Make your mark for patients

※フルリモート不可/Hybrid work model

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Job Summary

Provides qualitative analytical assistance to stakeholders through relevant, actionable, timely and meaningful reports agreed with the business partners for actuals, budget, forecasting and strategic plan. Facilitate and coordinate for their respective unit the different planning and budget processes: RF, 10YP and Budget.
Major Accountabilities/Responsibilities

-    Leading Business Partner Team in I2I. This includes coaching, developing and mentoring their respective team members
-    Creates, controls and assesses the monthly business performance analytical reports as well as the budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning packages.
-    Explains the differences, trends and searches for insights
-    Work with business partners in evaluating and interpreting financial data (business reviews )
-    Creates complex financial reporting and modelling for the business partners
-    Facilitate RRA/RF/Budget/10YP exercises
-    Becomes a trusted business partner for our customers
-    Performs ad-hoc analysis according to expectations
-    Act as trusted business partner for our customers
-    Use innovative analytical opportunities (AI, Advanced Analytics) to generate insights and better support the decision-making process
-    Provide analytical support with timely and relevant financial analysis related to the on-going business results, ad-hoc analysis related to new business models, long-term business planning and portfolio choices.
-    Bring analytics insights and experience to shape the optimum solution for specific needs
-    Develop and leverage our Genpact Capabilities by making sure standard and harmonized assets, tools and methodologies are being applied and used where applicable

Scope

This section is to indicate scope attributes such as global or local, management or individual contributor and helps to describe the span of control of the job.
Individual Contributor or Line Manager
An individual contributor is someone without direct reports (or less than 2 direct reports)    Matrix Manager (project or indirect manager)
Geographic Scope    Local
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Education & Qualifications
Education Level  :  Bachelor's Degree
Educational and work achievements needed to perform job accountabilities successfully

•    Fluent in both English and Japanese

•    University Degree

•    Basic knowledge and skills in Accounting and Financial analysis

•    Min 5 yrs experience in Controlling and/or local FP&A

•    Experience leading team

•    Experience in the healthcare industry

 Competencies
    Foundational Competencies:

•    Financial Analysis
o    Constructs financial models (e.g., P&L and balance sheet models, M&A models, economic impact models)
o    Understands and applies costing techniques (e.g., standard costing, variance analysis, overhead allocation)
o    Synthesizes and simplifies financial and nonfinancial data
o    Maintains proficiency with tools and statistical modeling techniques (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion, Essbase and Business Objects)

•    Forecasting
o    Builds clear, accurate, and repeatable forecast models
o    Identifies root causes of previous errors to improve forecasting accuracy    
 
o    Monitors accuracy and predictive validity of existing models (e.g., relevance of metrics or business drivers included in forecast)

•    Budgeting
o    Develops and integrates budgets for multiple functional areas
o    Analyzes budgets for patterns and drivers of errors
o    Monitors and communicates budget performance against preset targets
o    Ensures alignment between the operating budget and strategic plan

•    Performance Management
o    Analyzes and reports performance metrics to management
o    Ensures assumptions underlying performance targets are well grounded in reality while driving for stretch results
o    Streamlines business reviews to focus management on the most critical risks and opportunities
o    Identifies metrics that drive performance against strategic priorities
o    Applies a broad range of analytical techniques to identify business issues, opportunities, and risks

•    Technology
o    Uses financial systems such as SAP, Cognos TM1, Cognos BI
o    Generates reports with customized data parameters to aid decision making

•    Investment management
o    Challenges investment assumptions used to develop metrics (e.g., IRR, NPV, ROI)
o    Evaluates trade-offs in a diverse portfolio of existing and proposed growth projects
o    Monitors investment performance throughout the project life cycle (pre– and post–project completion)

Target Competencies:

•    Predictive Modeling
o    Applies a wide variety of advanced statistical, mathematical, and market research techniques
o    Discovers new and interesting patterns across datasets using cluster analysis, dependencies, and anomaly detection
o    Leverages data mining techniques to forecast future trends and probabilities
o    Designs end-to-end models, which include identifying objectives, sampling, testing, calibration, and monitoring performance
o    Generates statistical models that can capture and quantify risks and opportunities

•    Data Combination
o    Works with multiple, inconsistent datasets from across the organization
o    Extracts insight from disparate sources of data
o    Uses machine learning techniques (e.g., applied mathematics, algorithm theory, distributed computing)
o    Assists nonfinancial partners in interpreting complex analyses
o    Maintains familiarity with and the ability to use mass database skills (e.g., Hadoop, Java, Python, SQL, Hive, Pig)
o    Shifts analyses between Excel and analytical data tools

•    Mathematical expertise
o    Applies correlation and multivariate regression in analysis
o    Uses the correct statistical tools when analyzing data (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, SciPy, Stata)

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you 

About us 
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science. 

Why work with us? 
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential. 

At UCB, we've embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless expressly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws. 
 
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