Japan Finance Solution Director, Takeda Business Solutions(TBS), Japan

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We aim to create a diverse and inclusive organization where people can thrive, grow and realize their own potential while enabling our purpose. We continue to innovate and drive changes that will transform the lives of patients. We’re looking for like-minded professionals to join us. Takeda is a global values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical leader. We are guided by our values of Takeda-ism, which has been passed down since the company’s founding. Takeda-ism incorporates Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance, with Integrity at the core. They are brought to life through actions based on Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business, in this order. OBJECTIVES / PURPOSE As part of Takeda’s Global Capability Model, we are advancing globally scaled ways of working to drive efficiency, standardization, and broader access to capabilities. Takeda Business Solutions (TBS) is a global organization that partners with the business and uses data and digital capabilities to standardize and optimize end-to-end Finance and Procurement processes. With a clear line of sight to the patient, TBS creates seamless experiences that free up our people to focus on our purpose: better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Within TBS, the Finance Solutions tower is responsible for global accounting operations, including record-to-report, invoice-to-cash, acquire-to-retire, treasury solutions, tax solutions, statutory financial reporting, and Record-to-Disclose global process ownership. As the Head of TBS Finance Solutions Delivery Japan, this is the most senior TBS Finance leadership role in the country and Takeda Business Solutions’ primary Finance leader and face to the Japan business. Reporting to the Head of TBS Finance Solutions and serving on the Finance Solutions leadership team, the role holds full accountability for Japan finance operations and leadership of an organization of around 50 people, with the mandate, decision-making authority and executive visibility to shape how Finance is delivered in one of Takeda’s most important markets. This is a build-and-grow leadership opportunity as much as a transformation one. Beyond delivering lean, harmonized and high-quality operations, the leader will build a high-performing, future-ready organization, raise the capability and influence of the Japan finance team, and act as a trusted strategic partner to Japan and global Finance leadership — combining operations leadership, business partnering and transformation to position Finance Solutions Japan at the leading edge of a global, digitally enabled operating model. The role also offers significant scope for growth. As the most senior TBS Finance leadership position in Japan, with executive visibility and a seat on the Finance Solutions leadership team, it provides a strong platform for future progression — for example into broader Finance leadership, regional or global TBS leadership roles, or wider enterprise opportunities across Takeda. ACCOUNTABILITIES Lead and grow the TBS Japan Finance Solutions organization as the senior finance delivery leader in-country, covering Record-to-Report, Invoice-to-Cash, Acquire-to-Retire, Treasury, and potentially some direct & indirect Tax activities in the future — building, developing and inspiring a high-performing team that consistently delivers high-quality, efficient and compliant finance operations. Drive transformation and alignment to global process standards, ensuring Japan finance operations adopt and embed standardized global processes, methodologies and best practices as defined by TBS globally, reducing local customizations and enhancing consistency across the network. Shape a globally connected delivery model, partnering with the Global Hub in Poland to determine how select activities are best delivered across the network, protecting service quality and business continuity throughout and freeing the Japan team to focus on higher-value business partnering, analysis and insight. Champion digital transformation initiatives, including the SAP S/4HANA implementation in Japan, driving global process standardization and ensuring local readiness, stakeholder alignment, data migration integrity, and successful adoption of the new platform and related digital tools. Operate as TBS Leader and business partner locally, acting as a single point of contact for the local Japan Finance Director, Global Tax, Global Treasury and other local leadership, ensuring strong alignment and collaboration between TBS services and local business needs. Partner with different TBS towers (i.e. Global Inventory, Fixed Assets, Invoice-to-Cash and R2R Operations Hub, Controllership / Data Analytics & Insights team, Risk & Controls, TBS Strategic and Relationship Management team and other delivery center leads) as well as DD&T, global & local finance, legal and compliance teams to identify and drive continuous improvement, robotic and intelligent automation initiatives as well as identifying and implementing new technological tools, methodologies, and improved processes which enable better process standardization, improved user experience and efficiency gains. Ensure all processes and services are compliant with Takeda policies, global standards and Japanese regulatory requirements (including IFRS and J-GAAP). Lead to enhance the risk and control framework for the operations and ensure practices are in line with company risk, J-GAAP/IFRS and US SOX and control best practices. Ensure effective escalation model is in place locally and maintain strong governance and service delivery oversight. Be a lead change agent for global and TBS initiatives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the Japan finance team and in line with the Global Finance Vision. Upskilling of team including capability building aligned with future operating model. CORE ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ROLE The essential foundation for this role is proven finance and people leadership within a large, multinational organization, ideally in Japan. Experience across shared services and operating-model desi