Head of Group Finance

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Job details

Company overview

We are an international biopharmaceutical group focused on the discovery and early development of new drug candidates. Our group is dedicated to building a broad pipeline across multiple disease areas, including neurological disorders, immune diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and inflammatory conditions. We are committed to providing high-quality pharmaceuticals that contribute to disease treatment and health maintenance. Our research and development division is actively engaged in developing new drugs, contributing to the advancement of medicine. We adhere to strict regulatory and quality control standards to ensure the safety and efficacy of our products. Additionally, we prioritize providing accurate information and support to healthcare professionals and patients.

Responsibilities

The Head of Group Finance reports to the CAO and is responsible for managing a team of professionally qualified accountants who are accountable for the following.
Main responsibilities:

• Advising legal entity Heads of Finance on technical IFRS accounting matters
• Perfoming the consolidation process 
• Preparing monthly consolidated internal financial statements and reports
• Preparing quarterly / annual external IFRS financial statements and reports (Tanshin, Fin Statements under company law, Securities Report)
• Quarterly forecasting
• Preparing the Annual Budget
• Tax
  • Co-ordinating the calculation and posting of tax balances with our PwC Tax advisory team and legal entity Heads of Finance
  • Scope includes local GAAP and IFRS tax calculations / accounting (both current and deferred tax)
  • Ensuring compliance with international tax regulations, including maintenance of transfer pricing documentation / interco agreements
  • Owning the relationship with PwC Tax, including fee negotiation
• Treasury
  • Cashflow forecasting and cash management, including liquidity management, interest rate negotiation, fx management, equity portfolio management and Treasury governance.
• Compliance
  • Ensuring financial process documents are kept up to date and that financial controls are operated as designed. We operate under J-Sox regulations
  • Supporting our statutory auditors in the efficient performance of their audit fieldwork
• Ad hoc projects, including process and IT system improvements, IFRS 18 preparation, etc

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• At least 5 years' experience in accounting in a listed company in Japan and experience in managing the above operations.
• English language skills (English is the working language within our Group).

Salary

12 - 19.5 million yen

Location

Tokyo