Senior Financial Analyst

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:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Financial Analyst who will support US CAR-T supply chain financial processes and will report to the Senior Finance Manager, US CAR-T, Advanced Therapies Supply Chain. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, and agility. This position will be located in Raritan, NJ.

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/.

This role will be responsible for providing financial stewardship to the CAR-T manufacturing plant and contract manufacturer (CMO) in the United States.  This includes managing site budgets and cost accounting, tracking facility investments, and implementing financial processes and controls for the unique CAR-T manufacturing process and collaboration partnership structure.  There may also be ad hoc opportunities in special projects such as capital appropriation requests, cost improvement programs, financial process enhancement, etc.

This position offers the opportunity to develop and demonstrate financial and business acumen in a fast-paced and high-growth environment, and work with extensive cross-functional teams, external partners, and various finance groups across Supply Chain, Commercial, and R&D. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide financial analysis and accounting guidance to business partners in all areas of the CAR-T and Lentivirus manufacturing plants and CMO external manufacturing team
• Work with business partners in creating annual Business Plan forecast, update cycles (JU/NU), and standard costing; partner with budget owners to drive prioritization decisions, deliver financial commitments, and improve forecast accuracy
• Maintain financial controls and manage quarter close accounting entries; compile internal and collaboration reporting packages and commentaries
• Manage co-manufacturing “buy/sell” and cross charges to/from external collaboration partner, and liaise with external finance partner in forecasting and reconciling related transactions and balances
• Prepare budget versus actual analyses on department budgets, headcount, and investments; drive business partner accountability through engagement with budget owners
• Prepare ad hoc analyses (including NPV models and capital appropriation requests) to drive business decisions and operational improvements

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree is required preferably in finance, accounting, business, or economics
• A minimum of 3 years of finance or accounting experience is required
• Experience in supply chain and/or pharmaceutical/biotech industry is preferred
• Proven financial modeling and analytical skills are required
• Cost accounting experience is preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with different levels of business partners are required
• Continuous learning in a fast-paced and changing environment is required
• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks and deadlines is required
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel (pivot table, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.) is required
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP system is required
• Experience with Alteryx, Power BI or other automation / visualization tools is preferred
• This position will be located in Raritan, NJ and may req