Finance Business Partner Lead

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is seeking a Finance Business Partner Lead in Lexington, MA to drive cost accounting and product costing with cross-functional teams. You will support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close while ensuring SOX/IFRS compliance and continuous process improvements.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in finance/controlling with manufacturing or supply chain exposure, advanced Excel skills, and ERP experience (SAP/Oracle); CMA/CPA preferred and a Master’s degree is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 7+ years in finance/controlling with manufacturing or supply chain exposure.
• CPA or CMA certification preferred.
• Advanced Excel and planning tools; data visualization experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with site management and cross-functional teams to drive performance and productivity.
• Lead cost accounting and product costing with site management and departments.
• Coordinate annual budget, mid/long-range plans, and forecasts with FP&A teams.
• Oversee monthly reporting templates and track deviations with actionable insights.
• Improve forecast accuracy and manage enterprise risk through predictive outlooks.
• Advise on key business decisions and support new ways of working across functions.

Skills

Cost accounting

Product costing

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Excel

ERP knowledge (SAP/Oracle)

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

CMA or CPA preferred

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Job Description

Title: Finance Business Partner Lead

Location: Lexington, MA

About the role:

As the Finance Business Partner Manager, you will work as an agile thought partner and a trusted advisor to support the Finance Business Partner(s), Site Function Heads and managers in financial planning, forecasting, and analysis, as well as monthly close processes, while ensuring compliance with SOX, IFRS, and more. Support continuous improvement of processes, controls, and systems/tools. You will work with multiple departments, including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and R&D to help set up and determine the product costs with the responsibility to analyze, reconcile, and report out.

How will you contribute:

• Collaborate with the Site management and cross-functional teams (manufacturing, quality, engineering, etc.) to develop and implement action plans that drive performance and productivity.
• Lead Cost Accounting and Product Costing partnering with the Site management, cross-functional teams, and department (manufacturing, supply chain, R&D, etc.)
• Partner with MA Biologics Operations and GSQ FP&A teams for development and reporting of the annual budget, mid and long-range plans and shorter-term forecasts. Coordinate the data input into the FP&A tool and support in the presentation preparations and other scenario analyses.
• Coordinate monthly reporting templates partnering with MA Biologics finance and the consolidations finance teams.
• Review monthly financial performance with business partners and contribute to Site cost center review providing clear and transparent explanation of the deviations and highlighting identified risks and opportunities.
• Improve forecast accuracy and minimize enterprise risk by adapting predictive outlook. Provide commentary and insights to frame assumptions and context for forecasting. Review Forecast against trends to evaluate need for corrective action plans.
• Advise site in key business decisions; debate strategic issues, identify growth opportunities, and minimize exposure to the financial plan.
• Pilot the Financial Planning, Reporting, Consolidation and Analysis efforts for the site.
• Other support for the Finance team is expected with monthly close, analysis responsibilities and ad-hoc projects.
• Be an internal consultant who collaborates and drives results and support new ways of working to achieve common goals, work with external partners (auditors, suppliers) and across functions locally, regionally, and at the global level.
• Troubleshoot complex financial problems that may impact the site and proceed with solutions
• Understand digital finance trends and demonstrate willingness and drive to use new technologies to enhance quality of forecasting and predictive modeling.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; CMA, CPA, Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of professional experience in a finance / controlling position preferably with exposure to manufacturing or supply chain, and experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial planning tools, and data visualization platforms.
• Strong knowledge of technical ERP workflows in production/manufacturing (SAP, Oracle, or similar systems).
• Working knowledge of financial analysis, planning and forecasting principals and business investment analysis modeling (NPV, IRR, Return on investment, zero-based budgeting, operations accounting, assets, leases, operating expenses and capital expenditure).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including written, verbal, and presentation communication and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$154,400.00 - $242,550.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

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EEO Statement

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Locations

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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