Job Description

Shape the financial direction of a growing business and influence decisions that impact millions of patients. If you are commercially minded and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to make a real difference.

Your role as Business Finance Partner

This position will drive, together with the other colleagues in the team, the financial planning, forecasting, performance management and decision support processes for assigned business areas and areas of responsibility within the Spanish affiliate.

The role will also act as a finance partner, supporting business decision-making through financial insights, challenge and recommendations in a dynamic and complex business environment. It is expected that the candidate operates with a high degree of autonomy and independently identifies issues, develop recommendations and drive financial evaluations within its areas of responsibility.

The key areas of responsibility of this position are:

• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Drive financial planning, forecasting and business outlook activities for assigned business areas and areas of responsibility, ensuring robust assumptions, transparency of risks and opportunities and alignment with affiliate targets.
• Performance Management & Decision Support: Deliver financial insights, performance transparency and recommendations that support decision-making, resource allocation and achievement of financial targets.
• Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a finance partner, supporting stakeholders in understanding business performance, evaluating alternatives and making informed decisions.
• Strategic Evaluations, Pricing & Commercial Business Cases: Be responsible for financial evaluations related to pricing business cases, launch preparations, commercial opportunities, business cases, portfolio priorities and growth initiatives.
• Capability Development & Continuous Improvement: Act as a role model within Business Finance, contributing to stronger business partnering capabilities, improved ways of working and continuous development of the team.

Your new department

You will join the Finance & Operations unit (F&O), where we enable the organisation to deliver on its purpose by safeguarding the business, providing robust financial frameworks, and driving value creation. The F&O department covers the areas of Business Finance, Supply Chain, Accounting & Tax, Meetings & Events, Procurement and Facilities.

Business Finance Spain is a strategic business partnering team that helps shape affiliate decisions through financial planning, performance management, business cases, resource allocation and data-driven insights, acting as a key link between Finance and the business. Over the last few years, the team has evolved significantly from a more reporting-oriented function into a true Business Finance and business partnering organisation. Today, the focus is not only on understanding what happened, but on helping the business understand what may happen next and what actions should be taken.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a proactive and commercially focused finance professional who thrives in a partnering role and enjoys working in a dynamic environment. To succeed in this role, you must bring:

• A relevant degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or similar

• Solid experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Finance, Business Partnering or Business Insights & Analytics gained from the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Experience in planning, forecasting, performance management and business case development.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at different levels
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights and recommendations, including advanced Excell level.
• Fluency in Spanish and English (both written and spoken)

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

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.

• Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 56,640 to 99,120 EUR corresponding to the level of the position. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.
• Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here

Deadline: Apply before 23rd July. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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.