Wafaa Jadir

Ensured the effective implementation and compliance of ABAC and TPRM policies and standards across all global business units, improving adherence by 25% through strategic oversight and guidance.
Developed a Comprehensive Ethics & Compliance Risk Assessment Framework that reduced third-party risk exposure by 30% in the first year, alongside Enhanced Vendor Monitoring Processes that improved risk mitigation by 20% and vendor reliability by 15%.
Led successful Ethics & Compliance risk mitigation projects with an 85% resolution rate and designed training programs that boosted team competency in third-party risk management by 40%, while also improving regulatory compliance through a standardized vendor risk management policy.

• Provide expertise and strategic counsel to Senior Leaders and other global functions to evolve Takeda’s global Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) governance program including Third Party Risk Management (TPRM).
• Ensure that all related ABAC and TPRM policies, standards, and practices are effectively implemented and followed by global business units.
• Serve as the primary Compliance Business Partner to the Takeda Business Solutions Leadership Team
• Serve as the most senior Ethics & Compliance expert in the design, oversight and execution of Takeda’s companywide TPRM governance program to assess, monitor and mitigate risks associated with external business partners.
• Act as the Global E&C Representative on both the Third-Party Risk Management Steering Committee and the Global Trade Sanctions Committee
• Support due diligence on potential third-party vendors, suppliers, agents, and other business as-sociates when those sue diligence are of high complexity.
• Conduct monitoring and auditing of prioritized risk areas. Partner with the business to address findings.
• Partner and communicate regularly with senior leaders and members of the Compliance team to ensure consistency and efficiency in approach across Takeda’s business units.
• As SME, leads in partnership with the Policy team to design and update ABAC policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ensure the organization's Compliance Program and controls are aligned with local and international anti-corruption laws and regulations.
• Oversees the Learning & Engagement team in developing and delivering training programs to educate employees and third parties on anti-corruption policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Support investigations into allegations of corruption or unethical behavior, collaborating with internal audit, legal, and other relevant departments and oversee corrective actions with the business.
• Ensure a fit-for-purpose auditing and monitoring of third-party business partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Procurement, to ensure a coordinated approach to risk management.
• Serve as a global escalation point to support LOCs & BU/BFs with respect to ABAC and third-party management issues.
• Champion initiatives in partnership with Monitoring, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, and the Analytics & Insights functions.

Spearheaded the successful global implementation of the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) process, contributing to the design of future processes, policies, and SOPs, while ensuring deliverables were met within project timelines and aligned with Takeda’s standards.
Acted as a Subject Matter Expert in Ethics & Compliance for TPRM initiatives, ensuring adherence to ABAC regulations and promoting collaboration with internal and global stakeholders to protect Takeda’s reputation and mitigate third-party risk across the ICMEA region.
Drove the integration of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes in ICMEA, spearheading risk identification, assessment, and mitigation efforts which improved risk visibility and led to a 30% reduction in exposure.

1)Global & ICMEA TPRM process:
Support Global TPRM team with the TPRM project implementation including the design of the future TPRM process, draft of global TPRM Policy and SOP as well as trainings and change management plan and ensure deliverables are achieved as per Takeda standards and within the approved project plan timelines.
Lead the TPRM SOP workstream including cross functional team to deliver a:
- Standardized processes applied across all LOCs and businesses, with a consistent application of third-party risk scoring, sensing, and monitoring.
- User friendly guidance focused on process controls rather than system steps
- Clarity of roles & responsibilities (ie how do the risk SMEs line up under the TPRM umbrella)
- Enhanced decision-making through analysis of the TP data from the TPRM system to arrive at a more informed decision from a governance perspective.

Lead ICMEA TPRM program to identify, manage and mitigate the risk exposure from the third parties of Takeda across all Clusters and LOCs.
Ensure Takeda Integrated Due Diligence process in rolled out and implemented in ICMEA HQ & all LOCs, training and coaching provided to users and E&C team when required or requested, IDD changes communicated to super users regularly.
Support and serve as a subject matter expert in Third Party Risk Management.
Ensure all activities conducted in ICMEA LOCs are in compliance with governing regulations, global policies and procedures.
Establishes and maintains strong relationships with internal key stakeholders, Global teams and customer to safeguard the company reputation from TPs engagements and external changes risks, failure of internal controls processes, people or systems.
Assist LOCs with the TPs risk assessment, mitigation and relevant training.

