You will work as an agile thought partner and a trusted advisor. Support Finance Business Partner in financial planning, forecasting and analysis as well as monthly close processes, while ensuring compliance with SOX, IFRS, etc. Support continuous improvement of processes, controls and systems/tools. This is an onsite position that reports to the Head of Finance.
How you will contribute:
- Administer semi-annual financial planning processes and provide supporting analyses to the Finance Business Partner(s).
- Assist in developing value-added financial models and analytical tools to support function objectives and projects.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively solve discrepancies, and with local and Regional/OpU Finance teams to develop detailed explanation for variances between actual and plan.
- Support the development, deployment and use of the financial planning system and financial models.
- Manage the monthly financial close process and collaborate with Takeda Business Solutions to initiate entries on an ongoing basis.
- Prepare and distribute monthly reporting packages and analyses. Identify opportunities for streamlining and enhancement.
- Educate functional management on the use of reporting tools and Finance concept.
- Perform product costing analysis and support including updating product costs for the annual cost change and monthly analysis of work order variances and costing for new products where required.
- Support local fixed asset, asset tagging and verification, project support and controlling needs for strategic capital projects.
- Ensure SOX controls compliance and audit support where required.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting. Master’s or CPA preferred.
- 3 years of overall business experience in accounting, financial planning or decision analytics roles.
- Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry, including cost accounting experience in operations.
- Analytical software skills (TM1, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Office Suite –Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
Important Considerations
At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:
May work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
Will need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
May work in a cold, hot or wet environment.
May work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.
May work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
