At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** **JOB TITLE:** **Finance Manager/ Senior Financial Manager** **DEPARTMENT: Business Finance Team in Finance & Operations Function** 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 **REPORTING TO:** **Japan CFO** ********************************************************************************* **Main Mission of Job** + Business Finance team is a group of independent and trusted business partners to the businesses and functions the person supports. + Each of them plays a role of CFO to the business unit, the business portfolio group, or the strategic functions of the company. + The person will lead development of sound financial plans and forecasts, help define business KPIs and implement monitoring process, and will play a key role in important investment / trade-off decisions. + The person will also be a reliable team member in Finance & Operations function helping accomplishment of the enterprise-wide mission and goals **Main Responsibilities** + Work closely with business/function leaders and the team members in developing financial plans and forecasts while working closely with the counterparts in the super-region, and Global operating units where relevant. + Build a solid reporting mechanism, enhance and improve where needed closely working with relevant functions – IT, Data management, Finance functions + Effectively & timely manage monthly, quarterly, and annual planning and reporting requirements. + Closely monitor revenue and margin performance of the businesses/functions, search and understand the drivers behind the numbers, and identify actionable insights and bring them into actions. + Understand what constitutes cost structure of businesses/functions, closely monitor progress and control when necessary by promoting reasonable trade-off. + Always familiarize him/herself on the latest financial planning tools, financial requirements, reporting schedules and help alignment among stakeholders including business/function leaders + Constructively challenge business/function leaders when adequate from finance point of view. One of examples is something that may hurt in short-term but important from long-term point of view. + Managing adhoc projects as financial expert working with team across business and function + Collaborate with accounting and other teams in Finance & Operations to ensure financials we present are in line with the rules and guidelines according to the world-wide finance manual and other important rules. + Drive compliance, financial discipline and integrity from finance point of view to deliver the results right way. **Must Haves** Education/Skills + BA or MBA in relevant areas + CPA or BOKI degree 2 or above + Solid accounting/finance knowledge + IT proficiency - Microsoft Office Excel, Powerpoint and BI/Planning tools + Business level fluency in Japanese and English language is essential Job Experience + Minimum 8 years of experience working as Finance Professional (FP&A or equivalent) + Working in multinational company with managing in matrix organization, and leveraging the power of matrix + Managing team and developing talent with coaching skill Competencies + Ability to work across teams and deliver results + Be proactive, agile and flexible to meet deadline and multple demands under pressure + Leadership mentality and behavior + Ability to simplify complexity and logically communicate the idea with better conflict management skill + Strong communication skills both in English and Japanese are required + Sound and balanced interpersonal skills + Business acumen and Strong curiosity for business **Good to Have** Education/Skills + Enhanced IT proficiency – Power BI, Snowflake, SAP, Business Object or other ERP/BI tools + Knowledge in relevant areas such as finance, accounting, marketing, medical industry etc Job Experience + Experience in medical industry **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)