Senior Finance Partner

Novo Nordisk•Boulder, CO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Finance Partner in Boulder, you will be the key financial anchor point for CMC Finance, ensuring robust planning, reliable reporting, and proactive financial insights. The role will be supporting data driven decision-making based on solid financial planning and analysis to help drive business performance together with acting as a financial advisor to senior leadership, enabling sound decisions. The role ensures financial discipline and alignment between CMC strategy, operational execution, and enterprise targets across the organisation. The Finance Partner will be accountable for participating and taking a leading role in multiple internal cross functional relationships & initiatives to ensure effective resource allocation and delivery of all functional and departmental milestones providing input to the strategy and direction for financial performance at Boulder.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and 4+ years of experience required.
Equivalent experience requirements for advanced degrees would be a Master's degree and 2+ years of experience, or a PhD and 0+ years of experience
Bachelor’s Degree within Finance, Business Administration or similar required
Significant experience (min. 4 years) in FP&A, financial management/partnering, project management, and/or management consulting preferably from pharmaceutical industry
Strong focus on process management, optimization, and structured workflows with high level of proactivity, energy, and ability to drive and complete processes.
Must utilize time effectively and set priorities to manage multiple tasks with time sensitive deadlines
Strong stakeholder management, communication and collaborative mindset – team player
Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Strong understanding of accounting processes/controls and excellent problem solving and analytical skills; highly proficient in Excel based modelling
Ambitious mindset with a continuous improvement approach and a desire to simplify the way we operate and generate new ideas
High level of independence, integrity, and accountability
Strong ability to condense complicated data to key messages and recommendations
Demonstrates subject matter expertise
Perceived as area specialist within one or several processes across a Senior. Director/AVP/VP area
Often sets directions and deliver results in own role which have a significant impact within the context of a wider operational area
Applies subject matter knowledge to solve common business issues
Can handle most situations independently and with routine, receives minimal guidance, but will seek advice and guidance on more complex issues
Demonstrated ability to identify better practice and create improvements in methods, techniques, approaches etc
Might be entirely independent or just need occasional guidance from manager/senior colleagues

Nice To Haves

MBA/ CPA preferred

Responsibilities

Overall responsible for the financial management for relevant area for CMC operations at Site Boulder. This includes ownership of cost management and resource allocation during budget cycles, on-going operations/reporting and changes
Routinely communicates business unit’s financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Brings recommendations and strategic implications to leaders in the area and close alignment with central CMC Finance team
Sets direction and leads the business unit’s planning process. Together with business unit leaders and cross-functional teams must understand and incorporate demand trends, business risks and opportunities into financial forecasts & performance
Supports the development of long-range planning, business development / valuation modelling, and ad hoc analysis as applicable.
Continuously identify and communicate all risks and opportunities against the existing forecast and work with budget owners to manage their spend vs. plan
Drives close cross-functional collaboration, and alignment of priorities, within Boulder and CMC Finance and towards the broader NN organization. Must establish and maintain close connections to both CMC Finance and Boulder
Develops annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, including presentations for leadership review.
Build and present month-end-close reporting to senior leaders – anticipate new reporting needs based on business or accounting requirements
Supports continuous improvement within finance to streamline processes and reporting, driving value and adding insights to the business