BASAC Finance Associate Director

BASAC Finance Associate Director

Category: Finance

Location:Panama city, Panama, PA

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled finance professional to lead Business Finance for CAC (Central America & Caribbean) and SAM (South America, excluding Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil) within the newly established BASAC organization. Partner closely with cluster GMs and cross-functional teams to deliver financial targets, streamline processes through digital solutions, and develop a high-performing finance team. Apply to play a central role in shaping growth and compliance across two diverse Latin American clusters.

Your new role

Reporting directly to the BASAC Senior Finance & Operations Director with a strong dotted line to the Cluster General Managers, you will serve as the strategic finance partner to the CAC and SAM leadership teams. Your core responsibilities include:

• Be a trusted business partner and advisor to the General Managers and the Leadership Teams of CAC and SAM clusters, ensuring proactive monitoring of financial performance through data-driven analysis and insights.
• Oversee the achievement of financial targets by streamlining internal financial processes through digital innovation, shared services, and outsourcing, while ensuring strict compliance with local regulations.
• Collaborate closely with the Supply Chain responsible to optimize operational efficiency and service quality.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives that empower teams to achieve positive financial, environmental, and social impacts, enhancing overall business performance.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or a related field. Master's degree in relevant field is an advantage.
• Minimum 8+ years of broad finance experience, preferably including exposure to multiple finance functions.
• Proven leadership experience, including managing direct reports and operating within a matrix organisation.
• Strong commercial business acumen with demonstrated ability to translate financial insight into business decisions.
• Experience in multinational environments, ideally in pharmaceuticals, medical devices or consumer goods.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills — ability to influence with and without formal authority.
• Fluency in English is a must-have and ability to communicate in Spanish is preferable
• Experience in finance planning, transformative/innovation projects and digital finance initiatives will be considered as an asset.

About the Department

CAC and SAM clusters are part of the newly created BASAC organization within the REM structure. The role will support the Cluster General Managers and sit on the cluster management teams, leading the Business Finance function for both clusters (with one Finance Manager dedicated to CAC and one to SAM). As a central finance leader in BASAC, you will influence cross-functional decisions, partner closely with Supply Chain, Market Access and other Centres of Excellence, and lead the delivery of the clusters' financial performance and compliance. The role is office-based in Panama City and will require regular presence at the office. Regional travel of up to approximately 20% is expected (primarily Ecuador, Peru and Panama).

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

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Deadline

Please apply before January 18th, 2026

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We're not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.