Masashi Kai

Serve as standalone finance leader for Tanabe Pharma GmbH, overseeing the full finance and accounting function including closing, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, cost control, tax compliance, audits, and governance. Manage outsourced accounting and advisors while driving finance operations. Lead accounting system migration, IT function transition, and process optimization. Partner with local and Japan headquarters leadership to provide financial insights and support strategic decisions.

- Conducted IT Application Controls (ITAC) assessments for a global enterprise software company as part of external audit procedures. Focused on evaluating the operating effectiveness of automated controls embedded in key business processes

Project: Cost Accuracy Transformation • Identified cost inaccuracies by analyzing sales and accounting data • Led corrective actions, restoring cost accuracy and securing CEO approval Project: First Inventory Control Metrics • Led procurement manager to build model integrating HQ shipment lead times and sales forecasts, enabling data-driven inventory control and waste reduction • Assessed impact of closing subsidiary’s expatriate office across tax, risk, audit, and admin. dimensions, informing CEO decision

- Built financial models for equity valuation and impairment across 5 transactions, supporting audit procedures and financial reporting accuracy

- Performed ITGC audits for MUFG group, multinational company, ensuring compliance and control effectiveness across 30+ systems and 100+ servers annually - Supervised 5 team members and offshore delivery with India-based team, improving audit quality

As a project member I co-introduced a core system for a retailing client together with competitive seniors. My tasks included: • Documenting Data Flow Diagram to visualise client’s daily operations • Documenting Data Mapping for an ETL tool by inquiring several vendors • Implementing Data Cleansing for a transition of master and transaction data to a new database and a BI tool