Senior Finance Manager – Enterprise Procurement

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Finance Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson’s Global Services (GS) Finance is recruiting for a Senior Finance Manager – Enterprise Procurement based in New Brunswick, 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/.

Position Overview:

As the Finance Business Partner Support for the Enterprise Procurement organization, this role will play a critical role in providing expertise and financial discipline to drive financial analysis, decision-making, and ensure effective allocation of resources to achieve both strategic and financial goals of the Procurement organization of Johnson & Johnson.

Key Responsibilities Include:

1. Financial Planning and Analysis:

· Collaborate with leadership to develop annual operating budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans.

· Conduct financial analysis, including budget vs. actuals variance analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and scenario modeling in support of Procurement initiatives, programs, and committments.

· Provide insights and recommendations to optimize spending and resource allocation in alignment with Global Services strategy.

2. Business Partnering:

· Build and maintain strong relationships with senior Procurement and Finance leaders, and global Finance teams.

· Serve as a trusted financial advisor to Procurement leaders in Global Services (GS), MedTech (MT), and Innovative Medicine (IM), and provide clear guidance on budget management and cost control.

· Collaborate closely with teams to understand their financial needs, align goals, and develop financial strategies that support objectives.

· Ensuring financial information is accurately shared and understood between all appropriate Procurement stakeholders.

3. Strategic Decision Support:

· Participate in key projects and initiatives, providing financial insights and recommendations to support decision-making and highlight certain external marketplace insights

· Collaborate with global cross-functional teams (IT, HR, Finance, Procurement) to support sound business proposals.

· Optimize Procurement spend efficiency across J&J and bring visibility into how external market forces are impacting topics such as inflation and purchasing power across the enterprise.

· Ad Hoc topical analysis as warranted by senior internal stakeholders and external marketplace dynamics.

• Team Leadership:

· Serve as an engaged and connected leader for a global staff of professionals

· Ensure strong focus on professional and career development for staff members, and understanding of local market talent dynamics and career success factors

· Shape the contributions and staffing of the Enterprise Procurement finance team in line with Procurement leadership objectives and Finance priorities

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is required. A master's degree or professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA) is preferred.

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in finance or accounting is required.

• Strong understanding of financial principles, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis is required.

• Experience in finance business partnering is required.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with partners at all levels are required.

• Leadership of a global team and familiarity operating in a global environment is preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide useful insights are required.

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