene for further analyses

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we believe you:

• Hold a master's degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting, coupled with hands-on experience in a comparable role within a large organisation
• Demonstrate a strong financial background and a process-oriented mindset with an interest to map, streamline, and optimise processes
• Showcase a structured way with a sharp eye for details and thrive in setting direction for finance integration and handling of product costing
• Possess solid stakeholder management and collaboration skills, along with good communication and presentation abilities
• Display proficiency in both written and spoken English

As a person, you are self-driven and can manage several tasks simultaneously with a strong focus on quality and results. You are structured, analytical, yet able to keep an overview and successfully manage flexible workloads, even when working under pressure. You have a 'can do' mind-set and do not shy away from improving processes, applying a proactive and strategic mindset, striving to achieve the business' goals. You are a reflective, open, and honest person and a dedicated team-player, with the courage and integrity to take the right decisions for Novo Nordisk.
About the Department
You will be joining a finance team consisting of 27-30 members, where half of the people are non-Danish coming from 11 different countries. We drive the financial management and investment governance for the SVP area called External Supply in Novo Nordisk.
The department is split into three team: Business Finance, Investment Management, and Production Finance. This position resides in the later and is reporting directly to the Director.
You will become part of a team that is driven, highly experienced, and dedicated to helping each other shine as well as caring for one another.
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.
Contact
For further information on the position, feel free to contact Daniel B. Frederiksen, Director of Finance, at +45 3079 2104.
Deadline
19 September 2024.
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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.