At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.
We are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.
Job Function:
Finance
Job Sub Function:
Risk Management
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations: Various locations worldwide including Zug, Switzerland; Leiden, Netherlands; Beerse, Belgium; Prague, Czechia; Cork, Ireland
Location:
Zug, Switzerland; Leiden, Netherlands; Beerse, Belgium; Prague, Czechia; Cork, Ireland
Contract:
Full time, permanent
This role will be part of the Innovative Medicine Risk & Advisory team, supporting the organization with financial risk and compliance expertise on key projects and transformation initiatives.
The majority of projects will involve SAP S4 Hana implementations, requiring previous experience in similar projects from a financial compliance standpoint.
You will act as a strategic business partner, centering excellence for internal controls and risk inquiries assessment. You will identify risks associated with each transformation project and develop a framework for financial and operational controls to mitigate those risks.
Additionally, you will develop a strategic compliance business adoption strategy to ensure future digital and financial projects align with strong control and compliance metrics and requirements.
Responsibilities:
Transformation Support:
* Provide expert guidance to the finance team during digital and process transformation initiatives.
* Proactively identify operational and financial risks and propose adequate and efficient controls to mitigate gaps.
* Recommend actions to improve accounting and operational procedures and internal controls.
* Develop and successfully implement frameworks for supervising and reporting on the progress and efficiency of transformation effectiveness.
Project Leadership:
* Take the lead on critical compliance projects, from planning through to execution and evaluation.
* Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication to ensure alignment and support for compliance projects.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project goals are met and well integrated in the organization planning.
* Ensure all financial transformation initiatives and projects comply with applicable laws and regulations and industry standards.
* Ensure full alignment with management and create strong business partnerships between all stakeholders.
* Foster a culture of continuous improvement and compliance awareness across the finance organization.
To succeed in this role, you should have:
* Existing or willing to acquire recognized accounting qualification such as CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or CIA (Corporate Internal Audit).
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance.
* A minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience.
* At least 3 years of experience as an internal control or SOX compliance lead in the industry.
* Experience of accessing internal controls and communicating findings to a range of stakeholders.
* SAP S4 HANA transformation and project related assignments ideally from a financial compliance standpoint.
You will also need:
* Proficiency in English plus another European language.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
* Knowledge of JDE systems preferred.
Stronger still if you have:
* Excellent communication and project management skills.
* Strong teamwork attributes in a virtual/remote working environment.
* Proactive attitude: ability to look and perform 'outside the box'.
* Process-oriented, strong analytical skills.
* 'Can do' attitude: ability to handle complex and ambiguous situations.
* Able to demonstrate values consistent with J&J Credo evidenced through past experience.
This opportunity awaits at Johnson & Johnson:
* An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
* A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
* Many opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
* Being part of employee engagement activities on a voluntary basis based on individual preference.
* Many employee benefits.
Development Opportunities:
* Strong cross sector internal controls knowledge.
* Exposure to senior management.
* Finance functions with local organization.
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