Finance Partner - API Business & Investment Finance (12-month maternity/ paternity cover)

Finance Partner – API Business & Investment Finance (12-month maternity/

paternity cover) - Kalundborg & Taastrup, Denmark

Are you looking to build your career in finance while working at the heart of one of the world's leading healthcare companies?

Do you enjoy turning financial data into meaningful business insights, partnering with stakeholders and supporting important investment decisions? Are you motivated by working in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve and every day brings new challenges?

If so, you could be our next Finance Partner within API Business & Investment Finance.

The Position

As a Finance Partner, you will join a collaborative team supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and business partnering across API manufacturing and investment activities.

You will work closely with colleagues across Finance, Project Management and Manufacturing to provide financial transparency, support decision-making and ensure high-quality financial reporting and analysis.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your finance career while gaining exposure to investment finance, manufacturing operations and senior stakeholder collaboration.

The working location is split between our offices in Kalundborg and Taastrup.

Your Responsibilities

As Finance Partner, you will:

• Support financial planning, budgeting and forecasting across investment projects and operating factories.
• Deliver accurate financial reporting and meaningful business insights to senior management.
• Help drive financial transparency by analysing budgets, forecasts and financial performance.
• Support resource allocation and business decision-making through financial  analysis.

• Challenge financial assumptions and collaborate with stakeholders to improve the quality of financial information.
• Contribute to continuous improvements of financial processes, reporting tools and ways of working.
• Work closely with colleagues across Finance and the business to support strategic priorities.

About the Team

You will join API Business & Investment Finance, a team responsible for financial planning, budgeting and finance partnering across investment projects and manufacturing operations within API.

The team provides financial insights to support strategic decision making and resource allocation while working closely with colleagues across the organisation.

We value collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning, creating an environment where everyone supports each other's development and success.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• You hold a Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or another relevent field and are either a recent graduate or have up to four years relevent experience gained through graduate roles, internships or early career finance positions.

Experience or a strong interest in:

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial planning
• Cost controlling
• Financial analysis
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate financial information into business insights.
• A structured approach and the ability to adapt when priorities change.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working with multiple  stakeholders.

• Experience within manufacturing, production or CAPEX environments would be advantageous but is not essential.

Who You Are

We're looking for someone who is:

• Curious and eager to learn.
• Proactive and adaptable.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment.
• Collaborative and relationship focused.
• Confident challenging assumptions using financial data.
• Motivated by continuous development.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Working at Novo Nordisk means joining a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and a clear purpose: improving the lives of people living with serious chronic diseases.

We offer exciting scientific challenges, opportunities for continuous learning and career development, and the chance to collaborate with talented colleagues across our global manufacturing network.

Salary and benefits 

Salary: For this role, the annual base salary ranges from DKK 570,200 to 838,100

depending on your experience and competencies. 

Incentives and benefits: The package may include short- and/or long-term incentives as well as additional employee benefits, aligned with the position level, location, and market benchmarks. 

What we offer

There is of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.