Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst

until 31st December 2021

Location: Pinewood Campus, Wokingham

Rate: £38.70 per hour PAYE

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Finance professional to join the EMEA FP&A Centre of Excellence (FP&A COE) team.

In EMEA, the Centre of Excellence team are a dynamic, diverse group of individuals representing a wide variety of experiences and cultural backgrounds. The team is fundamentally changing how Finance supports the Johnson & Johnson businesses in the region. This means that FP&A CoE provides the ideal work environment for those who enjoy being challenged and rapidly growing their horizons.

Key Responsibilities:

Primarily in this role you work with & support the FP&A Support Finance Manager for various regions in all the activities in the areas of forecasting/planning, controlling, partnering and reporting. Your main responsibilities will include: 

• Support the local Business Unit Finance (BUF) team by providing financial analytics/ insights enabling delivery of financial forecasts, through relevant analysis as part of closing
• Lead the planning cycles, working in close collaboration with BUF partners
• Develop and identify business needs analytics, and leveraging standard data and tools to deliver innovative analytical solutions
• Share best practices and either import or export to make a positive impact beyond your country/cluster
• Within the EMEA FP&A COE / Region, act as the reference on a specific standard process / report and continuously look to improve it
• Support the Regional Business Unit Finance (BUF) team by providing all financial analytics/ insights enabling delivery of financial plans and forecasts
• Support EMEA / Corporate initiatives (business and /or finance)

Experience required:

• University degree / Qualified Accountant
• Broad based experience preferred
• Experience of working in a commercial organisation with matrix business relationships
• Proven track record of high performance and driving process improvements across a complex business environment
• Strong Finance acumen and strong analytical spreadsheet skills
• Prior working knowledge of SAP BW is a plus
• Ideally familiar with Johnson & Johnson worldwide procedures, practices and systems
• Demonstrate honesty and ethical behaviour in all areas of responsibility, and act as a role model for J&J Credo values
• Customer Focus
• Challenge status quo and process improvements approach
• Working to tight deadlines
• Ability to thrive in a multi-cultural environment across all layers of the business
• Collaborative and can do attitude
• Good communication skills with the ability to flex inter-personal style appropriate to different levels and stakeholders
• Analytical and influencing skills are key to be successful in this role
• Strong planning/prioritization are critical to success
• Applicants must be collaborative, passionate about driving change and challenging status quo, aiming to further find efficiencies and add more value to the Business