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

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 EurAsia 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.
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
Solid accounting/finance knowledge
Advanced analytical skill
IT proficiency - Microsoft Office Excel, and Powerpoint
Business level fluency in Japanese and English language is essential

Job Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience working as Finance Professional or equivalent
Experience in relevant areas such as commercial/operational finance and corporate/sales/marketing planning

Competencies

Be proactive, agile and flexible to meet deadline and multiple demands under pressure
Leadership mentality and behavior
Ability to work across teams and deliver results
Ability to simplify complexity and logically communicate the idea
Strong communication skills both in English and Japanese are required
Sound and balanced interpersonal skills
Strong curiosity for business

Good to Have

Education/Skills

CPA or BOKI degree 2 or above is plus
Enhanced IT proficiency – Power BI, Snowflake, SAP, Business Object or other ERP/BI tools
Knowledge in relevant areas such as accounting, marketing and medical industry etc

Job Experience

Experience in medical industry

Work Location

This role requires commuting to the office approximately once a week.

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About Medtronic

世界の医療を変えていくために。

メドトロニックは「人々の痛みをやわらげ、健康を回復し、生命を延ばす」ため、医療技術、治療法、サービスの提供を行っています。私たちはよりよい明日の実現を目指して、日々挑戦を続けています。メドトロニックは働く人にとって刺激的で、やりがいある仕事に満ちた職場です。

意義ある技術革新を生み出すため、私たちは強みである技術力をスピーディーに具現化することを目指しています。そのためには優秀な人材が不可欠です。メドトロニックは世界規模で起きている医療の課題に向き合い、患者さんの生活の改善に貢献します。一緒に未来を築いていきましょう。

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 95,000+ 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

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