2)ICMEA Enterprise Risk Assessment process
• Contact person for ERM supporting local business stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Risk Owners
• Enables implementation of ERM processes, methods and standards related to ERA
• Guides and facilitates the ERA process with LOC, regional BU and/or BU/BF/BP stakeholders from risk identification, risk assessment, risk response, risk reporting to risk monitoring (including progress on risk mitigation actions)
• Facilitates the documentation of risks in the risk register as well as in defined risk management tools
• Shares insights about mitigating measures and any challenges that may arise with the Global ERM team
• Supports Risk Owners with effectively managing and monitoring their risk mitigation actions and subsequent improvement in the risk rating

Spearheaded compliance reviews of interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs), healthcare entities (HCEs), and government officials (GOs) across NEMEA, ensuring 100% adherence to global standards.
Developed and implemented a comprehensive compliance training program across NEMEA, raising employee compliance awareness by 40% and achieving a 95% completion rate of training modules.
Implemented a NEMEA EC communication strategy that increased awareness of compliance roles and risks, fostering a culture of ethical conduct and reducing compliance violations by 15%.
Served as the subject matter expert for Healthcare Compliance across NEMEA, creating a robust FAQ database and providing real-time guidance that improved compliance response efficiency by 35%.

• Further enhance the NEMEA Monitoring Program in alignment with Area/Regional/Global guidance. Ensure monitoring process deadlines, high quality and effective reporting across NEMEA.
• Review and monitor compliance with business activities on NEMEA Area owned interactions with HCPs/HCEs and GOs
• Lead and perform regularly HC (health check) to support the LOCs on identifying gap in the Compliance Program and report outcome directly to the E&C Committee
• Follow-up on remediation activities for deficiencies identified to ensure control gaps are successful resolved
• Assist in internal audit preparation for all NEMEA countries
• Lead and perform in collaboration with the countries a regular Risk Assessment across NEMEA to proactive identifying emerging regulatory issues, developments in industry practices and standards and Ethics and Compliance risk trends. This also covers the Financial Risk and Internal Control Process.
• Maintain a NEMEA risk registry and provide general guidance on how to manage risk areas and report & present outcome directly to NEMEA Leadership Team
• Manage, maintain and train NEMEA Area on E&C systems such as GEARS, Clix, Decision Point, Ethics Point etc.
• Establish a NEMEA E&C Communication strategy allowing awareness on the E&C officer role, evolving risks, sharing best practices and creating presentation to update Area/Region/Global on the Compliance Program
• Establish an effective tool enabling to collect & consolidate insights/info to get oversight on NEMEA level on the Compliance Program implementation in all NEMEA countries in areas like policies, training, monitoring, risk and investigations
• Maintain existing NEMEA policies and lead LOC/Country E&C Officers in the performance of appropriate periodic gap analysis of existing policies and legislative frameworks and develop plans for the revision of policies accordingly
• Develop and implement an effective Compliance training programme for all NEMEA Area employees, including working with the HR department to develop and implement appropriate E&C induction training for new NEMEA employees
• Work closely with the business to provide advice on appropriate business-level controls necessary to prevent illegal, unethical or improper conduct
• Act as a subject matter expert and develop a database of Frequently Asked Questions, providing answers and guidance on Healthcare Compliance-related topics within NEMEA

