Finance Manager

Company Overview
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Job Description
Introduction/Purpose:
• Responsible for whole finance processes in JP affiliate.
• Lead annual budget preparation and quarterly budget revisions as well as Long Term Planning. Be a knowledgeable partner to support local organization during planning process, help commercial organization to prepare Budget Packs for internal budget reviews. Be a super-user of regional and corporate planning systems, being able to report the planning outcome.
• Implementation and management of robust financial processes and controls to ensure financial compliance.
• Ensure accurate management/statutory monthly reporting in accordance with the company's financial accounting policies and local legislation. Oversee and control external accounting service provider to ensure timely and high-quality reporting. Support with accruals calculations during month-end closing.
• In collaborations with regional Supply Chain Manager execute effective management of local rolling forecast and order process to ensure timely order fulfillment.
• Cash Flow planning to ensure timely financing as well as modelling future self-financing (revenue based)
• Manage Purchase Ordering process in ERP system.

Key Responsibilities/Scope of the Job:
• Monitor sales and expenditure accurately and comprehensively.
• Provide insightful financial analysis and information to Regional Head of Finance and to local Management Team on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
• Work with external service provider to ensure efficient monthly closing of accounts.
• Execute control over invoicing processing, payroll, taxes. Manage Purchase Order processing.
• Manage local bank accounts with subsequent signatory rights.
• Ensure cash flow management and forecasting and monitor budgetary control to ensure compliance of standard operating procedure.
• Establish and run annual and monthly financial processes which support achievement of financial objectives.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of local statutory financial and tax documentation.
• Ensure that internal annual and monthly reporting documentation is completed accurately and on time.
• Ensure compliance with local and HQ financial requirements.
• Establish, monitor, and review levels of authority in line with corporate guidance.
• Lead long- and short-term planning processes by working with internal budget holders to ensure timely and accurate deliveries of all planning numbers. Report the planning outcome to local and corporate planning systems.
• Produce financial information submissions/presentations.
• Ensure close collaboration with regional finance team with understanding that financial tasks will be setup and managed by regional Head of Finance
• Together with Regional Supply Manager operate a monthly S&OP process involving relevant stakeholders.
• Together with Regional Supply Manager work with Global Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasting, timely ordering and avoid stock-outs.
• Build and support a sound SOP for the affiliate to ensure operational compliance.
• Support audits if any.

Requirements
Education/Learning Experience/Work Experience
Required: Bachelor’s or above degree (Finance preferred)

Skills/Knowledge/Languages
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in accounting and 2 years in FP&A.
• Advanced expertise in MS Office applications and experience with common reporting & consolidation software.
• Advanced skills in Power Point and Think-Cell, Power BI, Excel
• Nice to have previous work experience in blue-chip, multinational pharmaceutical company.

Personal Attributes
• Good business and analytical skills.
• Customer focus mind-set and provide effective solutions to others.
• Well organized and results oriented. Highly motivated, agile, self-driven and the ability to work independently.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Unquestionable integrity and personal ethics. Must be tenacious, with the emotional intelligence to know when to push harder and when to look for alternative approaches.
• Native Japanese and advanced business English.
• Bachelor’s or above degree (Finance preferred)

Additional Job Information
WFH allowed up to 2x a week

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