Lead Senior Financial Analyst, Global Innovation

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision is recruiting for Lead Senior Financial Analyst, Global Innovation (Irvine, California or Jacksonville, FL).

Responsibilities:
- Drive portfolio decisions that maximize growth and long-term value creation for the $1.6b Surgical Vision business
- Lead financial evaluations and business cases for innovation investments, ensuring disciplined capital allocation, objective return assessment, and alignment with long-term value creation
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Global Marketing, Supply Chain, and Regional teams to align innovation strategy, financial inputs, and execution expectations
- Deliver insights on market dynamics, pricing, profitability, and portfolio mix to enable data-driven business decisions
- Serve as a finance thought partner to senior leaders, translating complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations
- Support ad hoc strategic analyses to inform investment, growth, and margin improvement decisions
- Drive ownership and transparency of platform-level financial performance, supporting delivery of key financial metrics
- Ensure strong financial governance, compliance, and controls in accordance with J&J policies
- Improve and standardize financial and innovation processes, including KPI development and post-investment performance tracking
- Drive simplification and consistency to enhance decision quality, accountability, and scalability
- Report to Sr. Finance Mgr, JJSV Global Innovation

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required (preferably Accounting, Economics, or Finance)
- MBA or financial certifications (e.g., CPA, CMA) preferred
- 4+ years of finance, accounting, or related business experience required
- Strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, communication skills, and proven leadership capabilities
- Strong collaborator and business partner; ability to influence all levels of the organization
- Ability to understand and articulate complex concepts clearly
- Strategic mindset to develop deep insights from external and internal findings
- Location: Irvine, CA or Jacksonville, FL; up to 15% domestic and international travel

Preferred Skills:
Budgeting, Budget Management, Coaching, Communication, Expense Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Disclosures, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Financial Statement Analysis, Leverages Information, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management

Benefits (time off):
- Vacation: 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year (CO: 48; WA: 56)
- Holiday pay (including Floating Holidays): 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time: up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave: 480 hours within one year of birth/adoption/foster care
- Bereavement Leave: 240 hours (immediate family); 40 hours (extended family) per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave: 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave: 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off: 80 hours per calendar year