Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

About the Department 

At Novo Nordisk, our Finance and Operations team is the engine that elevates holistic commercialization of our products. The Finance and Operations team works closely with the business across the organization to guide enterprise wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. We regulate accounting, uphold workplace safety, manage our supply chain and sampling, support technology, provide commercial operations, insights & analytics, maintain our facilities and assure the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, 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?

 

The Position

The Finance Manager is responsible for business partnering to key non-commercial ET areas on financial management, investments, risks and opportunities. Further, responsible for driving key non-commercial projects including process improvements, standardization, and digitalization across Business Finance.

 

Performs strategic partnering, financial planning and analysis to the assigned ET areas. The FM is a member of the relevant leadership team and must ensure to support and challenge in line with NNI's strategy, opportunities, and risks.

 

The FM serves a central role in liaising between Finance and other parts of NNI and must ensure close collaboration with all stakeholders including clear communication of financial performance.

 

The FM is accountable for participating in multiple cross functional relationships and initiatives to ensure effective resource allocation and delivery of all functional and departmental milestones. The FM must have a mindset of continuous improvements and should identifies and implements key process improvements as needed.

 

The FM drives key projects on behalf of Business Finance towards the non-commercial areas but also internally in Business Finance to ensure further standardization, use of digitalization and implementation of best practices.

 

Relationships

Reports to the Director, Non-Commercial Business Partners & Cost Consolidation. Interacts with all levels of the business and partners heavily with assigned functional areas.

 

Essential Functions

• Overall responsible finance partner for assigned ET areas and proactively partners with all parts of the assigned business to drive evidence-based decision making. Ensure that strong financial management and processes are in place to capture opportunities and mitigate risks. Drives transparency and simplicity to empower the assigned area regarding budget, realization and potential investment options
• Routinely communicates on the financials for the assigned areas using appropriate metrics, analysis and reports. Brings recommendations and strategic implications to leaders in the supported areas and NNI Finance
• Sets direction and leads the assigned ET areas’ planning processes. Together with business unit leaders and cross-functional teams must understand and incorporate trends, business risks and opportunities into the financials
• Together with Non-Commercial finance team support the overall cost consolidation process, follow-up and reporting on realization on monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This includes close alignment, challenge and support of input from both commercial and non-commercial areas to ensure solid financial analysis and forecasts at all times
• On behalf of Finance & Supply Chain, independently drives key cross-functional projects related to the non-commercial areas as well as general business finance processes, standardization, use of digital tools etc. with the aim to enable more focus on business partnering for better short- and long-term business performance. Collaborates close with commercial finance function on general improvement opportunities and projects to the benefit of the business
• Drives Operational Effectiveness and Efficiency in relation to own and related business process. Continuously evaluate opportunities to optimize in order to deliver the results in the most effective way. Ensures close cross-functional collaboration, within NNI and towards the broader NN organization where relevant to ensure use of best practices for financial management, analysis and forecasting

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree within Finance, Business Administration or similar required and MBA preferred
• Significant experience (min. 5 years) in financial management,