Head of Accounting, Novo Holdings

at  Novo Holdings

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED HEAD OF ACCOUNTING TO CONTRIBUTE TO NOVO HOLDINGS AND NOVO NORDISK FOUNDATION’S AMBITIOUS JOURNEY.

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).

REQUIREMENTS

We envision that you possess the following qualifications and that you have:

• Preferably CMA or similar economic education
• Experience from a similar position in an audit firm (services department) or finance function and minimum 8-10 years of experience with a majority of the tasks listed above
• Preferably experience from an international environment across the broader finance domain
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft D365BC, Continia products, and Readsoft Online is a plus
• Proficiencies in Danish and English language oral and written

• Be responsible for the Accounting and Procurement functions of the Global Novo Holdings organisation
• Have functional responsibility for accounting processes and systems, ensuring reliable, accurate and timely financial reporting to management
• Drive efficient month end closing processes, including documentation of reconciliations, accruals, etc.
• Prepare external financial reporting for Novo Holdings’ holding companies and NNF affiliates in a timely manner in compliance with applicable laws and standards
• Support on the Annual Report processes of Novo Holdings and the Novo Nordisk Foundation
• Ensure financial compliance including payment processes and internal controls
• Safeguard strong knowledge management within areas of responsibility, i.e. financial management systems, Tax and VAT developments, consultancies, like-minded finance organisations, etc.
• Establish and drive the procurement function in Novo Holdings
• Support the establishment and maintenance of an Audit Committee
• In general, be responsible for and lead process improvement, and proactively streamline procedures and reporting
• Drive efforts within digitisation and automatization in accounting processes
• Manage the geographical expansion of both the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo Holdings from an accounting perspective, i.e. India and Chin