Manager, Development Finance

Job Purpose  (State in one sentence the overall objective of the role)

Finance controller of selected Line Function (“LF”) and Development Unit (“DU”) within Development Japan to support Dev Japan management’s decision making and drive the business.

Major Activities (Describe main activities)

• Ensure financial planning and budgeting of internal and external costs, own & third party personnel costs and head count, capital/investment projects.

• Actively monitor performance and adherence to budgetary targets including management reporting with variance analysis, proposals for corrective measures and decision support

• Provide input to resource reviews and project cost assessments to maintain consistent and accurate forecasting

• Ensure accurate and timely operation on accrual booking and payment for site/vendor costs

• Monitor study cost periodically (ACT dashboard)

• Improve and enforce compliance with business and financial control processes (internal & external requirements)

• Identify improvements and business opportunities and support implementation of financial initiatives including productivity improvement

• Ensure adequate reporting of adverse events / technical complaint / compliance issue in accordance with company procedures. 100% timely delivery of all training requirements including compliance.

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