Finance Manager - Legal Finance System Implementation

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. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Finance Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Finance Manager - Legal Finance System Implementation New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/

Position Overview & Responsibilities

Johnson and Johnson, Inc. is recruiting for a Finance Manager to lead the integration of a new Spend Matter Management (Legal procurement) system and spearhead the creation and implementation of new finance processes in support the successful integration and the business case.  This individual will be responsible for establishing and tracking the value case for the business. Collaboration with the SigniFi team will be crucial to ensure alignment of the new spend matter system into the financial ERG.  This is a 3 year project role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide finance leadership support to the Spend Mater cross-functional team, including the Legal Operations Organization.

• Influence the development of expanded forecast collection, including all external legal spend categories and transition from annual to quarterly.

• Collaborate with functional leaders to influence and enhance data collection processes for forecast and analytics.

• Engage in fit gap analysis, data validation, mapping, and cleansing relating to financial systems.

• Participate in design workshops and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of functional reporting and system design

• Ensure timely completion of compliance requirements and communicate regular analytics for all categories of Legal spend.

• Support ad-hoc projects and technology solutions for streamlined analysis and reporting within finance and various business partners.

• Framing and communicating analytics and system implementation updates to senior management.

• Support training and change management with key stakeholder groups to ensure a smooth system go-live

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree is required, preferably with a major in Accounting or Finance.

• CPA, CMA, or MBA is preferred.

• A minimum of five years of experience in Finance and/or Accounting is required.

• Strong financial analysis and systems skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, Alteryx) and the ability to adapt to a changing technology systems landscape are required.

• Ability to collaborate and partner with people at all levels and have strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills are required.

• Strong team building skills are required, people management experience preferred.

• The candidate should be able to think creatively, maintain and improve sound business processes while working in a dynamic team environment.

• This position will be based in New Brunswick, NJ and may require up to 5% domestic and international travel.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and