Finance Lead Turkiye
Istanbul, Istanbul Job ID R0193304 Category Finance Subcategory Corporate Functions Business Unit Corporate Functions Job Type Full timeBy clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use. I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.
Job Description
ACCOUNTABILITIES
· Lead the local end-to-end finance agenda for the market, in collaboration with the Cluster Finance team & GCC, including planning, performance support, local finance coordination, and statutory interface activities.
· Act as the primary local finance contact for the country team, local leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
· Build and own local plans, forecasts, and financial commentary that reflect business ambition, execution realities, and market-specific assumptions.
· Ensure that forecasts are realistic, transparent, and grounded in market dynamics, business execution, productivity expectations, and commercial assumptions.
· Act as a senior financial partner to local country stakeholders and challenge the business constructively on ambition, phasing, productivity, risks, and execution realism.
· Coordinate with GCC/shared services and cluster controllership to ensure local reporting, close, reconciliations, and controls are completed accurately and on time.
· Review and validate local close outputs, balance sheet positions, assumptions, and commentary before submission into cluster or IBU governance processes.
· Ensure that local business conditions, regulatory requirements, tax/statutory expectations, and stakeholder considerations are appropriately reflected in finance outputs.
· Support local compliance, audit readiness, statutory reporting, and authority-facing requirements in partnership with the relevant cluster or regional controller.
· Serve as the local finance authority on market-specific finance issues, escalating complex risks, control concerns, and business exceptions appropriately and in a timely manner.
· Help ensure that centralized finance support colleagues have the information, decisions, and local context they need to execute effectively.
· Drive simplification, clarity, and strong operating discipline while preserving local accountability and judgment.
· Contribute to improvement of local-to-cluster ways of working, including use of digital, analytics, and AI-enabled finance tools.
. Lead local transfer pricing execution and governance, ensuring compliance with global policies and local regulatory requirements.
. Monitor intercompany transactions and support transfer pricing documentation, reviews and audits.
. Drive cash-flow planning and liquidity management through proactive forecasting and working-capital optimization.
. Identify cash-flow risks and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions to protect financial performance and liquidity.
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Education and Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
· Professional finance or accounting qualification preferred.
· 15+ years of finance experience across planning, reporting, control, business partnering, or local market finance support.
· Experience supporting legal entities, country leadership teams, or market-level stakeholders preferred.
· Strong working knowledge of local statutory, regulatory, or local GAAP requirements preferred.
· Advanced experience with enterprise planning tools, Power BI or equivalent reporting and analytics platforms preferred, plus strong curiosity & willingness to upskill within AI field
· Pharmaceutical, healthcare, or similarly regulated industry experience preferred.
Skills and Capabilities
· Broad finance leadership
· Planning and forecasting
· Financial reporting and close review
· Controls coordination and statutory awareness
· Local stakeholder partnership
· Independent judgment and prioritization
· Strong communication
· High ownership and accountability
