SFA, EPM Analyst Pool, Finance Tech

Johnson & Johnson; Raynham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Raynham, MA is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with end users and standardize planning processes across Commercial/IBP, Supply Chain, and Enterprise planning, enabling technology enhancements that drive efficiency.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, test, and deploy FP&A capabilities, develop documentation, and support executive messaging to Senior Finance Leaders. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• At least 3 years of finance, accounting, or related experience.
• Experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing FP&A technology solutions preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication, analytical, influencing skills and ability to build relationships with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end design, build, testing, and deployment of standardized Planning & Forecasting capabilities.
• Document integrated business requirements and ensure technical builds meet specs for planning models.
• Communicate interdependencies and risks to SigniFi program leadership and implement mitigations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SigniFi

FP&A software

Job description

Job Function

Finance

Job Sub Function

Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

The Senior Finance Analyst located in Raynham, MA, Raritan, NJ, and West Chester, PA will partner with end users and be responsible for the simplification and standardization of Commercial/IBP, Supply Chain, or Enterprise planning processes, via enabling technology enhancements, that will drive efficiencies across planning cycles. This individual will also collaborate with extended core team of cross functional experts who will be accountable for driving the design, build, testing, and deployment of standardized Planning & Forecasting capabilities across DPS rate. Extensive knowledge of financial forecasting processes is required as the proposed SigniFi process will impact all finance employees globally who are engaged in financial planning and analysis. The individual must be able to work cross-functionally with various levels of the organization (e.g. Directors, Managers, Analysts) across all regions to develop the global standard requirements for integrating respective planning models within EP&A.

Key Responsibilities

• Active participation on a Squad, comprised of a global team of cross functional experts, in the end-to-end design, build, testing, and deployment of standardized Planning & Forecasting capabilities.
• Partner closely with end users and key project team members to understand and document integrated business requirements and ensure technical builds meet specifications for respective planning models
• Ensure cross-program interdependencies, conflicts, and challenges are transparently communicated to SigniFi program leadership & proactively work with respective stakeholders to implement controls & risk mitigations to resolve issues and keep project on track.
• Partner across the organization to drive global core business capability standardization, alignment, and adoption for the finance function. Ensure successful deployment through flawless project execution, including post go-live hypercare support.
• Responsible for executing testing strategy, inclusive of developing test use cases, writing test scripts, and partnering with SMEs to execute tests and document/remediate any issues
• Support and Lead Ad Hoc projects and analytics
• Develop and track metrics for the SigniFi Program
• Understand system calculations and dataflows so that key points can be summarized to end-users
• Develop, maintain, and deploy FP&A process documentation (examples include integrated business requirements, desktop procedures, etc.)
• Partner with change management, comms and training to ensure global process changes are adhered to and adopted by the broader organization
• Support the crafting of executive messages to Senior Finance Leaders

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Finance or Accounting.
• A minimum of 3 years of finance, accounting or related business experience is required.
• Experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing FP&A technology solutions is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication, analytical, influencing skills and ability to develop strong relationships with executive leadership team members is required.
• The ability to partner with, influence and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including senior management is required.
• Foundational project management skills are required.
• Ability to work in ambiguous situations, proactively identifying and mitigating process risks within a cross-functional, global organization and effectively lead and govern decision-making bodies is required.
• Innovative and continuous improvement mindset with the ability to translate a complex business operations landscape into a streamlined process design is preferred.
• The role may require 5%-10% domestic and/or international travel, based on employee's home loc