Manager, Financial Operations

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Healthcare Insurance Plans

Group Life Insurance

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

Leave for Voluntary Service

Learning platforms

Diversity & Inclusion

No Meeting Days

Home Internet & Mobile Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Paternity Leave

Maternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Bengaluru seeks a Manager, Financial Operations to oversee day-to-day financial operations supporting evidence generation studies.

You will manage budgets, PO and invoice workflows, and ensure accurate, auditable records while coordinating with Finance, Procurement, Legal, vendors, and study owners. You will drive process improvements, use approved automation and AI-enabled tools to enhance tracking and reporting, and escalate variances and issues to appropriate

Qualifications

• Experience in study finance operations, procurement, or regulated environments.
• Knowledge of budgets, forecasts, POs, invoices, payments, reconciliation, and approvals.
• Ability to maintain audit-ready records and dashboards.
• Familiarity with ERP, procurement, finance, and vendor payment systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English; additional languages are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain budget trackers and dashboards with planned spend, vendor, PO, invoice, payment, milestone, variance, and open-issue information.
• Prepare or update PO request packages using study budget assumptions, spend profiles, contract terms, and milestones.
• Route PO and invoice packages through reviewers, approvers, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Track PO issuance, invoice receipt, payment status, outstanding approvals, and unresolved issues to closure.
• Reconcile invoices against PO values, approved scope, contract terms, and milestones.
• Maintain audit-ready records in designated repositories with complete documentation.

Skills

ERP systems

Procurement ops

Finance ops

Vendor payments

Evidence generation

Document mgmt

English comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/related

Job description

Job Description

The Manager, Financial Operations provides financial operations support for evidence generation studies, including budget tracking, purchase order and invoice coordination, reconciliation support, variance monitoring, payment follow-up, and audit-ready documentation. The role helps ensure financial activities are accurate, timely, traceable, and aligned with approved contracts, study milestones, forecasts, and governance requirements. The role also supports the appropriate use of approved digital, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve tracking, reporting, and operational efficiency.

About the Role

The Manager, Financial Operations maintains the day-to-day financial operations required to support the Global Medical Evidence Generation portfolio. Working across Study Operations, Global Evidence Generation, Finance, Procurement, Legal, vendors, and study owners, the role coordinates purchase order and invoice workflows, maintains reliable financial records, monitors open items, and escalates exceptions to the appropriate owner. The role contributes to consistent, scalable, and compliant ways of working while preserving appropriate human review and decision authority.

How You Will Contribute

• Maintain budget trackers and dashboards with planned spend, vendor, purchase order, invoice, payment, milestone, variance, and open-issue information.
• Prepare or update purchase order request packages using approved study budget assumptions, expected spend profiles, contract terms, and milestone information.
• Route purchase order and invoice packages through the appropriate reviewers, approvers, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Track purchase order issuance, invoice receipt, payment status, outstanding approvals, and unresolved issues through closure.
• Reconcile invoices against purchase order values, approved scope, contract terms, expected study activity, and documented milestones.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready budget, purchase order, invoice, approval, reconciliation, and issue-resolution records in designated repositories.
• Support reporting on open purchase orders, overdue invoices, payment risks, budget variances, forecast changes, and financial operations backlog.
• Escalate budget variances, scope changes, invoice mismatches, payment delays, approval exceptions, and documentation gaps to the appropriate owner.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, Legal, vendors, Study Operations, and Global Evidence Generation to resolve routing, documentation, and payment issues.
• Support process improvements that reduce cycle-time delays, rework, and documentation inconsistencies.
• Use approved digital, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities, where appropriate, to support financial tracking, exception identification, and reporting while maintaining validation, traceability, data privacy, and human oversight.

Qualifications

• A degree in business, finance, operations, pharmacy, public health, health economics, life sciences, or a related discipline is required.
• More than 5+ years of relevant work experience and biopharmaceutical industry experience are preferred.
• Experience in study finance operations, procurement operations, clinical or study operations, evidence generation operations, vendor payments, or Medical Affairs operations in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of study budgets and forecasts, purchase orders, invoices, contracts, payment milestones, reconciliation, variance tracking, and approval routing.
• Ability to maintain accurate trackers, dashboards, documentation packages, and audit-ready financial records.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to coordinate across Finance, Procurement, Legal, vendors, and global study owners.
• Familiarity with ERP, procurement, finance, vendor payment, evidence generation, or document management systems.
• Comfort using approved automation and AI-enabled tools for defined financial operations activities, with appropriate judgment regarding accuracy, privacy, traceability, and escalation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; additional languages are advantageous.

Benefits

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus

• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in addition to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• No Meeting Days
• Reimbursements - Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)

About ICC in Takeda

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We're not just transforming our company; we're improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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IND - Bengaluru - Research and Development

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time