Currently, we are looking for a new Associate FP&A Manager, who will play a key role in our FP&A and Business Partnering team, focusing on general financial planning activities, business partnering for commercial contracts, and with a special focus on ESG (environmental, social and governance) reporting. If you have a passion for putting financial data into the perspective of decision-making support, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities with an independent attitude, we want to bond with you.

As our new Associate FP&A Manager, you will become a part of our Finance & Accounting team, reporting to the Senior FP&A and Business Partnering Manager. Our team’s purpose is to support value creation trough efficient, high quality and user centric financial processes. We strive to be the best version possible, so ‘business as usual’ is challenged when we see the opportunity for improvements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, external and internal stakeholders, to deliver on your key areas of responsibility.
You will be working out of our office in Søborg.

Responsibilities

• Finance lead for ESG reporting matters, which entails managing project activities to ensure the company meets all external requirements, leading the efforts to collect and automate the reporting of required data, and eventually contribute to a successful Annual Report delivery.
• Business Partnering with the other internal functions involved, such as Commercial, Alliances or Supply Chain, to ensure a successful management of a commercial contract with a key partner who will market and distribute a drug developed by Zealand Pharma. This means advising and supporting on all related financial matters, while ensuring the execution of the contract is within the financial requirements.
• Contributing to optimize internal processes to make life easier for ourselves and our colleagues.
• Contributing as part of the team to the annual Budget exercise, as well as the forecasting activities.
• Contribute with in-depth analyses to support forward-looking decision making, including scenario building and business steering.
• Create compelling and storytelling business presentations to a non-finance audience.

Candidate profile
The ideal candidate brings some years of relevant experience from a similar position and possesses a sound understanding of accounting fundamentals and financial processes, while having a good business acumen. Digital savvy, the candidate will be promoting modern digital finance reporting tools.

We imagine that you have solid presentation skills and an expanded level of knowledge using Excel and PowerPoint.
You have proven stakeholder management skills, and you are comfortable working cross-functionally, being a healthy challenger to the organization asking the ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions, capable of smooth internal negotiations, and being a trusted partner to the organization.

Finally, the candidate shares the team’s values and displays the right ‘can do’ attitude, which is equally as important as experience and competencies.

Qualifications:

• Relevant educational background in finance, accounting, or related field.
• Proven experience in FP&A and Business Partnering, or management consulting.
• Interest in the ESG area, with a past exposure to the matter being a plus.
• Analytical mindset and a structured way of thinking
• A pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Digital reporting tools such as Power BI is a plus.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and integrity.
• English fluency written and spoken, Danish a plus.

Bonding to innovate
Our employees are fundamental to our success, and we continue to be able to attract and retain people with vast experience and talent. We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization.

Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. Let it be discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, engaging with our partners or connecting with each other.

We bond as a result of our entrepreneurial culture where our people are encouraged to pursue their ideas and turn them into reality. We bond by being curious about each other’s knowledge and expertise.

We bond through playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking, sowing the seeds of future innovation. We bond by making Zealand Pharma a place where everyone is heard and contributes to the success, we all want to experience.

The Zealand Pharma DNA builds on four values: (1) We are bold, (2) We empower people, (3) We work as one team, and (4) We can be trusted.


Let’s bond and be bold
We offer a combined compensation package which includes a base salary, pension, bonus, and an attractive employee share program. We care about our employees’ well-being and offer health insurance, use of massage, fitness, and a range of social clubs and activities.

To find out more about working at Zealand, visit our career site.

We will be screening application on an ongoing basis so please send you application as soon as possible and no later than April 14, 2024.

For further information, please contact Senior FP&A Manager, Jakob Wienke Hansen at +45 5060 3716 or JWHansen@zealandpaharma.com.

About Zealand Pharma A/S
Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: ZEAL) ("Zealand") is a Danish biotechnology company on a mission to change lives with next generation peptide medicines. In our effort to reach our goals bonding is at the core of everything we do. Let it be discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, engaging with partners or connecting with each other. This has led to more than 10 drug candidates invented by Zealand having advanced into clinical development, of which two have reached the market. Zealand’s current pipeline of internal product candidates focus on specialty gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Additionally, the portfolio includes clinical license collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim and pre-clinical license collaboration with Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Zealand is based in Copenhagen (Søborg), Denmark. For further information about the Company's business and activities, please visit www.zealandpharma.com or connect with us through LinkedIn.