Senior Manager - Finance IT Deployment & Integration Lead

Antler; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Senior Manager Finance IT Deployment & Integration Lead to drive end-to-end SAP Finance deployments across the region. Based in Belgium, Netherlands, or UK, you will lead cross-functional teams, manage deployment, integration, and change adoption, and ensure alignment with global standards while meeting local needs.

You will work 3 days/week from a J&J office, coordinating with external partners.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience leading large ERP deployments or finance technology teams.
• 14+ years with SAP ECC6 FI/CO and S/4 HANA, including at least 3 years in S/4 HANA.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Deep knowledge of deployment governance, data migration and integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment planning and execution for Finance transformation programs.
• Coordinate end-to-end integration across Finance, Supply Chain, and other functions.
• Develop cutover, hypercare, and stabilization plans for go-live.
• Engage stakeholders and align deployment strategies across regions.
• Establish governance, monitor risks, and ensure conformance to standards.
• Partner with global teams and partners to ensure on-time delivery.
• Co-lead a global team of finance technology and deployment professionals.

Skills

Finance IT

ERP deployments

S/4 HANA

SAP Central Finance

Deployment Management

Data Migration

Governance

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Program Management

Education

Degree Qualifications & Working Conditions

Tools

S/4 HANA Finance

SAP Central Finance

Deployment and Cutover Management

Systems Integration

Data Migration

SAP BTP

Financial Accounting & Close

Job description

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 jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function

Technical Product Management

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Netherlands, Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Do you seek big, complex, ambiguous problems? Are you passionate about having a significant impact on the experience, effectiveness, and efficiency of your colleagues through innovative technology solutions and would like to join a 139-year-old startup? Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager Finance IT Deployment & Integration Lead who will work at the intersection of business and technology to lead the deployment, integration, and adoption of strategic Finance transformation solutions across the region. You can be based in Belgium, Netherlands or UK and will work 3 days per week from a J&J office. This role combines a deep understanding of finance business processes, deployment methodologies, system integration, and organizational change management to ensure successful delivery of Finance technology initiatives. In this role, you will be responsible for driving end-to-end deployment activities for SAP Finance / S/4HANA and related Finance platforms, ensuring alignment with global standards while meeting regional business needs. You will be part of a team of internal and external technology professionals supporting large-scale Finance transformation programs across the EMEA/APAC/NA region.

• Business Deployment Leadership: leading deployment planning and execution activities for Finance transformation programs, ensuring readiness across business processes, technology, data, controls, training, and support models while achieving deployment milestones and value realization objectives.
• Integration Management: coordinating and governing end-to-end integration activities across Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, HR, and external systems to ensure seamless business operations and data integrity throughout deployment lifecycles.
• Cutover & Go-Live Readiness: developing and managing deployment, cutover, hypercare, and stabilization plans, ensuring successful transition from project delivery into business operations with minimal disruption.
• Stakeholder Engagement: partnering with business leaders, process owners, deployment teams, and technology organizations to align deployment strategies, resolve risks, and ensure adoption of new capabilities.
• Governance & Risk Management: establishing deployment governance frameworks, monitoring risks, dependencies, issues, and compliance requirements while ensuring adherence to enterprise standards and controls.
• Program Execution: partnering with global program teams, system integrators, and regional stakeholders to ensure deployment activities are delivered on schedule, within scope, and aligned to strategic objectives.
• Team Leadership: co-lead a global team of finance technology and deployment professionals across multiple domains and locations.

We believe that experience leading large-scale transformation deployments, managing complex integrations, driving organizational change, agile ways of working, intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement are essential to enable success in this role. Furthermore, it is essential that you are a natural collaborator, who has the leadership presence to influence results and build a strong sense of collective team engagement.

In addition to these core skills, we expect you to have the following technical expertise:

• S/4 HANA Finance (Account to Report)
• SAP Central Finance
• Deployment and Cutover Management
• Systems Integration and Data Migration
• SAP Cloud Infrastructure and SAP BTP
• Finance Process Transformation
• Data Strategy, Governance, Technology, and Process Definition
• Financial Accounting, Reporting, Close Optimization, and Continuous Accounting

Any relevant experience in any of the following processes is a plus:

• I2C (Invoice to Cash)
• P2P (Procure to Pay)
• Asset Management
• Project Accounting
• Treasury
• Finance Master Data Management

Qualifications

• Degree Qualifications & Working Conditions
• 20+ years preferred of relevant experience leading large-scale ERP deployments, transformation programs, and/or finance technology teams; strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills; effective manager of people and strong team-building skills.
• 14+ years of relevant functional experience with SAP ECC6 FI/CO, S/4 HANA Finance, Central Finance, and enterprise deployment programs, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in S/4 HANA implementations.
• Technical expertise in the following is preferred: S/4 HANA, SAP Central Finance, Deployment and Cutover Management, SAP BTP, Systems Integration, Data Migration, Governance, Technology, and Process Definition.
• Financial accounting knowledge is crucial.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affimative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Preferred Skills

Analytical Reasoning, Consulting, Cost Management, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, People Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Resource Management, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management

The anticipated pay range and benefits for this position is

The anticipated base pay range for this position in NETHERLANDS is EUR 82.900 to EUR 144.210

The anticipated base pay range for this position in UK is GBP 69.900 to GBP 121.210