Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Novo Nordisk Pars has been recognized as the best place to work, topping the ranks for four consecutive years in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an ever-changing industry, helping us achieve our aspirations and create value for patients.

At Novo Nordisk Pars in Tehran, the position of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager provides you with the opportunity to work closely with the Finance & Operations leadership team and business functions, providing financial insights and supporting informed business decisions.

About the Department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, hemophilia, growth disorders, and other serious chronic diseases.

Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs more than 70,000 people worldwide and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

The Position

As an FP&A Manager, you will report directly to the Finance & Operations (F&O) Director and play a key role in driving high-quality financial planning, reporting, analysis, and business partnering across Novo Nordisk Pars.

You will work closely with the F&O Director, management team, regional FP&A colleagues, and business functions to provide clear financial insights, support business planning, and enable informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the financial planning and forecasting cycles for Novo Nordisk Pars and ensure timely and accurate submissions to the regional organization.
• Analyze financial performance and budget variances, working with functions to assess the year-to-go outlook and key business drivers.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly financial reporting, including management reports, sales updates, and internal performance reporting.
• Co-lead the affiliate's Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process with Operations and Treasury, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Act as a finance business partner to key functions, providing financial insights and supporting business and strategic decisions.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, concise, and actionable insights for management and non-finance stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the dedicated FP&A resource within the shared services team in India and coordinate effectively across the wider finance organization.
• Work closely with the regional FP&A community and relevant headquarters and international stakeholders.
• Contribute to finance-related projects and initiatives, including projects involving changing business requirements and complex financial considerations.
• Support the F&O Director and local leadership team with financial analysis, performance monitoring, and decision support.

Key Stakeholders

You will work closely with:

• Finance & Operations Director
• Iran Management Team
• Regional FP&A team
• Sales and Commercial teams
• Business Unit Heads
• Operations and Treasury
• Shared Services teams
• Headquarters and regional reporting teams

Requirements

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Solid experience in FP&A, financial controlling, management reporting, or a similar finance role.
• Strong financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and reporting skills.
• Experience in business partnering and working with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of financial performance management and budget/forecast processes.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into clear and actionable business insights.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work effectively with regional and international teams.
• Strong planning, organization, and follow-up skills.
• High level of accuracy, analytical thinking, and attention to detail.
• Strong command of English and MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in leading or coordinating projects and working in a matrix organization is an advantage.
• Previous people-management or indirect leadership experience is an advantage.

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 energize 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

Please send your CV online and only in English (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline

October 8th 2026

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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 in 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 the communities we operate in.

Together, we’re life-changing.