Finance Lead Turkiye

Takeda; Fatih; On-site; TRY 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Istanbul, Turkey, is seeking an experienced Finance Leader to own the local end-to-end finance agenda. You will partner with regional teams, drive planning and forecasting, and ensure accurate local reporting and controls. Strong communication and regulatory knowledge are essential.

The role requires 15+ years in finance, a relevant degree, and professional qualifications, with expertise in Power BI and enterprise planning tools. This position is full-time and on-site in Istanbul.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• Professional finance or accounting qualification preferred.
• 15+ years of finance experience across planning, reporting, control, business partnering, or local market finance support.
• Experience supporting legal entities, country leadership teams, or market-level stakeholders preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of local statutory, regulatory, or local GAAP requirements preferred.
• Advanced experience with enterprise planning tools, Power BI or equivalent reporting and analytics platforms preferred, plus strong curiosity & willingness to upskill within AI field
• Pharmaceutical, healthcare, or similarly regulated industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the local end-to-end finance agenda for the market, collaborating with Cluster Finance and GCC.
• Act as primary local finance contact for country team and leadership.
• Build and own local plans, forecasts, and financial commentary reflecting business ambition.
• Ensure forecasts are realistic, transparent, and grounded in market dynamics.
• Serve as senior financial partner to local stakeholders and challenge business constructs as needed.
• Coordinate with GCC/shared services for accurate and timely local reporting and close.
• Review and validate local close outputs and commentary before submission to governance.
• Ensure compliance with tax/statutory requirements and support audit readiness.
• Provide information and context to centralized finance teams to enable execution.
• Drive simplification, clarity, and operating discipline while preserving local accountability.
• Advance local-to-cluster improvements using digital, analytics, and AI-enabled finance tools.
• Lead local transfer pricing execution and governance, ensuring compliance with global policies.

Skills

Broad finance leadership

Planning and forecasting

Financial reporting

Controls coordination

Local stakeholder partnership

Independent judgment

Strong communication

Ownership & accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Professional finance/accounting qualification preferred

Tools

Power BI

Enterprise planning tools

Job description

Job Description

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead the local end-to-end finance agenda for the market, in collaboration with the Cluster Finance team & GCC, including planning, performance support, local finance coordination, and statutory interface activities.
• Act as the primary local finance contact for the country team, local leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Build and own local plans, forecasts, and financial commentary that reflect business ambition, execution realities, and market-specific assumptions.
• Ensure that forecasts are realistic, transparent, and grounded in market dynamics, business execution, productivity expectations, and commercial assumptions.
• Act as a senior financial partner to local country stakeholders and challenge the business constructively on ambition, phasing, productivity, risks, and execution realism.
• Coordinate with GCC/shared services and cluster controllership to ensure local reporting, close, reconciliations, and controls are completed accurately and on time.
• Review and validate local close outputs, balance sheet positions, assumptions, and commentary before submission into cluster or IBU governance processes.
• Ensure that local business conditions, regulatory requirements, tax/statutory expectations, and stakeholder considerations are appropriately reflected in finance outputs.
• Support local compliance, audit readiness, statutory reporting, and authority-facing requirements in partnership with the relevant cluster or regional controller.
• Serve as the local finance authority on market-specific finance issues, escalating complex risks, control concerns, and business exceptions appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Help ensure that centralized finance support colleagues have the information, decisions, and local context they need to execute effectively.
• Drive simplification, clarity, and strong operating discipline while preserving local accountability and judgment.
• Contribute to improvement of local-to-cluster ways of working, including use of digital, analytics, and AI-enabled finance tools.
• . Lead local transfer pricing execution and governance, ensuring compliance with global policies and local regulatory requirements.
• . Monitor intercompany transactions and support transfer pricing documentation, reviews and audits.
• . Drive cash-flow planning and liquidity management through proactive forecasting and working-capital optimization.
• . Identify cash-flow risks and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions to protect financial performance and liquidity.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• Professional finance or accounting qualification preferred.
• 15+ years of finance experience across planning, reporting, control, business partnering, or local market finance support.
• Experience supporting legal entities, country leadership teams, or market-level stakeholders preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of local statutory, regulatory, or local GAAP requirements preferred.
• Advanced experience with enterprise planning tools, Power BI or equivalent reporting and analytics platforms preferred, plus strong curiosity & willingness to upskill within AI field
• Pharmaceutical, healthcare, or similarly regulated industry experience preferred.

Skills and Capabilities

• Broad finance leadership
• Planning and forecasting
• Financial reporting and close review
• Controls coordination and statutory awareness
• Local stakeholder partnership
• Independent judgment and prioritization
• Strong communication
• High ownership and accountability

Locations

Istanbul, Turkey

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time