Senior Manager Strategic Finance

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Are you a well-rounded Business and Finance professional, looking for a position where you can really make a difference? Working at Novo Nordisk is never just a job. It is the opportunity for a life changing career. We are looking for a Senior Strategic Finance manager to join Novo Nordisk International Operations (IO) Strategic Operations based in Zurich, Switzerland. This position is a way into a dynamic environment and a world of opportunities.The Senior Strategic Finance manager reports to the Senior Director Strategic Finance and will join a diverse team of passionate peers anchored within the greater department of Finance & Operations encompassing Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement and Digital, Data & IT.If you think this could be for you, keep reading.The PositionIO Strategic Finance is primarily responsible to deliver synthetic and actionable insights towards senior management as well as scoping and supporting the rollout of the global finance strategy across International Operations. Within our team, we promote transparency, courage and authenticity, always keeping in mind that great ideas are only relevant if followed by strong execution.The Senior Strategic Finance manager will be responsible for a variety of activities, such as:

• Driving the resource allocation agenda across International Operations supporting our growth journey.
• Contributing to the mid/long-term financial forecast including modelling assumptions and aligning with functional heads.
• Acting as a sparring partner in due-diligence processes related to business development activities.
• Designing and rollout of metrics and KPIs providing a better understanding of our Financial & Operational performance.
• Aligning strategic finance needs with developments done across digital functions, particularly with HQ BI team.
• Supporting senior management in ad-hoc analysis & presentations (incl. “what if?” and “Scenario analysis”).
• Leading key projects and supporting the rollout of our financial strategy.
• Developing synthetic overviews to unlock new insights and facilitate decision making.

By joining us, you get the opportunity to have an impact with an international, high performing team, having interactions with a broad variety of key stakeholders across the organisation.QualificationsYou have successfully held positions within Financial Planning & Analysis or Strategic finance, in an international context, and recognise yourself in below portrait:

• You are self-driven with a natural curiosity and strong business acumen (pharma background preferred but not mandatory)
• You have the ability to deal with ambiguity and navigate through a complex stakeholder network.
• You possess strong data modelling and visualisation skills.
• You have the ability to jump forth and back between helicopter view and details, never loosing track of the big picture.
• You are direct, concise, and you demonstrate impactful communication skills (verbal and written) focusing on what matters.
• You challenge the status quo and proactively come-up with creative solutions.

About The DepartmentHeadquartered in Zurich, International Operations (IO) covers 22 time-zones and has over 16,000 employees around the world working passionately to change over 25 million patients’ lives each day. As a key driver of Novo Nordisk’s growth, and a geographical scope of 7 Regions covering 194 countries, IO offers a dynamic environment and a world of opportunities.Novo Nordisk International Operations, Strategic Operations (IO-SO), is based in Zürich, Switzerland.At Novo Nordisk, we aim to hire the best talent and support their development by acting as a Talent Incubator. To ensure the development of our high potential talents at Novo Nordisk, the IO-SO Office in Zurich serves as a Talent Hub which offers employees the opportunity to gain exposure to and experience in the strategic office and establish their international network, before moving on to positions in global, the regions and markets where they can share their expertise and make space for future talents to have an opportunity to experience rotations. For a position like this, international mobility within a time horizon of three years is a requirement.Working at Novo NordiskAt 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.ContactIf you believe you are qualified, and are willing to take the challenge, please send your motivation letter, CV and relevant documentation directly via our online application tool.DeadlinePlease submit your application via our online application tool by 4th November 2022.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.