Senior Financial Controller - Virginia (Petersburg, VA, US)

About the Department

For more than 100 years, Novo Nordisk has been tackling the unmet medical needs of people living with serious chronic diseases, such as diabetes & obesity. Being part of Novo Nordisk allows our employees to embark on the opportunity to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world.

Our new Petersburg, Virginia site marks a strategic move to advance our capabilities in Emerging Technologies (ET) within Chemical API development and production. The highly experienced site is designed to strengthen and accelerate our Small Molecule (SMOL) strategy while amplifying our operational capacity. This is to safeguard and support ET´s SMOL projects in the coming years, aligning with our vision and strengthening our potential for growth and innovation.

What we offer you:

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.

The Position

Provide the site with information and business analysis to support decision processes and follow-up on identified matters. Responsible for implementing internal controls to ensure financial compliance and correct reporting. Continuously improve controlling and business information processes, drive financial planning and optimization, align finance processes and practices to NN best practices and compliance. Drive finance processes to ensure resource allocation aligns with strategic goals for the site.

Relationships

Reports to Senior Manager or Director.

Essential Functions

Implement and perform financial review, controlling and business analysis for the site

Ensure that financial accounting and controlling is within local legal and corporate requirements at all times

Prepare monthly management report (MMR) for the site

Provide financial information & analysis to support decision making processes

Ensure high quality, granulated, periodized and risk-based AB/RE, based on a solid, data driven process in close dialogue with management

Site responsible for capacity cost and investment budget

Act as SAP super user

Oversee financial internal controls for the site

Prepare, implement & perform key cost accounting processes/methods/activities/improvements

Ensure correct postings of relevant cost transactions as well as responsible for all reporting as part of month-end and year-end closing

Perform variance analysis

Develop tools to improve costing transparency and implement FP&A processes for the site

Serve as the Financial Partner for the business unit to provide business insight & create continuous business value

Responsible for planning and executing financial processes to include budget processes and other reporting as required from central finance team

Prepare & deliver timely, well-organized & informative financial data

Responsible for financial systems, as assigned

Participate in & support project work related to accounting & finance

Provide training, support, assistance & back-up to other accounting & finance processes

Follow all safety and environmental requirements in the performance of duties

Other duties, as assigned

Physical Requirements

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).

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in finance or related field of study from an accredited university with a minimum of seven (7) years of financial/accounting experience required

In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of seven (7) years of experience, may consider an Associate’s degree in finance or related field of study from an accredited university with a minimum of nine (9)

Thorough understanding of Cost Accounting required

Strong ability to analyse & think strategically required

Proficiency in preparing charts, graphs & presentations required

Superior communication skills with colleagues at all levels required

Outstanding abilities in relationship building & customer service required

Strong process improvement, problem solving & organizational skills required

Highly motivated & energetic; willingness to lead projects & take initiative required

Ability to develop & manage action plans to achieve targets required

Ability to work weekends and/or holidays, when required

years of Financial/Accounting experience required

A Master’s degree in logistics, finance, accounting or related field preferred

Minimum of five (5) years of SAP experience preferred

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 defeating 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.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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