Manager, Financial Operations

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The Manager Financial Operations provides financial operations support for evidence generation studies including budget tracking purchase order and invoice coordination reconciliation support variance monitoring payment follow-up and audit-ready documentation. The role helps ensure financial activities are accurate timely traceable and aligned with approved contracts study milestones forecasts and governance requirements. The role also supports the appropriate use of approved digital automation and AI-enabled tools to improve tracking reporting and operational efficiency.

About the Role

The Manager Financial Operations maintains the day-to-day financial operations required to support the Global Medical Evidence Generation portfolio. Working across Study Operations Global Evidence Generation Finance Procurement Legal vendors and study owners the role coordinates purchase order and invoice workflows maintains reliable financial records monitors open items and escalates exceptions to the appropriate owner. The role contributes to consistent scalable and compliant ways of working while preserving appropriate human review and decision authority.

How You Will Contribute

• Maintain budget trackers and dashboards with planned spend vendor purchase order invoice payment milestone variance and open-issue information.
• Prepare or update purchase order request packages using approved study budget assumptions expected spend profiles contract terms and milestone information.
• Route purchase order and invoice packages through the appropriate reviewers approvers Finance and Procurement stakeholders.
• Track purchase order issuance invoice receipt payment status outstanding approvals and unresolved issues through closure.
• Reconcile invoices against purchase order values approved scope contract terms expected study activity and documented milestones.
• Maintain complete accurate and audit-ready budget purchase order invoice approval reconciliation and issue-resolution records in designated repositories.
• Support reporting on open purchase orders overdue invoices payment risks budget variances forecast changes and financial operations backlog.
• Escalate budget variances scope changes invoice mismatches payment delays approval exceptions and documentation gaps to the appropriate owner.
• Partner with Finance Procurement Legal vendors Study Operations and Global Evidence Generation to resolve routing documentation and payment issues.
• Support process improvements that reduce cycle-time delays rework and documentation inconsistencies.
• Use approved digital automation and AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate to support financial tracking exception identification and reporting while maintaining validation traceability data privacy and human oversight.

Qualifications

• A degree in business finance operations pharmacy public health health economics life sciences or a related discipline is required.
• More than 5 years of relevant work experience and biopharmaceutical industry experience are preferred.
• Experience in study finance operations procurement operations clinical or study operations evidence generation operations vendor payments or Medical Affairs operations in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of study budgets and forecasts purchase orders invoices contracts payment milestones reconciliation variance tracking and approval routing.
• Ability to maintain accurate trackers dashboards documentation packages and audit-ready financial records.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to coordinate across Finance Procurement Legal vendors and global study owners.
• Familiarity with ERP procurement finance vendor payment evidence generation or document management systems.
• Comfort using approved automation and AI-enabled tools for defined financial operations activities with appropriate judgment regarding accuracy privacy traceability and escalation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; additional languages are advantageous.

Benefits

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

Competitive Salary Performance Annual Bonus

• Flexible work environment including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self spouse and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in addition to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs
• No Meeting Days
• Reimbursements Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks) Bereavement Leave (5 days)

About ICC in Takeda

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. Were not just transforming our company; were improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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