Accounting & Tax CoE Senior Manager

Are you ready to apply your strong operational and technical expertise in accounting and tax field to the next level? We have an exciting opportunity in our new organisational set-up, Centre of Excellence (CoE), where you have ample of opportunities and challenges to lead accounting professionals and drive the team to become the best-in-class CoE. If you get energy from working in a fast-paced environment and passionate in resolving challenges, this is the opportunity for you!

This role is based in Istanbul, Türkiye, and directly reports to Accounting & Tax CoE Director in Business Area (BA), Middle East & Central Asia (BAMECA).

The Position
As an Accounting & Tax CoE Senior Manager, you will be responsible to ensure high-level of House in Order across the two Business areas - BAMECA and BAAF (Business Area of Africa).
Your main responsibilities will be to

• Drive digital transformation, standardisation, innovative and designing fit-for-purpose financial reporting processes
• Lead and coach the team as well as affiliates through technical insights and BA Health Checks

You are expected to travel across the BAs. 

Qualifications

You should hold bachelor’s degree in relevant field, plus at least 7-year background in technical accounting, tax compliance, audit and/or internal controls. Auditor experience is an advantage, but not a requirement. You should be an excellent communicator and able to present complex issues in simple English. Further sought after skills are

• Leadership capabilities
• Solid operational and technical accounting and/or tax compliance expertise
• Solid understanding in complete end-to-end financial reporting processes
• Solid experience in implementing and optimising accounting processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• A proven track record of handling large team and navigating through complexity to drive results
• Technical understanding to prepare/review technical memorandums and audit reports that document issues and conclusions in a clear, logical and comprehensive manner
• Confidence in driving bold digital transformation of current financial processes 

In addition, you should be:

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment
• Able to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines
• Flexible and able to muti-task
• Self-starter and proactive
• Comfortable/flexible in changes and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging process automation and the use of systems to drive efficiency
• Resilience - as need to persevere through challenges and consistently deliver results

About the Department 
Business Area Middle East and Central Asia is a newly established business area responsible for Novo Nordisk’s operations in 7 fast growing affiliates: UAE, GEM, Qatar, NERM, CEM, Iran and Pakistan. From our Business Area office in Istanbul, we set strategy, drive impactful initiatives in support of the strategy and provide functional support to the General Managers and functional colleagues across these affiliates. We are patient centric and purpose-driven and have a value-based culture, focusing on inclusion, engagement and people development.  Accounting and Tax CoE has a direct reporting line to BAMECA F&O. At the same time, the Department covers both BAMECA and BAAF BAs.
 

Deadline
Please submit your application by 25 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.