Accountant

at  Novo Holdings

We are looking for a new colleague to join our Accounting team in Copenhagen.
This is a great opportunity to use your accounting skills in an international environment within a purpose-driven company.
Novo Holdings is a holding and investment company that is responsible for managing the assets and wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, one of the world’s largest enterprise foundations.
We are a world-leading life science investor, driven by the purpose of improving people’s health and the sustainability of society and the planet. Since 1999 we have been investing to promote groundbreaking solutions in healthcare and bio-sustainability while generating attractive returns that advance the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s grant-giving activities - supporting scientific, humanitarian, and social causes. As of year-end 2023, Novo Holdings had total assets of EUR 149 billion.
We conduct ourselves with attention to performance, responsibility and respect, as represented by the Novo Holdings set of values (Novo Holdings Way).

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a candidate with:

• Experience and interest for accounts payable and expense management processes from an accounting or finance function from a midsize or large international company.
• We value your broad accounting experience more than educational background. In other words, you may have an all-round education in Finance, BSc in Business Administration or similar.
• Abilities to interact across different functions and many stakeholders.
• Interest and understanding of ERP-systems. Experience with D365BC, Contina Document Capture and Contina Expense Management is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills in Danish and in English (written as well as verbal).

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

As a person you are:

• Professional, service minded, and pay close attention to details.
• Collaborative and team oriented and at the same time are motivated by having your own area of responsibility.
• Engaged and curious by nature and enjoys interactions across functions and teams.

• Handling all aspects of the accounts payable and expense processes including receiving, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices and expenses.
• Bank- and Intercompany reconciliations.
• External and I/C invoicing including accounts receivable reconciliation.
• Participation in month-end close processes.
• VAT reporting.
• Communication and various coordination with vendors, service providers and other external and internal parties related to accounts payable.
• Active contribution in accounting process optimization.
• Ad hoc tasks in the collaboration with the accounting team