Reporting to NEMEA Executive Finance Director, my main responsibilities include:
• Coordination of a smooth and accurate month end closing process for NEMEA
- Ensure compliance with Takeda revenue recognition policies
- Responsible for the Representation and J-SOX Letter processes (where applicable) for the region including timely completion year-end audit to ensure quality reporting to Corporate
- Ensure alignment of accounting treatment across all entities in the NEMEA region
• Implementation of adequate internal controls and ensuring a proper monitoring system is in place
- Communicate and reinforce corporate policies and procedures covering area of responsibility, throughout NEMEA region including where needed harmonize key control policies
- Identify control issues and implement corrective actions
- Conduct regular Control Meetings with responsible parties to resolve issues and communicate results to Senior Management including tracking of external and internal audit issues and follow up
- Ensure the balance sheet and supporting reports are reconciling
• Responsible for coordinating Treasury and Tax Operations closely with Head Office
- Ensure that the local legal entities have adequate and cost effective working capital to fund operations.
- Analyze cash flows and verify reasonability of forecast numbers with Business units and provide consolidated legal entity reports
- Co-ordinate the Sweeping of Cash/Dividends Payments on a regular basis to the Japan Corporate Treasury;
- Provide legal entity based profit, dividends and tax information to Corporate for tax planning purpose.
- Ensure various local tax filings are completed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for Asset Management (Working Capital) for NEMEA Region:
- Ensure that the inventory is properly valued and slow moving and obsolescence inventories are adequately provided
- Monitor A/R and other amounts due from customers, and recommend and implement action to drive cash collections and reduce past dues.
- Enforce fixed asset tagging control system and monitor the movement of fixed assets;
• Responsible for the implementation of key strategic finance Initiatives
- Related Finance Information Systems ie SAP
- Optimize the transactional accounting functions in AP, AR, GL and FA across the region in alignment with NEMEA Region business strategy
- SME (subject matter expert) on FICO module and member of SAP governance team
- Lead in the FICO implementation including driving processes standardization across SA region
- Support LOC initiatives for accounting setup, new LOC / Rep Office setup
- Provide training/orientation for on-boarding Finance key personnel in the NEMEA region
• Responsible for NEMEA statutory reporting and audit, tax and compliance matters
- Ensure accurate statutory financial report
- SOP compliance for both internal and external audit
- Liaises with external auditors, ensure local statutory filings are completed in a timely manner

Responsible for:
• 15 Markets in North & West Africa including Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Sudan,
Somalia, Djibouti, Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory coast and the other Africa French speaking countries
• Overall responsibility for monitoring and reviewing the financial performance.
o Ensure the monthly and yearly financial closing in quality and time
o Analyze monthly and yearly performance of the business
o Appraise and comment on the full-year forecast
o Prepare and present financial performance to the Management team
• Provide true partnership to local management team and MENA finance team
o Provide explanations of significant variations to local management team
o Flag upcoming issues and developments in the region
o Analyze and evaluate customer profitability and business cases
• Responsible for driving the overall planning process in Developing countries
o Prepare and drive planning process in the region based on MENA and HQ guidelines
o Drive and manage target setting processes based on MENA guidelines
o Responsible for delivering regional Financial Business plan
o Work closely with budget holder to understand operational issues
• Establish and manage a Finance network with Finance stakeholders
o Ensure relevant, accurate and updated financial data.
o Responsible for a healthy internal control environment.

Responsible for:
• 9 Markets in North & West Africa including Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia, Senegal, Cameroon,
Ivory coast and the other Africa French speaking countries
• 8 to 12 direct reports

Best Achievements: • Design and Build a strong and reliable finance team recognized by other departments as a
reference in the business partnering support - 10 successful recruitments
• Internal controls processes redesign and implementation to ensure the Company & industry
compliance standards and steer the team toward accomplishing the same goal - Increase standard
level controls by 75%
• Major contributor in the Successful implementation of North and West Africa cluster - Average
Sales growth of 15%
• West Africa markets business model redesign and implementation while ensuring business
continuity - reduce number of distributors/customers by 50% and reduce payment risks by 86%
• $6 millions accounts receivables overdue invoices collection in Maghreb countries thanks to strong
negotiation skills. DSO reduced by 40%

