Director, Global Audit & Assurance

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:

Internal Audit

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, Global Audit & Assurance located in New Brunswick, NJ.

Global Audit & Assurance is the organization’s Internal Audit function.   Global Audit & Assurance’s mission is to become a best-in-class audit organization delivering data driven, risk-based audit and assurance projects, that develops talent and drives Johnson & Johnson compliance.

In this highly visible role, you will be a member of the Audit Leadership Team (ALT) within GA&A (J&J’s internal audit department) and reporting to the VP – Technology Audit, SOX and Digital Innovation.  You will have oversight responsibility for approximately 30% of Technology Audit team.  You will lead a broad and growing team of professionals to execute and deliver on the department’s Audit Risk Assessment plan and supervising audit activities with a specific focus on process and technology system transformation efforts as well as select risk-based reviews for our Pharmaceutical and MedTech sectors.   You will contribute to shaping the on-going involvement of the Technology audit function, our delivery capabilities and the integrated execution of the Internal Audit function.   

Key Responsibilities:

Audit & Advisory Management

• Direct and supervise a global Technology audit team through the annual audit and advisory plan lifecycle (i.e., conducting on-going risk assessments to determine scope, executing risk-based audit procedures related to process & technology transformations, including performing quality reviews over work product and final reports).
• Work collaboratively with VP, Sr. Director and Director audit personnel to manage the overall audit plan execution and deliver on integrated (Finance & Technology) audits.  Work collaboratively to deliver various department initiatives.
• Provide oversight and methodology guidance during assurance and advisory reviews over strategic process and technology programs as well as other key and emerging risk topics and technology. 
• Provide forward-thinking recommendations to improve processes, internal controls and audit programs for the overall control environment. 
• Working collaboratively with other Technology Directors, lead the development, documentation, and maintenance of department’s Technology audit program consistent with enterprise policies, procedures, and established standards & methods.  Work closely with other audit directors and compliance/testing leaders, to ensure adequate hand-offs and knowledge sharing  from pre/post-implementation activities to on-going audit activities (risk based reviews and/or SOX 404 testing).   
• Stay abreast of industry and regulatory compliance pronouncements and drive the process to implement relevant standards for the Technology audit organization.

Stakeholder Management

• Manage and own key relationships across the Global Technology, Business and Compliance leadership, including VP level stakeholders.
• Own select key vendor relationships with suppliers and external resources to facilitate the services provided to execute audit operations. 
• Independent interaction to manage key messages related to the annual audit plan, including status and results/recommendations.
• Influence actionable change, considering audit results, to continuously improve the compliance posture of the organization and help achieve business strategy/results.
• Lead through times of significant enterprise process and technology transformation and promote adoption of new, digitized practices enabled by company transformation efforts.
• Foster high levels of trust and transparency with senior leaders throughout the organization

Talent Management

• Provide people leadership to the Technology Audit organization, in a high performing, positive and engaging working environment, represent