Production Accountant

About The Department

You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx), which is responsible for all major expansion activities within aseptic production, solid dosage forms, finished products, fill & finish warehousing, and QC across all production areas in Product Supply. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approx. 20,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 50,000 employees.

FFEx is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan, and build all new aseptic filling capacity across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our production facilities with the use of modern technology, as we are setting the standards for the aseptic production of the future. Facilities designed today which we will still be proud of 20 years from now.

FF Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions
• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one
• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option
• Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave
• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products
• Tuition Assistance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Employee Referral Awards

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

Act as product cost analyst to relevant stakeholders based on designated process responsibility within Finance. Use available data & business knowledge to create insights, to help stakeholders, make decisions & take actions. Establish & sustain optimal planning, controlling & forecasting processes for designated areas. Ensure solid financial deliverables to relevant stakeholders. Safeguard financial production cost targets.

Reports to Manager, Finance.

• Analyse & report on Production economy, including raw material consumption, yield performance & unit cost
• Manage the Material Costing, Overhead Allocations & Inventory Value processes, ensuring accuracy & timely handling of the processes
• Manage the Scrap & Yield reporting, analysis & improvement initiatives
• Provide business intelligence support to stakeholders, including creation & improvement of relevant analytical tools
• Drive material costing process & Master data compliance
• Ensure increase of financial understanding of product costing across the organization by offering training & participating in cross area processes, site visits, etc
• Drive timely & solid delivery of formal submissions & ad-hoc requests within area of expertise
• Ensure that financial deliverables are aligned to requirements from Finance
• Safeguard that process areas meet financial targets by using continuous analysis, follow-up & suggesting corrective/preventive actions to production responsibles, Directors & CVP
• Represent site in financial matters as needed, including central forums & work groups
• Follow all safety & environmental requirements in the performance of duties
• Other accountabilities, as assigned.

Ability to work in an open office environment with the possibility of frequent distraction. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (% can change on a case-by-case basis based on the role).

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field of study from an accredited university required
• Master’s degree in logistics, finance or related field of study preferred
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in manufacturing cost controlling, maintenance or process required, preferably in a pharmaceutical or other regulated industry
• Minimum of five (5) years of financial analytical & financial accounting experience required
• High degree of experience with managing & delivering complex strategy deployment & long-term target settings required
• Minimum of three (3) years of SAP product costing…