Sr. Finance Analyst

Location Tokyo
Discipline Accounting & Finance, Human Resources and Office Professionals
Job type Permanent
Salary Negotiatable
Reference 38007

【COMPANY OVERVIEW】

American medical device manufacturer

 

【JOB RESPONSIBILITIES】

This role is the key reporting and analytical position.

Reporting 

  • Develop and manage a suite of reports that provides useful insight into key financial and commercial data for senior leaders

  • Develop key sales reports and analyze market performance on a regular basis 

  • Develop reports of business with large number of products (categories and sizes) using Power BI, and provide visibility of the business

  • Liaise with Global Finance Team to develop and report consistent financial KPIs 

  • Work with Finance and JP business leaders to develop consistency across the markets in how financial information is viewed 

  • Become the Japan Subject Matter Expert on all company-wide reporting tools and platforms (Power BI, PAW, PAX, TM1, SAP) 

  • Partner closely with HQ to align on reporting systems, new developments and improvements in overall company-wide reporting 

  • Develop JP cost center and P&L analysis 

  • Work closely with JP Finance and business leaders managing budget and planning cycles. This includes developing templates, assessing inputs, and reviewing numbers.

  • Work closely with JP Marketing and Commercial leaders to help collect, maintain and analyze market data, and share information and product line performance in the JP market 

  • Partner with Inc Finance team and Inc. Business Analytics team to streamline current processes and reporting

 

Pricing

  • Develop an understanding of the pricing process in the JP market, including pricing controls, pricing execution, management and visibility 

  • Help develop and implement pricing policies for JP 

  • Work with Product Managers to assess market pricing and develop an understanding of product positioning within markets 

  • Work with local finance leaders and product managers on understanding product gross margin targets

  • Develop JP pricing visibility

  • Review and validate accuracy of standard costs on as needed basis

 

Others

  • Work with various cross-functional teams from operations and supply chain (consignment, loaners, service and repair) to help support decision-making with data and analysis

  • Complete assigned month-end closing functions timely

  • Assist with daily / monthly metrics reports for the operations management group

  • Ad-Hoc projects and assignments upon request

 

【REQUIREMENTS】

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting / Finance / Business /Mathematics

  • 5+ years experience in finance or analysis role

  • Advanced skills in Power BI required with strong capabilities in creating reports and providing insights

  • Advanced skills in MS Office required with strong capabilities in MS Excel modeling

  • Experience of analyzing business with large number of products

  • Experience with Reporting Systems e.g. Cognos, TM1, preferred

  • Experience in medical device or healthcare is an advantage

  • Experience in developing reports using multiple data sources and systems

  • CPA or Big4 experience is an advantage

  • Ability to communicate in both English and Japanese

 

【FOR FURTHER INFORMATION】

  • Contact NAME: Oliver Smith

  • Email: oliver.smith@cornerstone.jp