Senior Manager – Finance Master Data Governance

Johnson & Johnson MedTech; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 122,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance Master Data Governance & Data Quality to lead governance, quality, and control of Finance Master Data within the SAP S/4HANA ecosystem in a multi-site setup across the US.

The role partners with Finance, IT, Shared Services, ERP, reporting, and business stakeholders to strengthen master data governance practices and drive improvements across data domains.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience leading finance master data, data governance, data management, or enterprise finance data functions in a complex organization
• Strong hands‑on experience with, and understanding of, SAP S/4HANA Finance, including finance master data structures, financial postings, reporting dependencies, and related business process impacts
• Experience establishing and operationalizing finance master data governance, stewardship, data quality, controls, compliance, and data management practices
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including managing managers, contractors, and/or senior individual contributors
• Strong communication, change leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior Finance, IT, shared services and business stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead the governance, management, stewardship, and ongoing operations of finance master data processes and platforms, ensuring alignment with business priorities and enterprise standards
• Establish and maintain finance master data governance policies, standards, controls, ownership models, stewardship roles, approval workflows, and governance forums
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of finance master data, including creation, change, retirement, archival, technology-enabled workflows, validations, and governance controls
• Drive standardization, harmonization, and proper integration of finance master data across global business units, SAP and non-SAP applications, systems, and business processes
• Define and monitor finance data quality rules, scorecards, dashboards, and KPIs; lead profiling, root cause analysis, remediation, and preventive control efforts to reduce defects and manual corrections
• Ensure finance master data controls are embedded into business processes and aligned with audit, SOX, regulatory, and enterprise compliance requirements
• Partner with Finance, IT, Shared Services, ERP, EPM, reporting, and business stakeholders to support SAP S/4HANA transformation programs, new business integrations, and scalable master data solutions
• Drive continuous improvement through process simplification, standardization, automation, and strengthened data quality controls

Skills

Budget Management

Consulting

Execution Focus

Expense Controls

Financial Analysis

Financial Disclosures

Financial Forecasting

Financial Modeling

Financial Reports

Financial Risk Management

Internal Controls

Organizing

Program Management

Risk Management

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Technical Credibility

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field

Master’s degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline

Tools

SAP MDG

Informatica

Collibra

Alation

Job description

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance Master Data Governance & Data Quality to lead governance, quality, and control of Finance Master Data within the SAP S/4HANA ecosystem in a multi-site setup across the US.

The role partners with Finance, IT, Shared Services, ERP, reporting, and business stakeholders to strengthen master data governance practices and drive improvements across data domains.