Senior 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 Senior Finance Manager (SFM) is responsible for partnering and advising to key non-commercial ET areas on financial management, investments, risks and opportunities. Further, the SFM is responsible for driving key strategic financial processes.
The SFM performs strategic partnering, financial planning and analysis to the assigned ET areas as well at the Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI) consolidated level. The SFM 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 SFM serves a central role in liaising between Finance and other parts of NNI in ensuring that overall financial performance is communicated and enacted. As such, the SFM must establish clear processes and tools and ensure close collaboration with both commercial and non-commercial functions in NNI.
The SFM is accountable for participating and taking a leading role in multiple cross functional relationships and initiatives to ensure effective resource allocation and delivery of all functional and departmental milestones. The SFM independently identifies and implements key process improvements as needed.
The SFM, in close collaboration with the Finance Leadership Team, leads the AB process for NNI by ensuring a clear timeline, close coordination and consolidation of the P&L reflecting the strategic priorities and direction for the business.
Relationships
Reports to the Director, Non-Commercial Business Partners & Cost Consolidation and works closely together with the Sr Director of Business Finance as well as the VP of Finance & Supply Chain. Interacts with all levels of the business and partners heavily with assigned functional areas. Partners closely with commercial finance to provide better analysis of commercial operations.
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 area using appropriate metrics, analysis and reports. Brings recommendations and strategic implications to leaders in the supported areas and NNI Finance to enable consolidation and broader communication of key messages. Frequently interacts with senior leadership on financial performance
• Together with the Director for Non-Commercial BPs responsible for 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
• Sets direction and leads strategic processes:
  • The NNI AB process by managing the overall timeline and deliverables to enable consolidation of the NNI P&L. Responsible for the Enterprise Resource Planning process to ensure a coherent investment story in line with enterprise strategy. Partner closely with commercial business partners, finance and cross-functional teams to understand and incorporate demand trends, business risks and opportunities into the overall story
  • The Business Planning Process by ensuring clear timeline and close coordination between areas to enable a clear link from enterprise strategy to tactical plans to organizational implications to resource allocation to budget

• 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. Ensure close cross-functional collaboration within NNI and towards the broader NN organization including IO and HQ to ensure use of best practices for financial management, analysis and forecasting
• Coaches and develops other team members to ensure sharing of knowledge, involvement and engagement to support best possible organization business partnering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree within Finance, Business Administration or similar required and MBA preferred
• Significant experience (min. 7 years) in financial management, reporting and business partnering preferably with people management and/or project management experience. Experience from the pharmaceutical industry, is an advantage
• Strong focus on process management, optimization, and structured workflows with high level of proactivity, energy, and ability to drive and complete projects. Must utilize time effectively and set priorities to manage multiple projects with time sensitive deadlines
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills with ability to influence stakeholders across the organization. Must be able to understand and define stakeholder needs and translate these needs into clear actions by also utilizing strong understanding of the market
• Ambitious mindset with a continuous improvement approach and a desire to simplify the way we operate and generate new ideas. Strong ability to condense complicated data to key messages and recommendations
• High level of independence, integrity, and accountability

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