MSD FP & Specialist / Plant Controlling 

Japan, Chiyoda 

698446635

Job Description

Position Overview

This position is part of Manufacturing Finance organization, which performs plant controlling activities such as budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting. Main tasks will be maintaining, reviewing, reporting, and analyzing of plant operations, cost structures, and various type of expenses in the plant.

Main responsibilities

Your main tasks will be:

• Support monthly performance reporting and explanation of variances, including the completion of dashboard & oversight on monthly close activities
• Support forecast and budget development at site. Support the preparation of the annual budget cycle, quarterly forecast, and capital budget submissions to achieve corporate deadlines and ensure divisional targets are met. Ensures forecast accuracy and delivery of actuals on target
• Become proficient in using the financial applications and systems (e.g., Local Planning Tool, LPT, BPC, SAP, Other Database tools)
• Analyze variances and communicates explanations to management with recommended actions
• Analyze, seek feedback and prepare commentary on major variances to forecasts, budget & prior year actual results and assist in the understanding of key risks and opportunities
• Collaborates with plant manager, and senior management to explain results, make improvements, manage projects, identify inefficiencies, understand operations and support development of complex analysis
• Provides proactive / unsolicited consultation, interpretation, and education of complex financial and operational matters to various departmental leaders used to drive business decisions
• Support finance director to monitor and implement plant internal controls (in conjunction with corporate policies) as necessary to ensure reporting integrity, safeguard company assets, and identify risks
• Participate in special and ad hoc projects to support management analysis and provide ad-hoc quality support to business partners
• Work across organization boundaries and various levels of the company to achieve plant, country or corporate objectives
• Support continuous process optimization, standardization, and stability. Responsible for driving a culture of continuous Improvement.
• Estimate product costs to support valuation activities

,Knowledge, Experience, Skills

• Accounting/ Finance Degree – CPA or equivalent will be an advantage
• Demonstrated solid prior experience in FP&A roles
• Cost accounting experience is a plus
• Outstanding analytical skills
• Capability to think beyond numbers and combine data with strategy and financial insight
• Execution excellence, willingness to take on responsibility and Goal-orientated mindset
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, particularly Excel
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP, and with reporting systems (Analysis for Office / BW / Power BI)
• Experience within the pharmaceutical industry preferred but not essential

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