Senior Regional Finance Manager

Are you looking for a position covering our most diverse region with over 100 countries? Do you describe yourself as agile, flexible, and knowledgeable about different market dynamics? Are you a fast, capable finance professional, looking for a challenging next step with exposure to senior leadership? If you are inspiredby these statements, keep on reading to learn more about our opportunity as the Senior Finance Manager SEEMEA (Southern Eastern Europe Middle East Africa).

This position is based out of our office in Zurich, Switzerland, and is reporting to the Finance Senior Director, SEEMEA.

The Position

As the Senior Finance Manager SEEMEA you will be responsible for budgeting, reporting, and controlling in Region SEEMEA. You will act as a business partner, supporting the leadership team based from the hub in Zurich, providing information and analysis, to ensure we meet our financial targets, manage risks, and comply with all reporting requirements. In addition, you will be a key participant in the regional finance leadership team.

Supporting such a broad and diverse region, your ability to understand the business, markets, quickly extract relevant information, and adapt your approach to your audience and different cultures will set you up for success.

Furthermore:

• You will be responsible for setting direction and ensuring high quality financial planning for the region and ensuring ongoing accurate and timely monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills are expected from you.
• In addition, you will drive finance optimisation projects, across the region, and drive risk identification and reporting activities.

Qualifications

• You likely have a Master’s degree, preferably in the discipline of Business Management, Marketing or Economics, in addition to several years of relevant experience in Finance positions, in the pharmaceutical industry.
• We imagine you have gained international experience, working at both an affiliate and regional/corporate level, working in cross-cultural teams across different and complex markets.
• You demonstrate strong analytical skills, learning agility and speed in the way you work.
• You are an expert in financial systems, including SAP BW.

About the Department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with over 100 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people living with obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases.

Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 47,000 people in 80 countries and markets its products in over 170 countries.

At Novo Nordisk, we focus on delivering better care for patients, shaping our healthcare environment, leading with a business mindset, and excelling in our operations. We aim to strengthen leadership and treatment options by offering innovative medicines and driving patient outcomes.

The Novo Nordisk SEEMEA region was established in 2020 and is a diverse region of 110 countries, organised into three Business Areas and six Elevated Affiliates covering Russia, South and East Europe, Middle East and Africa. Region SEEMEA employs 3,400 colleagues who are dedicated to making a remarkable difference to patient care.

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

If 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.

Deadline

Please submit your application via our online application tool by Friday 11th March 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.