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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Accounting

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Mumbai, India

Job Description:

“Reimagine the possibilities” at Johnson and Johnson Global Finance! We live this motto every day by creating exciting business solutions for the world’s largest and most broadly-based healthcare company.

As a member of our Global Finance team, you will have best-in-class access to a network of financial professionals located in over 60 countries. This new network will help you build on your current skills and explore opportunities to grow your career in J&J.

At J&J Global Finance, we value ideas for innovation and improvement and are committed to diversity and inclusion. Together we will reimagine business processes to become more effective, more efficient, and improve customer experience. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

This role will be part of the Global Services Finance team in the Intercompany Accounting process area. The Global Services Finance organization provides best-in-class, cost-effective financial services, and compliance—in a J&J way—to our Operating Companies around the world.

The Intercompany accounting team is responsible for the complete and accurate accounting for all the Inter & Intra company process flows for stock and non-stock transactions. This includes but is not limited to creating the Sales and corresponding Purchase orders, reconciling out of balances, monitoring ageing, and performing balance sheet reconciliations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Be compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and follow guidelines in the J&J Credo

2. Maintain Operational Excellence

• Responsible for leading of accounting and daily operations for Intercompany Accounting process area.
• Timely closing & execution of financial periods as per closing calendar and in accordance with SLA commitments, fully observing Compliance, Internal Audit & SOX requirements.
• Accountable for completeness, accuracy and validity of the actuals reported within process/entity scope.
• Driving deep expertise, ensuring team are fully knowledgeable of the Worldwide Procedures and compliance requirements for respective areas.
• Lead Accounting team (team of B25 and below associates).
• Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities.
• Ensure adherence, monitor, remediate and align compliance responsibilities with stakeholders. Manage, mitigate, and raise risks on a timely basis.
• Ensure strong internal controls are in place, in order to achieve “adequate” internal and external audit ratings.

3. Talent Management

• Attract, develop, and retain a highly competent, hard-working, motivated and diverse Credo-based team.
• Develop succession plans for and support career development of the team.
• Ensure effective performance management within team.

4. Be a Trusted Business Partner

• Champion & Influence strategy & solutions demonstrating strong Business acumen.
• Internally recruit, mentor, and drive the individual Process SMEs to ensure cross sector, cross region, and cross process alignment, ensuring good documentation is maintained and consistency of a global approach.
• If assigned a role of Operational Key Contact (OKC) then candidates will be the key liaison point within their Process for a defined Region & Sector with BUF and CFMs, answering queries, coordinating with SMEs/analysts on process and operational matters, resolving issues and updating partners on close status.

5. Create Game-Changing Innovation

• Champions & Supports continuous improvement attitude throughout the team, identifying and pursuing business and efficiency opportunities.
• Passion to lead, champion and support operational change for the greater good of the global organization.

Qualifications: Required:

• Minimum Bachelor’s level degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business subject area
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years in Supervisory/1st Line Leader role
• Experience in managing 10 and above Team size headcount
• Track record of participating in Continuous Improvement and/or organizational or process transformation.
• Experience in a Global Account to Report function of a multi-national company.
• Experience in multiple migration of work.
• Exhibits strategic attitude.
• Optimally manage several priorities, be very organized and work efficiently to tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with employees at all levels.
• Ability to frame clear & concise communication across all relevant collaborators.
• Open to new ideas, rapid change and embracing new technologies
• Ability to handle ambiguity and fluid situations, demonstrating a pragmatic approach.

Preferred:

• Education: CA, CPA, CMA, MBA and/or other financial certification
• Solid US GAAP accounting knowledge.
• Digital/ intelligent automation capabilities.

Others:

• Travel as per Business needs.
• Open to work in flexible shifts to align with global or regional responsibilities (Americas / EMEA / Asia)
• Will lead or participate in Regional/ Global/ Cross functional duties as assigned.
• Fluent in English, other language skills desirable.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Accounting, Analytical Reasoning, Audit Management, Budgeting, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Developing Others, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Managerial Accounting, Process Improvements, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Systems Thinking, Team Management, Treasury Management