FP&A ANALYST


FP&A ANALYST

Salary:
Y 6 - 8 million 

Location:
Japan: Kanto 

Duration:
Permanent 

Consultant:
Takahiro Takeuchi 

JobRef:
TOK-CO-498002-TTL 

Date Posted:
May 15, 2012 

This is a branch of one of the world’s largest and most successful companies. This particular division specializes in the health and medical industries, they are leaders in the industry and are one of the most stable companies in the world.

Job Description :

- Participate in monthly / quarterly / annual accounting closing processes
- Jointly lead commercial estimation & tracking with sales leaders as well as penetrating price/profit model to operating teams in an effort to drive growth
- Providing necessary analytics to highlight key business performance drivers
- Consolidating actual operating performance and reporting results
- Working with Finance Managers and operations leaders to drive opportunities for improvement in variable cost, base cost, and material variance and/or revenues where possible
- Lead in simplification projects that will facilitate and increase capacity for value-added financial analysis

Qualifications :

Must
- Fluent in Japanese
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration, or Numerate-based degree and 2 years financial work experience

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
- Trained and/or certified in process improvement methodology such as LEAN or Six Sigma
- Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
- Clear thinking/problem solving: successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions; able to quickly grasp new ideas
- Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations