Director Global Financial Risk (Denmark, Bagsværd)

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Bagsværd, Denmark

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Finance

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Are you excited about the opportunity to become responsible for a highly dedicated team and work with financial risks across one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world? Do you thrive on running high importance projects withing our organisation and discovering innovative solutions? Would you like to interact with stakeholders at all levels within Novo Nordisk and externally?

If yes, then this is your opportunity. We are looking for a passionate Director to join Corporate Treasury as head of our Global Financial Risk department. Apply now for a life-changing career!

The position
As a Director for Global Financial Risk you will be part of the Corporate Treasury management team with reference to the Corporate Vice President of Corporate Treasury. You will have the primary responsibility for the global cash management set-up and for mitigating financial risks in Novo Nordisk’s affiliates while balancing these with business opportunities and Novo Nordisk’s overall strategic direction.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Being accountable for capital structure and financing of affiliates through internal or external debt, dealing with protectionism and sanctions, understanding credit risk and limiting trapped cash

• Overseeing the continued optimisation of our global cash management set-up, ensuring a professional cooperation with the international banking sector and setting and executing Novo Nordisk’s bank strategy

• Cooperating closely with our global organisation, senior management and our external banks

• Setting the direction for 7 highly skilled and professional employees

• Driving the strategic direction for Global Financial Risk, developing our global cash management set-up and setting the digital agenda for the area and in particular the In-House Bank, which is operated through our Shared Service Centre in India

Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you will have following qualifications:

• MSc in Economics, Finance or other relevant fields

• Plus 6 years of relevant finance experience working with financial risk management at Group and/or affiliate level

• Solid leadership skills and a keen interest in people development

• Ideally, proven excellent track record within Novo Nordisk along with people management experience

• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, with proficiency in written and spoken English

On a personal level, you have strong analytical skills combined with a high level of drive, and ability of engaging your employees to ensure further development of their capabilities.

About the Department
You will be part of Corporate Treasury, located in our headquarters in Bagsværd, which is responsible for managing Novo Nordisk’s cash and liquidity while mitigating financial risks across the global organisation. The department consists of 23 dedicated employees and splits into 3 teams. Besides Global Financial Risk, Corporate Treasury also consist of Corporate Financial Risk, responsible for managing Novo Nordisk’s cash and financial risks at group level and the Insurance Risk Management team responsible for handling Novo Nordisk’s global insurance set-up.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
For further information, please contact Linette Nielsen, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Treasury at [email protected] or on + 45 3079 4643.

Deadline
25 October 2024.

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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.