Associate Finance (1 Year Contract) at Elanco in Tokyo, Tokyo, JP

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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Your Role: Associate Finance

As associate finance, you will be part of finance team to deliver support for tasks related to P2P, R2R, O2C area.

Your Responsibilities:

• P2P area - Ariba user support (vendor registration, change, creating PR), vendor support (Ariba invoice, registration), support for invoice handling, training for new users, others.
• ·O2C area - point of contact for invoices, managing customer e mail address, delivering a few customer invoices, creating monthly discount, others.
• R2R area - a few accounting entries, others.
• Concur – concur check and support, concur user training, others.
• Others – handling delivered mail, filing others.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Skills/Requirements: communication skills (customers, vendor, other departments), basic accounting knowledge, read/write English (Basic is fine) and Japanese (Business level), Excel basic skills.
• Experience: training for users, creating manuals for users, booking journals into accounting system (SAP etc.).

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Proficiency in SAP or similar large-scale ERP systems.
• Proven experience in creating and maintaining process documentation or user manuals for finance systems.
• A strong customer-service mindset when dealing with vendor and internal stakeholder inquiries.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities across different finance streams (P2P, O2C, R2R) effectively.
• Experience working within a multinational corporate environment.

Additional Information:

• Travel: Not required
• Location: Japan

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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