(Sr.)FP&A Manager, Finance, Shanghai

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Job Description

OBJECTIVE

• Responsible for providing high quality financial insight, reporting, analysis and supporting Business units and functions and ensuring integrity of Business unit & function financials. Be an agile thought partner to Business providing financial support on all matters with a focus on:
• Accuracy & integrity of Business Unit financials.
• Decision support: assure meaningful management reporting combined with proactive and strategic input to help drive performance
• Financial analysis and modeling: identify value drivers and risks & opportunities, model P&L development for budgeting and reforecasts
• Advise colleagues regarding financial processes & systems
• Provide support and advice in areas of compliance with financial/ethical requirements
• Maintain a growth mindset and challenge the status quo, exchange best practices with peers within Takeda. Collaborate on regional/global level for advancement of reporting and planning processes and systems

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Partners with Business Units and functions as a Trusted Advisor in assessing business opportunities and risks, in developing and executing business and financial strategy, deciding upon and securing proper resource allocation.
• Establishing and execute monthly financial review process for business units and functions, analyzing material financial variances vs Plan and expected full-year impacts
• Providing strategic financial input and leadership to assigned BUs/functions to drive business performance and ensure appropriate return on investment.
• Establish robust processes to ensure financial accurately.
• Planning and Preparation of the periodic planning exercises in coordination with FP&A lead
• Focusing on adding value for the business by influencing decisions and identifying opportunities to invest, saving cost, avoiding/ mitigating risks, forecasting future business results, establishing and interpreting leading indicators
• Partners with Global/Regional stakeholders and is part of Global/Regional projects rollouts and adopting best practices
• Act as a Solution Architect, with deep understanding of how our business works and its interdependencies, inspiring to co-create innovative solutions enabling financial results
• Establishes and maintains strong controls and compliance practices

Qualifications & Skills

Level of Education

• Bachelor degree or above with major in finance/accounting/economics or other related fields
• Professional Accountancy Qualification, e.g. CPA/CMA/CIMA is plus.

Working Experience in Relevant Field

• +6 years FP&A/Finance BP experience in a multinational set-up, with accounting familiarity and technical fundamentals of GAAP, IFRS
• Pharm/Medical Device/Healthcare experience preferred.

Professional Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical and quantitative thinking paired with Excel modelling skills and high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills, and ability to clearly present financial data in reports distributed to both finance stakeholders and non-Finance stakeholders
• Ability to challenge performance, drive fact-based business decisions, learning and solution-oriented enterprise mindset
• Catalysing ongoing improvements through persuasion and engagement of others
• Proven project management skills
• Familiarity with financial software, ERP systems, and data visualization tools such as SAP, HFM, TM1, IBM Cognos, Concur, Ariba or Power BI. Keeping abreast of emerging digital technologies that can optimize financial processes.
• Fluent in both Chinese and English

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