Senior Accountant, Cham, Switzerland

Are you an experienced accountant with a passion for precision and compliance? Do you thrive in a dynamic and international environment? If you are ready for a challenging role where you can make a significant impact, apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

In this position, you will play an integral role in supporting the accounting operations of the SwissCo CDMO Operations GmbH of Novo Nordisk. This position involves overtaking accountability of Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables, GL ledgers while ensuring accuracy of financial records and maintaining compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements.

Furthermore, you will:

1. Perform timely month-end closing activities to ensure accurate financial reporting.
2. Reconcile financial data with intercompany manufacturing sites to ensure accuracy and consistency.
3. Prepare and submit monthly financial reports by reviewing and reconciling general ledger accounts.
4. Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis and provide additional information as requested by management.
5. Support the Finance Team Lead in ensuring compliance to standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with a BSc degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or a similar field and at least 8 years of experience in the accounting field. The successful candidate can understand financial processes and underlying accounting flows and related compliance requirements.

In addition, you have:

1. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with people at different levels of the organisation.
2. Ability to demonstrate a proactive and structured approach to your work.
3. Ability to perform effectively within a time-pressured environment without compromising the quality of your deliverables.
4. Curiosity of nature and willingness to use this to dive into the issues raised by the line of business.
5. Experience with the ERP system, JD Edwards is an advantage but not a requirement.
6. High proficiency in English – both spoken and written.

About the Department

SwissCo CDMO Operations GmbH is based in Cham, Switzerland, and is part of Novo Nordisk External Supply - an international and high-performing organisation. The Cham office consists of around 25 people from multiple different countries. Our responsibility is to ensure high quality and compliance within financial processes, delivering insights and actions based on our data available, and being a proactive finance partner to the organisation. You will be working in an environment characterised by innovation, openness, and highly engaged colleagues who are dedicated to helping us change lives for the better for patients worldwide. The business environment is fast-paced, performance-driven, customer-focused, collaborative, and inclusive.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified, and cannot wait to take the challenge, please upload your motivation letter, CV and relevant documentation directly via our online application tool.

Deadline

Apply before 21st February 2025.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.