Platform Owner

**Join our team and make an impact on patients’ lives**

We strive to create an exceptional people experience for patients, communities, partners and employees. As a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company, we know our decisions and actions affect people’s lives. We look to our values of Takeda-ism, which incorporates Integrity, Fairness, Honesty and Perseverance, and Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business as a guide in our decision-making process to ensure we do what’s right - for our patients, our people and society.

We have a team of globally diverse colleagues who are committed to bringing Better Health to people and a Brighter Future to the world. Our success depends on fostering an inclusive environment where all employees are welcomed, empowered and inspired to use their unique voices and talents.

Working here, you will make a positive impact on people’s lives every day — including your own.

**PURPOSE OF JOB/POSITION**
- Consults with AWS Cloud Operations team, Windows Server team, SQL Server team, Takeda Security team, Audit/SOX Compliance team, UAMS-HFM team, Finance Business-Owners of Hyperion, 3rd party software vendors.

**ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Understand the close, consolidation and reporting data and reporting needs
- Provide support to ensure all operational and project based commitments related to the consolidation systems are delivered
- Provide support to ensure that the consolidation systems are fully available to support close, consolidation and external reporting requirements
- Provide support to ensure adequate IT support is available during month end close and IT issues are resolved in a timely manner
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal finance stakeholders
- Collaborate and partner with various stakeholders to implement and deliver system improvements and opportunities
- Provide hand-on solutions and advise to support the business needs
- Ensure all development activity is compliant with change control procedures and is rigorously tested
- Maintain current knowledge on Consolidation and related tools

**DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS**

**Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise**
- Strong knowledge and experience of Hyperion EPM and related tools (preferred: HFM, FDMEE/ODI, HTP, SmartView)
- Strong knowledge and understanding of technology including AWS Cloud, MS SQL Server and MS Windows servers.
- Strong understanding of Finance business processes
- General knowledge of AWS Cloud

**Leadership**
- Ability to form strong working relationships across a matrix environment
- Excellent communication, listening and influencing skills; ability to listen, anticipate needs and influence solutions

**Decision-making and Autonomy**
- Ability to decipher when problems require escalation and the most appropriate route to resolution
- Strong business acumen with ability to understand the implications of decisions
- Solutions and results oriented to deliver best value to the organizaiton

**Interaction**
- HFM Application Mangement Lead and Team (Contact1)
- Internal Controls/SOX PMO Lead and Team
- Tax Reporting Lead and Team
- Takeda Business Solutions
- Internal DD&T Stakeholders
- BOTT
- Liaise with all additional applicable stakeholders
- External verndors and consultants

**Innovation**
- Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency through enhancements in the Consolidation systems while ensuring business continuity and mínimal business disruptions

**Complexity**
- Hyperion EPM and related tools - e.g. Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Tax Provisioning, Hyperion SmartView, FDMEE/ODI
- Manage relationships with multiple stakeholders across different timezones

**EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS**:
**Essential**
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Minimum 5+ years of technical and administration experience with Hyperion EPM and related tools including back end architecture (MS SQL Server and MS Windows servers).
- Minimum 4+ years supporting end-user processes (e.g. Close, Budget, Forecast)
- Excellent oral and written communications skills, business acumen with analytical and problem solving skills.
- Practice efficient time management and coordinates tasks, working in an international environment.
- Understanding of how IT efforts are tied to achievement of business goals.
- Business Analyst and/or Project management experience.
- Ability to communicate ideas and data both verbally and written in a persuasive and appropriate manner.
- User Centricity at the core
- Experience with working with multiple teams across a matrixed organization to implement solutions.

**Desired**
- Pharmaceutical industry experience.
- AWS Cloud
- Experience on Hyperion version 11.2, specifically HFM, HTP, FDMEE/ODI

**MORE ABOUT US**:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that wil