Financial Planning and Analysis Lead, Denmark

Job Description

As the FP&A Lead you will be a pillar of the local Finance organization in Denmark and a critical sparring partner to the country Managing Director. You will be a member of the local Leadership Team and will contribute with your financial expertise to the decision-making process and strategic direction of the local organization in Denmark.

By providing ongoing finance business support managing local planning and overseeing forecasting and reporting activities you will oversee the organization end-to-end. This unique position enables the monitoring of the financial state of the business utilizing appropriate KPIs evaluating risks and opportunities and providing guidance on expense management to allow the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improving lives.

Strategic Decision Support: Provide financial perspectives to support the decision-making of the Managing Director and Country Leadership Team (CLT) on both the short- and long-term direction of the local organization.

Planning & Forecasting: Lead budgeting strategic planning and all market planning activities. Manage and submit quarterly forecasts and monthly actual reporting coordinating with the regional Business Support Center as needed.

Business Partnering: Extend business partnership and support to other divisions of our company driving stakeholder alignment across functions as an enterprise leader.

Financial Reporting & Analysis: Deliver comprehensive financial presentations dashboards and vital statistics to local and regional leadership. Analyze financial data to identify strategic investment opportunities revenue enhancement and efficiency improvements.

Performance Management: Conduct variance analysis to identify discrepancies between actual and budgeted performance. Manage execution against financial targets and communicate in a timely manner in case of necessary corrective actions.

Business Case Evaluation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to financially evaluate business cases for new initiatives ad hoc financial analyses and operational enhancements.

Operational Excellence: Drive monthly operational review meetings with country and regional leadership. Coordinate and ensure a robust Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process with Commercial including demand and distributor inventory review.

Financial & Statutory Controllership: In collaboration with the Accounting Lead support the monthly close process inclusive of accrual evaluations manual journal entry approvals postings and balance sheet reviews. The FPA Lead is a statutory director of the local entity.

Leadership & Culture: Build a culture throughout the organization that emphasizes Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) collaboration and teamwork and personal accountability. Provide training support on financial systems to local and Nordic organizations as necessary.

Required:

Bachelor or Masters degree in Business Economics Finance or Accounting.

5 years of demonstrated experience in an accounting or finance role (FP&A experience preferred).

Strong analytical and data organization/interpretation skills.

Proven ability to multi-task organize prioritize tasks work under pressure and deal with peak workloads (resilience).

Fluency in English knowledge of Danish is strongly preferred.

Experience with SAP FI/CO modules advanced user of Excel and financial reporting tools.

Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team.

Preferred / Core Competencies:

Communication: Strong communication skills with the proficiency in data storytelling to communicate financial data transparently clearly and constructively to stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to identify engage advise and influence appropriate internal and external stakeholders. Builds trust and credibility by delivering results and following through on commitments.

Emotional Intelligence: ability to maintain self-esteem and help others feel heard respected and appreciated.

Mindset: Innovative pro-active and self-motivated with critical attention to detail. Embraces and drives change with the ability to influence people and processes for optimal performance.

Leadership: Ability to handle high levels of pressure approach challenges with a positive attitude lead transformation and commit to decisions.

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