Accounting and Tax Manager

Are you passionate about financial compliance and tax reporting? Do you thrive in a role where you can ensure financial integrity and drive process improvements? Novo Nordisk has opened a role for an Accounting and Tax Manager. If you have a strong background in accounting and tax, and a desire to make a difference in a globally successful organisation, we want to hear from you Read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

About The Department
As part of a globally successful pharmaceutical business, Novo Nordisk Philippines is a high-growth affiliate with an exciting growth trajectory and pipeline in new products and therapy areas in the coming years. We proudly live our purpose of improving the lives of patients within the therapy areas our products treat and put both patients and people firmly in the centre of everything we do.

The position
The Accounting and Tax Manager is expected to lead our financial compliance, tax reporting, and internal control processes. This role plays a key part in ensuring financial integrity and compliance with both local and corporate standards—while maintaining a strong internal control environment and keeping the "House in Order" at all times.

Other role expectations are as follows but is not limited to:

• Prepare and ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial reports, in full compliance with Philippine tax regulations, local statutory requirements, and corporate policies.
• Lead statutory reporting, month-end closing activities, and maintain internal controls while fostering continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular internal control checks and ensure readiness for audits, while collaborating with internal teams and external partners like BIR and tax consultants.
• Participate in local and regional finance projects, developing tax strategies, and driving process improvements for optimization.
• Oversee local financial and tax audits and enhance the efficiency of offshored accounting processes managed by Global Shared Services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA is required.
• At least 5 years of experience in accounting and/or tax, preferably in a multinational or regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of Philippine tax regulations, statutory reporting, and internal control frameworks.
• Proficiency in SAP, Excel, and other financial tools.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

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. 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 live a life of chronic disease.

Contact
Please send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
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 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.