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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Finance Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Job Description:

Senior Finance Analyst (SFA), reporting directly to Japan R&D Finance Controller (Manager). This position requires a self-motivated individual who can demonstrate strong operational and strategic financial leadership capabilities while engaging in Pharma R&D business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide financial results and analysis to business partners to support better business decisions, including support on project costing, pricing, and other ad-hoc requirement.
• Ensures that appropriate processes are in place to report financials timely, accurately and compliantly, collaborating with teams in multiple functions/locations
• Ensure adherence to SOX, WWP's, internal policies and procedures as well as supporting compliance activities including internal/external audits
• Ensure accurate and compliant monthly/quarterly/yearly reporting and operations in collaboration with Finance teams in multiple functions and locations.
• Support on IP billing and intercompany process and collaboration with TAX team to ensure the regulatory requirement is fulfilled and internal control is in place.
• Support on fixed asset process control for business partners and ensure to report R&D asset timely and accurately.
• Support global finance reps on budget planning and forecasting on HC/Functional cost/CAPEX spending for IM R&D Japan functions. Facilitate BVA review with responsible functions as needed.
• Collaborate with business partners to continuously drive process improvements and efficiency.

Qualifications

• University Degree (Must): preferable in Accounting, Finance, Business Economics, and/or master’s degree is a plus. 
• Fluent in Japanese and business level English
• More than 5 years of accounting/controlling experience, preferably in a role with international contacts
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to influence personnel across functions and levels
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Experience in a business partnership role, with the ability to understand complex business dynamics and navigate matrix organization.
• MS Excel proficiency and Powe BI is a plus.

Competency Requirements:

·Positive, with a can-do attitude, but realistic to say no considering trade-off

• Accurate and agile
• Balanced and decisive
• Always looking for opportunities to do things better, smarter, and faster
• Willing attitude to learn and adopt new tools and give positive feedback to the continuous group finance development  

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Budgeting, Budget Management, Business Behavior, Confidentiality, Data Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Financial Analysis, Financial Disclosures, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Learning Agility, Leverages Information, Microsoft Office, Problem Solving, Process Optimization, Process Oriented, Relationship Building, Service Excellence, Stakeholder Management, Teamwork