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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our Work Design consultation team within EY Japan Consulting. This project-based role involves applying your expertise to help clients fix business problems by redesigning work across people, process, and systems. You will collaborate with EY consultants and client stakeholders, bringing hands-on expertise to defined deliverables.

Responsibilities

Support the monthly close for management reporting across business units and brands.
Close revenue, demand sales, FTE, Opex, and P&L within working days 1 to 5.
Prepare sales variance commentary for Global Finance.
Analyze actuals against budget and explain key variances.
Prepare revenue forecasts, including the mid-month revenue forecast.
Update year-end landing forecasts every two weeks through December.
Support ongoing budget management.
Prepare and submit the 2027 budget.
Support monthly reporting on revenue, investment, cash, and sustainability items.
Partner with business unit heads and function heads on performance and planning.
Provide senior support to team members in negotiations with business stakeholders.
Coordinate daily in English with Global Finance and an overseas shared services team.
Communicate with local teams and stakeholders in Japanese (fluent or native level).
Analyze formulas in existing Excel files independently and understand the logic behind them.
Build analysis and reporting materials in Excel and PowerPoint.
Work with data from SAP and EPM systems such as Anaplan or Hyperion.
Support strategic finance projects as priorities emerge.
Take over responsibilities through a structured handover with the existing team.

Requirements

Must be located in Japan and currently eligible to work in Japan.
Apply accounting knowledge equivalent to Nissho Boki Level 2.
Fluent or native level Japanese communication skills.
Ability to coordinate daily in English with Global Finance and an overseas shared services team.
Ability to analyze formulas in existing Excel files independently and understand the logic behind them.
Ability to build analysis and reporting materials in Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

Process analysis
Process documentation
Control design
Manual creation
Audit support
Excel
PowerPoint
SAP
Anaplan
Hyperion
FP&A experience (nice to have)
Finance business partnering experience (nice to have)
Pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience (nice to have)
Brand-level revenue forecasting (nice to have)
Product lifecycle drivers in pharma (nice to have)
Understanding of Japan's NHI drug price revisions (nice to have)
Wholesaler sales analysis (nice to have)
Gross-to-net analysis in the Japanese pharma market (nice to have)
Project management experience (nice to have)
Finance system upgrade project experience (nice to have)

Location

Within 23 wards of Tokyo

Work Type

Project-based
Quasi-Mandate Contract

Experience Level

Experienced SME

Education Level

Nissho Boki Level 2 equivalent accounting knowledge

About the Company

EY Strategy and Consulting, Co. Ltd. is a consulting service team within EY Japan Consulting.
We specialize in Work Design consultation, helping clients fix business problems by redesigning how work is performed across people, process, and systems.
Our team brings strong capabilities in process analysis, documentation, control design, manual creation, and audit support.
We collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) who contribute deep hands-on expertise in specific functional areas.