GS Finance Manager

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Finance Manager GS

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Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a finance manager to provide financial leadership for Global Service (GS) strategic projects, to be based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 135 years. We embrace research and science -- bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people.

 With $88.8 billion in 2024 sales, Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of healthcare products, as well as a provider of related services, pharmaceutical and medical devices markets. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

Role & Responsibilities:

The GS finance manager will provide overall financial support to transformational projects and to the GSF Leadership team. The project duration role will lead key financial discussions, provide financial updates, status and recommendations for decision making and drive value to the GSF.  The role is expected to have broad business knowledge to understand financial implications from business decisions.  It is also required to collaborate with business leaders from other enterprise functions to establish financial flows and ensure financial reporting. The role has high exposure to senior GS leaders, project leaders, cross functional business leaders, and manages a global team.  Core responsibilities include:

Lead financial management of Global projects. Scope includes financial data collection, validation and evaluations, and financial reviews with senior leaders. Global projects are large scale.  It will require strong financial business acumen to be able to connect with multiple internal and external sources such as internal Finance, IT, HR, external consultants, and Implementation partners.  The role has high exposure to senior management, requires high influence skills and presentation skills

Lead tracking and financial reporting for GS project.  This includes tracking project OPEX and CAPEX, headcount movements, savings and all reporting and coordination with the overall project team, external consultants, and global finance team 

Financial support, business cases and partnering across GSF areas and leaders, and as well provide ad hoc collaboration depending on business needs

This role will manage 2-3 staff at professional levels globally

Demonstrate Leadership Imperatives: Connect, Shape, and Deliver while utilizing metric driven insights to drive value towards addressing unmet needs, challenging the status quo, and holding accountable key stakeholders to act with speed and agility.

Qualifications:

A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required, preferably with a major in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics or Accounting

MBA, financial certification in ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CMA or another equivalent is preferred

A minimum of 5 years of FP&A/US GAAP or related business experience is required

Relevant systems skills such as SAP /  Power BI / Tableau are preferred 

Strong Analytical & conceptual skills and Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) skills are required

Experience in a dynamic environment and be able to recommend and implement process improvements, work independently and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

This role may require up to 10% travel

Advance English level

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs.  Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan.  The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/ performance year.  Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: -  

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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.