Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

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About the role

About Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.

Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

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TEAM

The Finance Planning & Accounting group provides global support to business partners, who are located in the US, UK and Japan. Responsibilities include providing budget planning support, financial statements for each entity including budget consumption status, and financial reports (Plan vs Result, forecast). Additionally, the FP&A team works closely with the various business partners to build business projections (pricing model, cost structure) as well as to report financial results and provide insights into status of business deliverables.

TEAM:

The Finance Planning & Analysis team provides global support to business partners, who are located in the US, UK and Japan. Responsibilities include providing budget planning support, financial statements for each entity including budget consumption status, and financial reports ( Plan vs Result, forecast). Additionally, the FP&A team works closely with the various business partners to build business projections (pricing model, cost structure) as well as to report financial results and provide insights into status of business deliverables.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?:

• Working with a flexible and proactive mindset, and having ownership

• Strong communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization

• Demonstrated ability to work cross culturally and to succeed in a dynamic environment

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operate Annual and Monthly financial plan/results from a management accounting perspective

• Review monthly results, analyze the reasons for their validity, update future forecasts, and report to the supervisor

• Operate Financial planning & Analysis for projects

• Summarize, re-class and report budget consumption status to product managers

• Make an estimate for Product team related to Individual Service Agreement

• Operate and develop an accounting system ( Oracle EPM ) and improve their business

• Draw up and support for executive officers and board meeting

• Review and validate business projections for assigned business units using financial models

• Provide advice from a financial perspective to ensure more positive business forecasts for the business in charge

• Provide the report to outside stakeholders / shareholders

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years and more of FP&A or other business planning role experience

• Diversity of knowledge relate to creating financial model, F/S and revenue model

• Bachelor's degree

• Fluent in both English and Japanese languages

• Knowledge of general standard software (e.g. Microsoft Office, Google Suite)

NICE TO HAVES:

• Practical experience in the IT companies and/or Automobile industry

• Advanced skill set of IT programming or BI tools

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Important Points

・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.

・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.

・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

WHAT WE OFFER

・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time

・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)

・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)

・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company

・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance

・Housing Allowance

・Retirement Benefits

・Rental Cars Support

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.

Source: Woven By Toyota careers (Lever)