Finance Business Partner Manager

Takeda; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lexington, MA is seeking a Finance Business Partner Manager to serve as a strategic partner for site finance, oversee planning, forecasting, and monthly close, and ensure SOX/IFRS compliance.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and R&D to determine product costs, build advanced models, and support system implementations (TM1, SAP, Power BI). Minimum 5+ years FP&A in pharma preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required; CPA preferred.
• 5+ years in accounting, FP&A or related finance roles.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry and cost accounting.

Responsibilities

• Administer semi-annual financial planning and provide analyses.
• Develop financial models and analytical tools for objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explain variances.
• Manage monthly close processes and support system deployments.
• Perform product costing analysis and costing for new products.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Master's degree or CPA preferred

Tools

TM1

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Access

Job description

Job Description

Title: Finance Business Partner Manager

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. You will provide 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

• Administer semi-annual financial planning processes and provide supporting analyses to the Finance Business Partner(s), Site Function Heads and managers.
• Assist in developing value-added financial models and analytical tools to support function objectives and projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively solve discrepancies, and with local and regional Finance teams to develop detailed explanation for variances between actual and plan.
• Support the development, deployment and use of the financial planning system and financial models.
• Manage the monthly financial close process and collaborate with Takeda Business Solutions to initiate entries on an ongoing basis.
• Perform variance analysis such as manufacturing variances, cost revaluation, and work order variances.
• Prepare and distribute monthly reporting packages and analyses. Identify opportunities for streamlining and enhancement.
• Educate functional management on the use of reporting tools and Finance concept.
• Perform product costing analysis and support including updating product costs for the annual cost change and monthly analysis of work order variances and costing for new products where required.
• Support local fixed assets, asset tagging and verification, project support and controlling needs for strategic capital projects.
• Ensure SOX controls compliance and audit support where required.
• Assist with and ensure successful internal and external audits.
• Designated as super user on TM1 and SAP applications.

What you bring to Takeda

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, master’s or CPA preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial planning and analysis, decision analytics, or related finance roles.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical/ Biotech industry, including cost accounting experience in operations.
• Analytical software skills (TM1, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Office Suite -Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
• 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.

Location

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Base Salary Range

$137,000.00 - $215,270.00

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.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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