Project Investment Controller

Would you like to use your financial skills in a global company, with many exciting business challenges ahead? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, and enjoy collaborating closely with the project office and the finance community to strengthen our investment governance and continuously improve our processes?

If yes, then this is a great opportunity for you to further develop yourself as a controller whilst contributing to the growth and transformation of one of Novo Nordisk’s iconic locations in Denmark. Come and join our team in Gentofte! 

The position
As a Project Investment Controller, you will join a team of 8 colleagues working within finance, investments and procurement. In this role, you will collaborate closely with team members to ensure high-quality project controlling, management reporting and financial compliance.

 
Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Overseeing of investment and project capacity cost. 

• Becoming an entry point for investment projects regarding financial compliance; providing financial guidance to ensure correct accounting treatment throughout project lifecycle. 

• Driving investment budget process in collaboration with Site Project Office. 

• Ensuring that portfolio financial forecast insights are provided including risk reporting. 

• Performing month end closing activities and reporting of investment financial performance. 

• Performing yearly asset review and depreciation outlook, as part of portfolio overview.

 
Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you have:

• An academic degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or similar combined with minimum 3 to 4 years of experience within Project Portfolio Management, Project controlling, auditing or financial controlling.  

• Strong focus on financial compliance, confidence and ability to constructively challenge at different levels of the organization. 

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to establish an overview as well as ability to focus on details as needed.  

• Understanding of pharmaceutical products and production processes would be considered as an advantage. 

• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge with SAP and Clarity would be considered an advantage.  

• Full professional proficiency in English. 

As a person you can work independently, build, and maintain relationships and address problems in a proper time manner. Moreover, you are well-organized and have a structured approach to your work; you excel in multitasking while prioritizing your efforts in an optimal way. You demonstrate good communication skills, and you work well in a team and cross functionally with stakeholders.

About the department
You will be part of Finance and Procurement team in Aseptic Manufacturing Gentofte. The team manages all finance partnering, project controlling and procurement activities at the site. This includes driving process excellence, optimal resource allocation, delivering insights and actions based on the available data and being a proactive partner to the organisation. 

You will join a diverse and high-performing team of 8 colleagues with different business experience levels. We use our varying experience to identify gaps and propose high-quality solutions which continuous improvement and development of the processes and the organisation. 
  
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 Wei Sandelin, Finance and Procurement Manager [email protected] (Kindly note that applications will not be accepted via e-mail).
 
Deadline
20 November 2024. 

Please upload a CV in English. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.
 

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.