Primary Accountabilities:
• Contribute towards achievement of annual sales and operating profit targets, effective tax rate targets and management of working capital within defined targets.
• Lead in the coordination and development of annual operating and strategic plans consistent with corporate strategy and targets.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with local legal requirements of the area as well as corporate policies while ensuring a sound control environment and safeguarding of assets. Certify accuracy of all
financial reporting compliant with the group and statutory requirements and completed timely.
• Lead local customer service, materials management and distribution organization to achieve defined
KPIs including maximizing service levels while maintaining optimal stock levels as well as using good
purchasing practices to reduce out of pocket and capital spending.
• Lead I.T. function to support local strategic initiatives that provide competitive advantage and/or improve the effectiveness of local operations. Work cross functionally within the local market and
regional/global I.T. to prioritize available I.T. funds to high value activities.
• Develop talent and build organizational capability across all areas through hiring top tier talent,
utilizing performance management process, effective development plans and robust OTR process.
• Lead change and innovation initiatives within the local market designed to improve the effectiveness of key processes.
• Work cross functionally with local counterparts (e.g. Business Unit Managers, Regulatory Affairs
Cluster Head) to effectively manage and control customer pricing with the goal of maximizing revenue
opportunity and execution of longer term strategic plans.
• Exercise the role of Business consultant to management by reviewing and making recommendations on financial and administrative implications in area of responsibility for business opportunities, product
launches, new strategic directions, process improvements, etc.

Morocco Finance Head, Maghreb Financial planning Manager
2008- 2010

Responsible for:
• Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia markets
• 4 direct reports managing the accounting, planning and reporting functions.

Best Achievements:
• Successful implementation of an innovative standard FP&A process customized to Mars company planning, budgeting, forecasting and business performance analysis requirements:
• Improved business insight-report standardization and the introduction of a single monthly management performance metric package that was adopted not only in Maghreb but also in the region.
• Reduction in time spent in building reports and freeing time for analysis - Automation of 40% of the reports
• Increased forecast accuracy thanks to the introduction of new forecasting techniques and processes reducing the forecasts variances by 15-20%
• Cost savings of 10%
• Products profitability analysis project completion including 3 products categories (Snackfood, Petfood and food), 22 brands and more than 125 SKUs leading in an increase of revenues by 18% and improvement of the net profit by 12%.
• Monthly balance sheet accounts reconciliation project successfully implemented leading to 5 consecutive successful external audits.
• Management of SAP system implementation in Morocco with a super user profile in FI, MM and SD modules.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Developing a world-class S&F function
• Delivering a secure governance and control environment
• Contributing to a high-performance Business Unit
• Provision of information and financial education to Business Units (brands, products, sales channels, customers)
• Developing business models that provide for transparency and help in the management of diverse components
• Ensuring that the Business Unit operates with clear visibility of its own, as well as that of its competitors, cost structures and strategies
• Implementing efficient financial operations
• Developing effective business processes
• Representing the Regions' Business Units to the Mars, Incorporated
• Representing the Mars, Incorporated Corporate Office and Mars Way to the Regions' Business Units

Morocco Financial planning Manager
2001 - 2008

• Handled the tasks of preparing and analyzing budgets, forecasts and financial reports (P&L, BS and Cashflow)
• Prepared and analyzed monthly operating results for each department, costing and margins
• Responsible for maintaining accounting files and charts
• Established and monitored internal controls and ensured that accounting activities are in accordance with legal, government and company policies
• Ensured that the accounting procedures of the company conform to the accepted accounting principles
• Supervised and monitored accounting staff
• Responsible for performing tax reviews and processing invoices for weekly payments
• Managed account reconciliation and processed billing adjustments
• Worked with the Regional Finance manager to identify and resolve financial issues
• Responsible for executing, reconciling and transmitting monthly accounts payable and receivable
• Oversee all tax and regulatory compliance issues
• Prepare and submit information to statutory authorities
• Liaise with external advisors on the preparation of statutory financial information
• Prepare monthly accounts (P&L and balance sheet)
• Preparation of annual statutory Accounts
• Preparation of Tax computations (VAT and corporation Tax)
• Prepare Payroll figures
• Manage insurances