Manager, FP&A (R&D)
About The Position
At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 8,000+ global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere. We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing healthcare with heart. With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.JOB SUMMARY The FP&A Manager – R&D is accountable for financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for Terumo BCT’s global Research & Development organization. This role serves as the primary finance partner to R&D leadership and is responsible for ensuring financial discipline, transparency, and decision support across new product development, sustaining engineering, and innovation investment portfolios. Reporting to the Director, Corporate FP&A, this role leads R&D FP&A activities, manages analyst resources, and plays a key role in enterprise planning cycles, investment governance, and long‑range planning within a global, regulated medical device environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles
- Expert‑level financial planning, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Strong understanding of R&D cost structures, capitalization concepts, and portfolio economics
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through complexity
- Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills
- Strong executive communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with SAP or similar ERP platforms preferred
- Experience with financial planning systems (e.g., Workday Adaptive, Anaplan, OneStream)
- Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- Demonstrated leadership, judgment, and accountability mindset
- Public AI tool compentency
Nice To Haves
- MBA or other advanced degree preferred
- Minimum 2 years in a people leadership or process‑ownership role preferred
- Demonstrated experience partnering with R&D or engineering organizations strongly preferred
- Experience in medical device, life sciences, healthcare, or other regulated manufacturing environments preferred
- Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization
Responsibilities
- Own FP&A accountability for the global R&D function, including: Operating expense and headcount planning
- Capital and project investment tracking
- Portfolio‑level financial performance and ROI visibility
- Serve as a finance advisor to R&D leadership, enabling informed decision‑making across innovation and development priorities
- Partner with R&D leaders to balance investment, risk, speed‑to‑market, and cost discipline
- Lead R&D components of: Monthly and quarterly forecasts
- Annual operating plan (AOP)
- Multi‑year long‑range planning (LRP)
- Guide R&D leaders through planning assumptions, trade‑offs, and scenario analysis
- Ensure alignment between R&D plans and enterprise financial objectives
- Review, challenge, and approve R&D financial submissions before consolidation at the corporate level
- Provide financial leadership across: New product development programs
- Sustaining engineering initiatives
- Platform, technology, and process investments
- Support portfolio governance, investment committee inputs, and post‑investment performance tracking
- Develop and maintain models to assess financial impact, capacity utilization, and risk exposure across the R&D pipeline
- Lead, coach, and develop Financial Analysts supporting R&D
- Set expectations for analytical rigor, business partnership, and executive‑quality outputs
- Review and elevate analyses prepared by the team, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and insight
- Allocate workload and priorities in alignment with corporate FP&A direction
- Deliver clear, actionable R&D financial reporting to FP&A leadership and executive stakeholders
- Drive continuous improvement in R&D FP&A processes, tools, and reporting standards
- Partner with Corporate FP&A on standardization, transformation initiatives, and system enhancements
- Ensure appropriate use of ERP, planning, and BI tools to increase insight and efficiency
Benefits
- At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, we provide competitive total reward offerings that consist of compensation, benefits, recognition, along with a wealth of other well-being, work-life and recognition programs which support in unlocking the potential for you and your family. Included in our expansive list of benefits offerings are multiple group medical, dental and vision plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance and disability coverages, also a variety of voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and much more. To help you save for retirement, we offer a 401(k) plan with a matching contribution and for work-life balance we have vacation and sick time programs for associates. For us, it’s about protecting the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping to achieve personal goals and offering those extra touches for convenience, security and overall peace of mind.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
