FP&A Excellence ERP Transformation Global Process Expert

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Job Description

Do you want to build something next-gen and innovative, while contributing to a greater purpose? Takeda Business Solutions (TBS) is now hiring a FP&A Excellence ERP Transformation Global Process Expert who will support and drive the end-to-end transformation of FP&A Finance Systems and processes through the Takami Project focuses on the Financial Planning and Analysis and Controlling needs of Takeda Finance Globally.

Here, you will help TBS realize our inspiring vision to build and deliver simplified, innovative solutions by unlocking the value of data for our global business. This, in turn, empowers Takeda’s unwavering commitment to patients.

INSPIRED BY PATIENTS. POWERED BY YOU.

Takeda is embarking on a transformative, multi-year program called Takami, which aims to migrate the current SAP platform to S/4HANA, serving as a critical foundation for future growth and innovation. This role will play a pivotal part in ensuring the program’s success and fully realizing its benefits.

The FP&A Excellence ERP Transformation GPE will be responsible for driving the end-to-end transformation of finance systems and processes in alignment with the FP&A Excellence Lead through the implementation of a new ERP (S/4Hana) solution. The role spans across global functions and business units, ensuring alignment of strategy, governance, and execution to deliver accurate and reliable financial data for planning, reporting, and analysis.

The FP&A Excellence team is committed to providing easy-to-use global solutions that enable Finance to effectively drive business decisions. By implementing globally standardized tools, we enhance efficiency and free up capacity for deeper analysis, thereby strengthening Finance’s role as an agile and strategic business partner. Our modular ecosystem comprises fully reconciled, purpose-driven applications, ensuring both consistency and reliability in financial operations while supporting best-in-class performance.

Accelerate value & make an impact by:

• Supporting the end-to-end transformation of FP&A finance systems and processes through the Takami Project (SAP S/4HANA), addressing global FP&A and Controlling needs.
• Identifying ERP-enabled opportunities to improve global financial planning, including assessing benefits of key decisions and potential data/process risks.
• Ensuring the ERP solution delivers accurate, reliable financial data aligned to Takeda’s planning, reporting, and analytics needs, including integration with IBM Planning Analytics.
• Developing and managing project plans for ERP alignment and implementation, including resourcing, budget, milestones, and delivery tracking.
• Serving as the primary liaison across Global FP&A Excellence, the Takami project team, DD&T, system integrators, and global business stakeholders.
• Leading governance routines (meetings, workshops, status reporting) and maintaining clear communication with senior leadership, including summarizing key decisions and outcomes.
• Driving process harmonization and optimization within Global FP&A Excellence to align with best practices and leverage ERP capabilities.
• Establishing metrics and dashboards to monitor progress, surface insights, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Proactively managing risks, issues, and bottlenecks through structured problem-solving and timely escalation when needed.
• Designing and executing change management to enable adoption (training, communications, stakeholder engagement).
• Representing Global FP&A Excellence requirements through design, testing, and deployment.
• Ensuring alignment with financial reporting, compliance (e.g., SOX, IFRS), and operational excellence initiatives.
  

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
• 10+ years of relevant experience, including 6–8 years in FP&A within pharma or a similar regulated industry.
• Business fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Proven experience influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels and excellent communication skills to clearly articulate objectives, benefits, and expectations to relevant stakeholders.
• Exceptional change management capability, driving adoption in complex environments.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to assess decision implications and impacts on business operations.
• Deep expertise in ERP and finance platforms/tools, including SAP (and/or JDE) and financial reporting/planning solutions such as IBM Planning Analytics, Hyperion, and HFM.
• Demonstrated leadership in large-scale ERP programs, preferably SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Strong knowledge of financial operations, including cost accounting, planning, reporting, and consolidation.
• Ability to develop and implement strategies that drive standardization and efficiency improvements.
• Ability to analyze the impact of process changes across roles and functions.
• Strong conflict management and resolution skills, including addressing resistance and enabling constructive dialogue within and across teams.
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional, global teams through large-scale transformation.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or CPA qualification.
• Knowledge of SOX compliance, IFRS standards, and financial best practices.

What Takeda Business Solutions can offer you:

No investment we make pays greater dividends than taking good care of our people. We offer you a full range of benefits, such as:

Your Wealth

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Bonus
• Referral Bonus
• Social Fund (Christmas Bonus, Holiday Allowance tec.)
• Employee Recognition

Your Health

• Medical Care - various packages for the employee fully sponsored by Takeda. Family packages additionally paid by employee.
• Eyeglass refund

Your Future

• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Capital Plans
• A broad variety of learning platforms
• Professional Growth opportunities including mentoring program
• Next-Generation Series – our comprehensive offer of internal webinars available to all employees from day 1

Your Well-Being

• Subsidized Sport Card
• Takeda Sport & engagement teams
• One additional day-off for voluntary activities
• Fruits in the office, broad variety of coffee and tea
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working
• Employee assistance program

About Takeda Business Solutions

Takeda Business Solutions (TBS) is a key business partner for Takeda creating an exceptional experience where you feel supported and confident in our solutions. We harness the power of data and digital to optimize end-to-end processes across Finance, Procurement and HR. TBS is a driver of the latest technology and next generation capabilities in artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and analytics, while being agile at scale. With a clear line of sight to the patient, we create seamless experiences that free up our partners' and colleagues' time to focus on our purpose – better health for people, brighter future for the world.

We don’t do ordinary – at Takeda we unite in diversity!

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive workplace, where individuals are recognized for the diverse backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continually improving workplace experience and accessibility for everyone, and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our Team.

Locations

Lodz, Poland

Base Salary Range:

zł272,200.00 - zł374,330.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Employees may be eligible for a comprehensive range of benefits and incentives:

• short-term incentives

• Sport cards

• private medical care subscription

• group life and accidental death insurance

• participation in Employee Capital plans (PPK)

•  social found benefits

• Well-being benefits and others  

Pracownicy mogą być uprawnieni do szerokiego zakresu świadczeń i benefitów:

• system bonusowy

• karty sportowe

• opieka medyczna

• grupowe ubezpieczenie NŻ I NW

• udział w pracowniczych planach kapitałowych (PPK)

• benefity z ZFSS

• well-beingowe benefity oraz inne  

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time