Business Finance Manager

Novo Nordisk A/S; São Paulo; Hybrid; BRL 350,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S is seeking a Business Finance Manager for the Brazil Affiliate in São Paulo. You will drive financial performance, forecast the P&L and lead budgeting cycles, uniting Commercial and Supply Chain teams around numbers that matter.

You’ll spot risks, challenge assumptions and help deliver short- and long-term targets for a critical healthcare portfolio. You will connect financial performance with business realities, supporting strategic decisions and communicating insights to

Qualifications

• Experience in Business Finance, FP&A or similar roles.
• Strong knowledge of P&L management, planning and forecasting.
• Ability to translate business dynamics into financial implications.
• Strong analytical skills and financial modelling experience.
• Proven business partnering and stakeholder influencing abilities.
• Independent worker with multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Advanced or fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Manage and forecast Sales and P&L performance with drivers behind it.
• Lead financial planning processes including budget cycles and rolling estimates.
• Participate in S&OP by linking forecasts, demand, supply and financial outcomes.
• Monitor monthly performance, identify deviations, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare monthly management reports and insights for local/regional leadership.
• Develop ad hoc analyses and business cases for pricing, profitability and investments.
• Provide indirect leadership and collaborate with GBS and Graduate colleagues.

Skills

Business Finance

FP&A

P&L management

Financial planning

Forecasting

Analytical skills

Senior stakeholder influence

Job description

Your impact begins here

As Business Finance Manager, you will help the Brazil Affiliate turn financial performance into clear decisions. You will manage and forecast the P&L, lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, and bring Commercial and Supply Chain colleagues together around the numbers that matter. By spotting risks and opportunities early and challenging assumptions, you will help the affiliate deliver its short- and long-term targets and keep serving people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Solid professional experience in Business Finance, FP&A, Financial Planning or similar finance roles.
• Strong knowledge of P&L management, financial planning, forecasting and performance management.
• The ability to understand business and market dynamics and translate them into financial implications.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience developing financial models, business cases and management reporting.
• Strong business partnering, communication and influencing skills, including with senior stakeholders.
• The ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and perform in a dynamic business environment.
• Advanced or fluent English.

Useful, but not essential:

• Experience in a multinational environment.
• Experience from the pharmaceutical industry. Candidates from other dynamic industries, including FMCG and consumer goods, are equally welcome.

What you’ll do

You will go beyond reporting the numbers. You will connect financial performance with business realities and help the affiliate turn insight into action.

• Manage and forecast Sales and P&L performance, with a clear understanding of the business and financial drivers behind it.
• Lead financial planning processes, including Anchor Budget (AB), Rolling Estimates (RE) and other forecasting cycles.
• Take an active role in the S&OP process, linking sales forecasts, demand and supply assumptions, market dynamics and financial outcomes.
• Monitor monthly performance, identify key deviations, risks and opportunities, and recommend the actions needed.
• Prepare monthly management reports and financial insights for local and regional leadership, translating complex information into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Develop ad hoc analyses and business cases that support commercial and strategic decisions on pricing, profitability, investments and business opportunities.
• Provide indirect leadership and guidance, making the most of support from Global Business Services (GBS) and Graduate colleagues.

Who you’ll work with

In Finance, Legal & Global Solutions, colleagues safeguard the business, provide corporate infrastructure and help create value so Novo can deliver on its purpose. As Business Finance Manager, you will be the finance partner for the Brazil Affiliate, working with local and regional leadership.

Your closest partners will be colleagues in Commercial, Supply Chain, Pricing and Data Insights. You will bring financial expertise and constructive challenge to their assumptions, so decisions are grounded in the same view of the numbers. You will also work with GBS and Graduate colleagues who support your analyses and reporting.

This is an individual contributor role with significant business exposure and influence. It does not currently include direct people management, but it does call for strong indirect leadership. The role follows a hybrid working model, with three days per week in the office.

What you can expect here

You will work in a dynamic business where your expertise is valued and your voice is heard. The role gives you broad exposure to the Brazil Affiliate's commercial and supply chain decisions and to senior stakeholders, so you can build new skills and grow through hands‑on experience. You will be trusted to work independently and own your priorities, with clear performance expectations and colleagues who give and receive honest feedback.