Strategic Accounting & Tax Manager

Novo Nordisk A/S; Region Hovedstaden; On-site; DKK 651,000 - 957,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Copenhagen (Region Hovedstaden) is seeking an Accounting Manager to own accounting and tax activities for the West BA, partnering with the local F&O Head and business leaders to deliver accurate monthly and year-end reporting.

You will lead complex MEC/YEC close tasks, implement robust controls, and drive standardisation and digitalisation of accounting processes while maintaining a proactive, collaborative mindset and ownership of outcomes.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree in business, finance, economics or a similar field.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience from finance, consulting, auditing or a comparable background.
• Solid experience in accounting and financial reporting, including month-end and year-end closing.
• Strong technical accounting skills and the ability to handle complex accounting matters.
• Experience performing financial controls and working within a control framework.
• Strong stakeholder-management and business-partnering skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting topics clearly to Finance and non-Finance colleagues.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• A structured, analytical and detail-oriented approach, and the ability to prioritise and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset, with the confidence to take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Take full accounting responsibility for your assigned area, with the tax activities that go with it.
• Act as first point of contact for the local F&O Head and Line of Business, giving accounting advice and business partnering.
• Perform complex accounting tasks during month-end close (MEC) and year-end close (YEC), delivering accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting.
• Carry out financial controls and make sure control activities are completed effectively and on time.
• Investigate accounting issues, identify risks and drive them to resolution.
• Improve accounting processes and ways of working through standardisation, simplification and digitalisation.

Skills

Technical accounting

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Analytical mindset

Prioritisation

Detail-oriented

Ownership mindset

Education

Master’s degree in business, finance, economics or similar

Tools

SAP

Job description

Novo Nordisk A/S in Copenhagen (Region Hovedstaden) is seeking an Accounting Manager to own accounting and tax activities for the West BA, partnering with the local F&O Head and business leaders to deliver accurate monthly and year-end reporting.

You will lead complex MEC/YEC close tasks, implement robust controls, and drive standardisation and digitalisation of accounting processes while maintaining a proactive, collaborative mindset and ownership of outcomes.