In this role, you collaborate directly with OHE’s Managing Director and you partner with regional and global Finance stakeholders to lead and implement corporate projects and to establish a Finance shared service strategy in Europe. At the same time, you lead OHE’s internal Finance department and oversee all financial activities including accounting, financial reporting and budgeting/forecasting.

• Lead and implement corporate finance projects across Otsuka companies in Europe.
• Establish and execute a strategy to deliver Finance shared services across Otsuka companies in Europe.
• Lead harmonization of financial systems and processes across Otsuka companies in Europe.
• Maintain executive responsibility for OHE’s financial operations, including general accounting, ensuring compliance with general accounting principles such as IFRS, German GAAP (HGB), tax regulations and internal procedures.
• Further develop, implement and maintain OHE’s financial accounting, billing and auditing procedures, including monitoring of accounting activities, statutory reporting updates and implementation of new standards and regulations.
• Involvement in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, and preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages.
• Develop, leverage and deploy existing and future ERP and Advanced Planning Systems.
• Analyze current and future business operations and plans to determine financial effectiveness.
• Develop, establish and direct execution of finance policies to support overall company policies and objectives.
• Lead OHE’s Finance team and support their personal development.

• Masters’s degree in Finance, Business Administration or Accounting preferred.
• Several years’ work experience in leading corporate finance projects, finance systems and processes harmonization and establishing finance shared services in a multi-national Group setting.
• Experience in design and roll-out of ERP systems, preferably SAP and Navision systems.
• Profound knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control principles including international and local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Profound knowledge of German and international financial regulations.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in German and in English language, applying strong negotiation skills with tact and diplomacy. Additional European language skills preferred.
• Ability to motivate teams and convince stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and facilitate group stakeholder meetings.