• Ensure financial planning and budgeting of internal and external costs, own & third party personnel costs and head count, capital/investment projects
• Lead the implementation of NCIM as part of LDC by appropriately making country inputs to global team
• 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

Education (minimum/desirable):

B.A., advanced degree such as MBA and CPA is a plus

Languages:            

Japanese/English

Experience/Professional requirement:         

Profound knowledge on clinical study planning and operation. Desirable to have more than 5 years finance related working experience in Global company. Pharma development working experience is preferred. Global project experience is highly preferred.

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