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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
Johnson & JohnsonThe Business Unit Finance (BUF) team partners with commercial leadership to shape strategy, drive portfolio/pricing decisions, and lead/participate in management processes that supports & enables us to be the fastest growing medical device company in Japan. Our role is to surface the right facts, past learnings, and partner with key stakeholders to drive decisions necessary to deliver market leading results. We strive to work closely with our functional and regional partners to understand the needs & challenges while ensuring that what we implement will drive value for our patients/stakeholders. The Finance Manager will support the Senior Finance Manager in monitoring financial performance, focusing on P&L management, and providing timely insights that enable growth, profitability, and governance across Orthopaedics/DePuy Synthes Japan. In addition, the finance manager will support the planned separation of the Orthopaedics business especially from financial perspectives in collaboration with BUF team, stakeholders, regional and global teams. Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes. The role will involve working closely with Orthopaedics/Depuy Synthes business partners and finance counterparts within the Japan team, as well as across our finance regional office and global teams. He/She will collaborate with GS, Tax, and compliance team to ensure appropriate financial statements and internal controls. Key business partners include Orthopaedics/Depuy Synthes senior leaders, regional and global finance leaders and teams, and the GS, Tax, and compliance team. The role includes financial planning and reporting: leading or supporting the entire Business Planning cycles in collaboration with the FP&A team and regional FP&A (COE) team; influencing goal setting for the Orthopaedics/Depuy Synthes business, including resource recommendations across activity types and businesses; coordinating, consolidating, and reviewing franchise financial data for budget cycle submissions and ad hoc reports and analyses; and leading or supporting the Strategic Planning/3yr Growth Plan financial cycle. The role facilitates clear representation of actual performance, future plans, risks, and opportunities; provides planning inputs including insights from macroeconomics, reimbursement, and competitor analysis; creates clarity on sources of growth, innovation pipeline sufficiency, and resource needs; and drives investment resource allocation. It partners with regional FP&A (COE) and the Senior Finance Manager to ensure timely, accurate, and appropriate regular reporting and communication to Regional and Local management, including monthly sales dashboards, GP commentary, price and volume change analysis, NPI tracking, Opex progress, and franchise P&L. It leads discussions with the Supply Chain team and oversees inventory cost management and reporting, and improves current practices through better accuracy, efficiency, and simplicity. The role supports company-wide and Orthopaedics business initiatives, including projects with CS&CE, to drive growth and profitability; provides insights for cross-cluster/market initiatives, including cross-cluster finance initiatives; supports planning and execution of Orthopaedics rebate programs, sales incentive plans, and other programs to ensure financial compliance and effective resource allocation; plans and implements educational training for Japan employees to improve financial acumen and compliance; supports global financial projects as appropriate; and supports or leads ad hoc projects. For the planned separation of the Orthopaedics business, the role leads or supports processes to enable independent financial operations, focusing on ERP, CAPEX, purchase-order systems, and related systems and applications, in collaboration with PMOs in Japan, the region, and globally, and other stakeholders. It defines and harmonizes financial requirements and governance for standalone operations, ensuring process alignment across Japan, regional, and global teams and maintaining data integrity and risk management during the transition. It drives cross-functional execution, vendor coordination, data migration, and change management to deliver a standalone Orthopaedics financial platform, ensuring compliance with regional/global objectives and regulatory standards, and supports internal and/or external audit processes for separation as appropriate. The role is responsible for ensuring a strong compliant environment and driving this culture across the organization, and provides support to business partners and the compliance team to ensure compliance with SOX, HCC, FCPA, taxation, and other requirements.
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required, preferably with a major in Accounting or Finance. - A minimum of 5+ years of finance business experience is required. - Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to inspire, motivate, and empower people. - Strong commitment to compliance and skill in accounting and internal controls. - Ability to effectively influence and shape senior-level business decisions. - Strong communication and presentation skills both in English and Japanese. - Strong focus on customers, with demonstrated results building partnerships and collaborating at all levels and across multiple functions/affiliates. - Strong business acumen coupled with a strategic mindset. - Experience leading implementation of successful process improvements. - The location of this position is in Japan.
- An MBA, CPA, CMA, and/or other advanced degree(s) or financial certification(s) is preferred. - Analytical Reasoning. - Benchmarking. - Budgeting. - Communication. - Consulting. - Data Savvy. - Econometric Models. - Execution Focus. - Financial Analysis. - Financial Competence. - Financial Modeling. - Financial Planning. - Financial Reports. - Financial Risk Management (FRM). - Operational Excellence. - Problem Solving.
