Would you like to apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

As part of AstraZeneca, the Nordic Marketing Company employs around 400 people across 5 countries and has offices located in Södertälje, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo. By 2025 AstraZeneca Nordic aims to become a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and improve the lives of millions of people. This will be achieved by driving innovative science, preparing launches, building close collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in health care systems, and developing high-performing teams.

We have recently changed to a country focused organization to continue our ambitious growth plans with several launches of new products and indications ahead. To achieve this, we are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner. Placement for this position can be Sweden or Denmark.

The role

The coming exciting journey requires close finance partnership with the new commercial organization. Your part will be to deliver into AstraZeneca´s strategy by developing and executing local tactics for your assigned countries Denmark & Norway and one of our business units.  

The person who holds this role will be internally viewed as the finance specialist with a high level of understanding of the pharmaceutical market. Therefore, you are expected to act as the one point-of-finance contact for your assigned areas. Being the right-hand person for the Country Director, you will together effectively manage the country and business unit P&L covering Sales, Profit, and the full cost base (both employment and other operating expenses).

To be a true Senior Finance Business Partner requires you to use your strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with business acumen and your strategic mind-set to bring your ideas to the table and win trust. You will be part of the country management team and will therefore need to be ready to guide, enable, challenge and influence the decision-making to achieve optimal brand performance and our long and short term strategic objectives, while always living up to AstraZeneca´s values.

We build success through positive team spirit, sharing knowledge, and encourage people´s development.

The person will be a key member of the country leadership team.

What you will do

• Deliver an effective and robust value-adding financial decision-making support

• Proactively provide financial advice and guidance to the commercial area to support them with the financial perspective in decision making

• Support and challenge brand plans, launch plans, life cycle management, pricing strategies, sales incentive schemes, and optimal resource allocation (employee and other costs) to ensure appropriate return on investment within and across brands, optimal brand performance and delivery of long and short term goals

• Assist in the development of innovative pricing/reimbursement business cases to drive the best pricing decisions to support both the patients and the business

• Providing business performance reports and build next planning submissions while taking proactive initiatives to react to challenges

• Always be on top of our business opportunities and respond to identified risks

• Continuous improvement of finance and business processes, risk management and financial compliance in the area of accountability

In order to succeed, you have

At AstraZeneca, we’re driven by innovation and our commitment to make a real-life difference in patients’ lives. That difference starts with you.

We are looking for an individual holding a Master degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration (MBA) or similar. As an experienced professional, you have 5+ years´ Finance Partner or FP&A experience from preferably the pharmaceutical or FMCG industry.

Essential requirements

• Strong finance business partnering skills with proven success stories

• Customer mind-set

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a Return-on-Investment mindset

• Strong business acumen with a track-record of collaborating with and influencing all levels of an organization to build trust

• Strategic mind-set and the ability to think outside the box

• Fast learner

As a core partner across the business, you need to possess high integrity with an agile mind-set. You have demonstrated the ability to perform in a team in a highly dynamic environment, are results-driven, and proactive in everything you do. We value the courage to challenge decisions in a respectful way.

As a person you possess a high drive, are able to prioritize in a constantly evolving environment, and aim to deliver in a timely manner. You must have excellent communication and presentation skills, oral and written, with proficiency in written and spoken English.

Desirable qualifications

• International working experience

• Understanding of and interest in the evolving health care and market access environment in the Nordics

• Experience of working with price sensitivity analyses and providing financial support for short and long-term price strategies

Why AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca, we strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be.

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! Apply via the link.

We welcome your application no later than 22 November 2020.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.