Senior Director, Finance Data Governance and Management

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Job Function:

Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson  is recruiting a Senior Director, Finance Data Governance and Management located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

This role is responsible for shaping and executing the end‑to‑end finance data strategy—governing how data is defined, managed, validated, and enabled to drive insight, efficiency, and business value. This role serves as the single point of accountability for ensuring finance‑critical data is trusted, governed, and usable across the organization, supporting accurate reporting, strong controls, and confident decision‑making. 

With deep expertise in SAP S/4 Finance and enterprise data management, this leader partners across Finance, Technology, and Operations to translate enterprise design into day‑to‑day execution. Success in this role requires exceptional people and talent leadership, including the ability to scale and develop large, global teams; influence peers and senior stakeholders; and manage upward to executive leadership. This leader brings the discipline to scale governance in a way that enables the business while maintaining strong controls and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance & Operating Model

• Own the enterprise Finance data governance operating model: decision rights, roles (owners, stewards, custodians), domain councils, and stewardship communities and executive governance forums.

• Define and maintain policies, standards, and controls for Finance data, including metadata, lineage, privacy, and retention—embedded into ways of working and change processes.

• Run the portfolio intake for Finance data & systems changes (programs, releases, enhancements) and ensure integrated design review, risk assessment, and run‑state readiness.

Data Management & Master/Reference Data

• Set the strategy and roadmap for Finance master/reference data (GL accounts, cost/profit centers, company codes, ledgers, BP/customer/vendor, materials, hierarchies), spanning SAP S/4 and connected platforms including downstream reporting and consolidation environments.

• Oversee SAP MDG capabilities, workflows, and data model governance, ensuring harmonization across business units and landscapes.

Data Quality (DQ) & Controls

• Establish enterprise DQ standards (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, validity, uniqueness) and implement DQ rules, monitoring, and remediation for critical Finance data sets and pipelines.

• Operationalize issue management (triage → root cause → fix → prevent) with SLA‑based accountability across support teams.

• Embed preventive controls in processes and change lifecycle; reduce reconciliation and period-end close efforts by improving upstream data quality.

Data Enablement & Value Realization

• Drive data discoverability so Finance and business users can reliably find and use trusted data.

• Lead data literacy and change programs (Data Stewardship) that increase adoption and reduce data friction.

• Partner with Finance leadership to prioritize data use cases and measure value realization tied to financial, operational, and risk outcomes.

People, Culture & Org Leadership

• Lead a large, global data organization with clear mission, career paths, and a strong talent