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We are on the lookout for a hardworking Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - VBU to join our productive team at Takeda Pharmaceutical in Zürich, ZH.

Growing your career as a Full Time Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - VBU is an awesome opportunity to develop excellent skills.

If you are strong in leadership, adaptability and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - VBU at Takeda Pharmaceutical today!

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - VBU in our Zurich office.

Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

OBJECTIVE

This position is a key leadership role on the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team responsible for leading financial support within Takeda’s global Vaccine Business Unit (VBU). VBU is a vertically-integrated, specialty business unit started in 2012 that spans R&D, Commercial, Medical, and Manufacturing functions.

This position provides critical decision analysis support, ad-hoc analytical support, and financial planning for select global VBU functions. The individual must also demonstrate strong business partnering skills with functional leaders and other key stakeholders to actively manage budgets and resources.

Position is based in Takeda’s Zurich, Switzerland office, and reports to the Senior Director, Head FP&A.

Accountabilities

• Joins a global FP&A team to primarily provide support for Commercial and Manufacturing functions within VBU, including managing the budgeting and forecasting process. Also provides broad analytical support for functions addressing recommendations and proposals to governing bodies and the financial health of VBU
• In addition to analytical responsibilities, plays a key role partnering with functional leaders to provide clear and timely reporting of financial results, evaluate and set targets, and provide advisory and analytical services and to influence and impart a cost and value conscious approach to decision making.
• Supports the head of FP&A in developing and establishing process improvements as well as bridging with finance colleagues in regional BU’s and Global Manufacturing (GMS).
• On an as needed basis, supports VBU-wide portfolio and product analytics and valuation, long range business forecasts, in support of periodic strategic planning initiatives and business development
• Responsibilities are expected to expand over time and introduce new elements to support a rapidly evolving business unit heading towards commercialization of a global vaccine. If capabilities are demonstrated and opportunities arise, potential role examples include: supporting additional global functions or GPTs, business development analyses, supporting financial systems and processes (e.g., SAP, TM-1 based planning and enhancement of reporting packages, etc.) to improve data and analysis quality, development of analytical tools, etc.
  

Education & Experience – Required

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, including well-rounded coursework in other disciplines.
• At least 7 years of overall business work experience, with a minimum of 3 years in financial planning and analysis roles and some work experience with financial accounting and close processes.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated business impact in previous leadership roles.
• Strong computer software skills (Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  

Education & Experience – Desired

• Advanced degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical or healthcare setting.
• Financial valuation experience.
  

Skills

• Strategic vision – ability to recognize, forecast and communicate events, which may impact the business.
• Leadership – ability to guide a team in day-to-day and long-term related activities.
• Coach – ability to identify development needs of staff and create a plan to address specific needs.
• Communication – ability to communicate ideas and data both verbally and written, in a persuasive, organized and appropriate manner, including running meetings and preparing presentations for customer groups.Ability to communicate effectively with Senior Management and representatives from Parent Company.Ability to “push back” in a respectful manner and to present “unpopular” ideas and messages when necessary. In addition, communication skill in Japanese is desired, as many counterparts are Japanese.
• Analytical – ability to analyze financial and investment analyses and understand how to use this information to drive projects that will impact the business.Ability to interpret and question data inputs to financial models and support alternative recommendations as necessary.
• Management – ability to set priorities for a team and meet specific deadlines in a changing environment.Ability to be flexible, be open to changes in priorities and introduction of new projects, and to deal with change effectively.
• Customer Service Orientation – ability to gain trust of high-level management and leverage relationships to provide best possible financial plans and drive impactful analytical projects.
• Teamwork – Experience in managing within a complex, global organization with culturally diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Entrepreneurial – ability and desire to take ownership of activities and projects, desire to shape the organization, consistent “out of the box” thinking.
  

What Takeda Can Offer You

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D- driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Futureto people around the world.

Empowering Our People to Shine

Discover more at takedajobs.com

At our heart we are committed colleagues. We offer interested people numerous opportunities and strongly believe in, and promote, diversity, equity and inclusion. As a company we offer roles based on merit, welcoming candidates of any gender, age, religious belief, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, or disability.Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility – what talent do you have?

Locations

Zurich, Switzerland

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Company Benefits

• Company offers great benefits
• Company offers career progression opportunities
• Advantageous package
  

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