Role Summary
Senior Financial Analyst – Technical Operations & Risk (TO&R) supporting FP&A oversight for the Technical Operations & Risk team. Located in Raritan, NJ or New Brunswick, NJ.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with Finance business partners on the consolidation and presentation of forecast updates, long-range financial plan, business plan, and quarterly result packages to ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of key deliverables
- Lead the financial close process and latest thinking exercises – framing key drivers and business outcomes to leadership
- Manage risks & opportunities – challenging key stakeholders when necessary – influencing leadership decision making to deliver on a compliant and successful business plan
- Implement best practices in financial reporting and analysis related to headcount, operating expense, and capital
- Drive implementation of projects and transformational initiatives (SigniFi), including participating in key work streams with high exposure to senior leadership and ongoing interaction with business partners across multiple J&J organizations
Qualifications
- A minimum of 3 years or related business experience is required
- Bachelor degree is required; preferably with a major in Accounting, Economics or Finance
- CPA, CMA and/or MBA is preferred
- Extensive knowledge of finance and accounting processes is required
- Must possess the ability to partner with associates at all levels of the organization
- Must have strong communication, presentation, interpersonal, and influencing skills
- Data visualization software experience is preferred
- Experience with implementing and driving global processes and results with demonstration of a continuous improvement mindset
- Executive framing experience is preferred
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or TM1 is preferred
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills required (e.g. Pivot Tables, LOOKUP functions, charts)
- Ability to balance big picture with attention to detail
- Preferred location is Raritan, NJ; New Brunswick also available
Skills
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Competence
- Financial Forecasting
- Financial Planning
- Financial Reports
Education
- Bachelor degree in Accounting, Economics or Finance (required)