Finance Sr Manager

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Company

hirify.global’s Japan affiliate operates a General Medicine portfolio supported by cross-functional and regional finance teams.

What you will do

• Partner with the General Medicine leadership team on strategy, resource allocation, portfolio prioritization, and business performance.
• Lead short- and long-range sales forecasting, OPEX forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning.
• Develop investment proposals, business cases, scenario analyses, and ROI assessments.
• Use financial and non-financial data, analytics, visualization tools, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to improve decision-making.
• Monitor performance against forecasts and targets, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead, coach, and develop one Finance Business Partner Manager while supporting succession planning and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Significant experience in finance, business partnering, FP&A, or commercial finance.
• Fluent Japanese and English communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, business case development, and commercial decision support.
• Experience supporting senior commercial leaders in cross-functional organizations.

Nice to have

• Healthcare or life sciences industry experience.
• Direct people-management experience.
• Professional finance qualification such as CPA, CMA, ACA, ACCA, MBA, or equivalent.
• Experience with data analytics, visualization tools, automation technologies, and AI-enabled solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on transparency, accountability, collaboration, and fact-based decision-making.
• Opportunity to build a high-performance finance team focused on continuous learning.
• Emphasis on innovation, process simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Partnership with regional finance teams to share best practices and align planning and reporting activities.