Project Lead, CFO Executive Office

Are you a strong project manager known for your strategic thinking and continuously seeking improvements to business processes? Are you a management consultant motivated by the opportunity to support senior management and have impact in a global cross-functional organisation, where passion and engagement are met with good opportunities for professional and personal development?  

Join our CFO Executive Office and help us drive the strategic agenda across Finance, Legal and Global Solutions (FLGS).  Apply now! 

The position
As Project Lead in the CFO Executive Office, you will be responsible for driving strategic projects, key business processes, and supporting critical decision-making by our senior leaders and governance boards. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving and coordinating a range of activities and updates towards senior management, engaging with their teams across Finance, Legal and Global Solutions and other parts of Novo Nordisk
• Leading cross-functional strategic projects and deliverables and supporting communication
• Driving preparations for governance and senior management meetings and ensuring timely follow-up on actions with the line organization
• Collaborating closely with Finance, Legal and Global Solutions management and the line organization to solve business-critical tasks, analyse and resolve matters

This is a great opportunity to collaborate across Novo Nordisk, allowing you to have an impact on the business, and to develop and build a strong network across the company.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business, finance, administration, or other relevant fields
• Experience from a leading management consulting firm or working with cross-functional project management within global finance, executive support or similar                                                                                                                                                  
• Strong analytical, structured mindset 
• Experience with strategy development                                                                                                
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills  
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with an excellent command of written and spoken English    

About the department
As Project Lead, you will report to the Executive Assistant to CFO and Head of CFO Executive Office. Your new team will consist of Project Leads, Communication Partners and a Project & Event coordinator. The department is responsible for supporting the CFO, ensuring effective decision-making processes and working closely with Finance, Legal and Global Solutions management, Global Finance leadership and the line organization to drive cross-functional strategic projects, solve business-critical tasks and contribute to the overall success of Novo Nordisk. 

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for a 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 Ilduara Busta - Vice President, EA to CFO and Head of CFO Executive Office, at [email protected].
 
Deadline
31 July 2024.

We will review the applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 
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 or CV. Please send your CV in English and upload your academic transcript.

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV. The interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis. 
 

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.