Do you have at least 2 years left on your studies in Oslo within business administration, finance, economics or similar and want to work alongside your studies to gain valuable work-life experience? In this job, we offer an exciting position with lots of challenges, personal and professional development among experienced colleagues in a positive working environment.

Your main workplace will be our great office in Oslo, Nydalen. In this position you will be working flexibly, adjusted to the needs of your studies as well as to our relevant business needs. The expected working hours will be 16 hours per week, during normal working hours. You will have the possibility to work additional hours during summer and peak periods.

If this sounds interesting to you, take this opportunity to become our new Finance Student Assistant and be a part of our efforts to improve patient care for patients in Norway with chronic diseases.

The Position

As a Finance Student Assistant, you will be responsible to provide hands-on support in relevant data analytics to the Finance and Operations department, as well as selected functions in the line of business. In addition, you will be the go-to person for on-site support on invoice handling and sourcing or purchasing, advising the organisation on questions around approach and policy.

You main Accountabilities will be to:

• Support the sales and marketing departments with data analytics on an ad hoc basis, and present of market performance analysis to sales team including driving proper follow-up and corrective action
• Be the go-to person in the team in terms of PowerBI development and drive continuous improvement in analysis and processes
• Advise the organisation on questions around sourcing approach and policy
• Support the organisation with sourcing process for selected bigger purchases in collaboration with LoB owner and Business Area sourcing manager
• Provide support and build knowledge in the local organisation regarding invoice handling

Qualifications

As a Finance Student Assistant you need to be currently studying within the field of finance, economy, business administration or the equivalent at a university or business school in Oslo, Norway. In addition, you need to be in the beginning of your studies and have as a minimum 2 years of your studies left before graduating from your current program. Moreover, you need to have good capabilities with MS Office programmes (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

To be successful in this role, you need to:

• Have excellent English language skills, in both written and spoken; Norwegian is not a requirement
• Preferably some relevant previous work experience
• Be a fast learner and can easily acquire new skills
• Bring good communicative and collaborative capabilities
• Be eager to gain and develop business understanding
• Take initiative and are flexible as well as proactive in the way you approach your work
• Have a can-do attitude and enjoy providing good service
• Be well organised, detail-oriented and have a quality and compliance mind-set
• Have a focus on being one team and have an “all hands on deck mentality”

About the Department

With us, you become part of an engaging and dedicated Norwegian team that strives for excellence. You share the same passion and commitment as our team in our journey to make a difference to patients’ lives. In this position you will, in addition to the Finance and Operations team, work in close collaboration with the rest of the Novo Nordisk Norway teams, but especially the Customer Engagement team and the Sales team and the procurement centre of excellence based in Denmark.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

Please click on "apply now" to submit your resume in English. If you have questions, please contact the hiring manager, Nadia Vincents Nielsen, Finance & Operations Director, tel. (+47) 909 58 776

Deadline

Apply before 21/04/2025

Are you interested in this opportunity? We look forward to your online application before the application deadline. Please include your CV in English.

We invite you to not hesitate and apply soon as we reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the requirements.

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.