Associate Business Finance Partner - API

About The Department

At Novo Nordisk, we are helping to improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. For more than 100 years, we have led the way in diabetes care. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

In NC, we operate three pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are responsible for fulfilling different steps in our injectable and oral treatment supply chains. Our newer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) facility in Clayton, NC sits on 825,000 square-feet of state-of-the-art equipment, and houses the Fermentation, Recovery and Purification in the production of ingredients for Novo Nordisk’s innovative oral products. At API, you’ll join a global network of manufacturing professionals who are passionate about what they do.

What We Offer You

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards
  
  

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

The Position

Act as Finance Partner to relevant stakeholders based on designated process responsibility within the site's Finance team. Use available data & business knowledge to create insights, in order to help stakeholders make decisions & ensure financial control. Establish & sustain optimal planning, controlling & forecasting processes for designated areas at the site. Ensure solid financial deliverables from the site to relevant stakeholders. This role will be responsible for the facility’s investment project economy with sparring and financial guidance to the responsible project managers.

Relationships

Reports to Manager.

Essential Functions

• Use process area knowledge & business insights to seek improvement opportunities & solve business challenges
• Proactively support central or local business cases & decision-making involving areas of process responsibility
• Ensure increase of financial understanding across the organization by offering training & participating in cross area processes, site visits, etc.
• Drive timely & solid delivery of formal submissions & ad-hoc requests within area of expertise
• Ensure that financial deliverables from the site are aligned to requirements from HQ Finance
• Safeguard that the site process areas meet financial targets by using continuous analysis, follow-up & suggesting corrective/preventive actions to production responsible, Directors & CVP
• Represent site in financial matters as needed, including central forums & work groups
• Areas of responsibility may include ensuring adherence to internal and external accounting guidelines to maintain financial compliance and integrity, managing project portfolios and assets including investment budgets and reviews, developing and enhancing business intelligence tools, overseeing manning and capacity costs through site-wide budgeting processes, and driving planning, forecasting, and financial controlling activities
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned
  
  

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or related field of study from an accredited university required and a minimum of two (2) years of financial analytical and financial accounting experience required
• In lieu of BS Degree & two (2) years of financial analytical and financial accounting experience, may consider an Associate Degree in Business, Finance, or related field of study from an accredited college or university with a minimum of four (4) years of financial analytical and financial accounting experience required
• MBA in finance, accounting, economics or related field preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, maintenance or process with a preference toward pharmaceutical or other regulated industries preferred
• Experience with project management and project financials preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of the SAP system preferred
• Advanced knowledge within corporate finance systems, preferably within pharmaceutical industries preferred
• Able to develop & manage action plans to achieve targets required
  
  

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.