Head of Staffs Finance

Are you eager to take on a leadership role in finance and drive significant impact on shaping strategy and resource allocation? Do you have a track record of driving value creation and strategic resource allocation? Would you like to join our Business Finance team to help us achieve our ambition to support the business in maximising value creation?

If you are a proactive and strategic thinker with strong financial knowledge, read on and apply today for a life-changing career

The position
As the Head of Staffs Finance, your primary responsibility is to drive value creation through proactive and strategic finance partnering, as well as process excellence towards the staff EVP areas. You and the team play a key role in ensuring that resources are allocated purposefully and according to strategic priorities. This is based on a foundation of strong financial knowledge and high-quality deliverables.

You will be in charge of:

• The financial management of the three key staff areas: Finance, Legal and Global Solutions (FLGS), Global People and Organisation (GP&O) and Global Business Development (GBD). This includes strategic resource allocation, budget development, investment profile and enabling value creation in the business through transparency.
• Acting as an integrated member of the EVP-1 leadership teams across Staff areas.
• Managing a team of finance partners in Denmark and GBS, in close collaboration with a team lead in Bangalore.
• Driving financial solutions to business problems in a simple way, by combining a strategic mind-set with a practical approach.

You will report to the Director of Staffs and CSCA Finance, be part of S&C leadership team and contribute to Business Finance continuously being a great place to work.

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• Master's degree in finance, economics or relevant fields.
• Minimum 4 years of proven excellent track record within finance and/or consulting.
• Experience coaching and guiding junior team members.
• Ideally, prior people management experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Your analytical mindset is accompanied by strong mindfulness including the ability to build relationships and establish credibility. You possess strong communication skills, a demonstrated ability to drive personal impact, while investing time and effort.

About the department
You will be part of the Business Finance team at Novo Nordisk. Our team is dedicated to supporting the business in maximizing value creation and driving strategic resource allocation. We work closely with the SVP leadership teams across CSCA and with finance partners in Denmark and GBS. We strive to be a great place to work and continuously improve our understanding of the businesses we support.

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, please contact Director of Staffs & CSCA Finance, Gustav Vilsbøll Lauritsen on +45 3444 0660.

Deadline
05 January 2025.

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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.