Cluster Finance Manager

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Finance Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Prague, Czechia

Job Description:

Job Title: Cluster Finance Manager

Location: Prague

Reporting to: CFM Lead

GCF Level: 30

Ready to elevate your impact within J&J? The Cluster Finance Manager (CFM) role in Prague offers a high-visibility leadership opportunity, blending a strong controllership mindset with hands-on operational and strategic support for clusters' actuals. As a key partner to the Finance Director's leadership team, you'll collaborate across BUF (Business Unit Finance), GS Finance and other tiers support functions to deliver timely, actionable financial insights.

If you want to broaden your scope, strengthen your influence, and help unlock the full potential of our GS Finance Account to Report organization, this is your next move.

Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based healthcare Company, touching the lives of nearly a billion people every day. Our Family of Companies throughout the world compete in consumer, pharmaceutical and medical devices & diagnostics markets and have the skills and resources to tackle the world's most pressing health issues. There are more than 265 Johnson & Johnson operating companies employing approximately 130,000 people around the world.

Johnson & Johnson Global Services (GS) organization supporting the businesses of Johnson & Johnson employs more than 2000 employees in key service centers across the globe in Human Resources, Finance and Procurement. The vision of Johnson & Johnson Global Services is "to be trusted business partners who deliver increasing value by creating and sustaining globally standard world-class services that enable the power of Johnson & Johnson."

Key Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and facilitate pre-close meetings, quarterly balance sheet reviews, and financial statement reviews for the Finance Director (FD)
• Lead Budget vs Actuals creation, alignment, and commentary for approval
• Responsible for executing approvals for "actuals" submissions
• Analyse financial statements to ensure completeness, accuracy, and validity of numbers.
• Face of GS and Accounting Lead for actuals (US GAAP); be the bridge between Business Unit Finance (BUF) and GS Account to Report (A2R) Process teams
• Participate as a member of the local Finance Director's leadership team; act as GS liaison at BUF LT meetings
• Foster an environment of teamwork, innovation and sharing ideas
• Influence and work closely with BUF, A2R, and other functions to achieve joint goals
• Lead or be part of GS process improvement and other global/local projects
• Provide support to resolve escalated A2R issues (US GAAP)
• Ensure SOX compliance for CFM processes
• Identify, quantify and communicate financial and operational risks and opportunities

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

Languages:

• Fluent English, confidence in presenting to Senior Management in English

Experience Required:

• 5 – 10 years job experience in different Finance Functions
• US GAAP reporting experience
• Prior managerial / supervisory experience is preferred

Global competencies GS Finance

• Agility and Innovation: Challenge status quo and encourages others to challenge, continuously learn, improve existing practices and creates new ways of working. Effectively deals with ambiguity or lack of information when making decisions. Adopts an innovative and agile mindset driven by curiosity and best practices regarding data, ideas, processes or technology to standardize and simplify existing processes, adapt quickly to change and drive results.

• Strategic Leader: Balances knowledge of J&J GS processes, structure and products with stakeholder insight to influence and develop business solutions. Proactive leadership on initiative or project. Solution vs. problem mindset

• Business Acumen: Understands how market, economic, financial, legal and compliance factors interact and impact business objectives and value creation. GS E2E GS E2E process knowledge. Curious mindset and knowledge sharing of best practices
• Trusted Business Partner: Builds and maintains trusted business partnerships within a matrixed environment and across multiple levels. Fosters an environment that encourages transparent communication, active listening and fact-based information sharing with stakeholders. Adapts effectively to all levels and cultures and different management styles in order to gather real time predictive analytical insights, execute strategies and influence business outcomes
• Finance Control & Compliance: Leverages best practices in order to participate in and influence the development, implementation and tracking of financial controls to ensure compliance and support for organizational goals. Deep understanding of financial statements/corporate close requirements/A2R processes
• Risk Management: Promotes risk taking and quickly learning from failures. Recommends and implements strategies and methods to identify, evaluate and communicate financial risks and opportunities.
• Technical and Analytical Capabilities: Guides business partners in the application of best practices for financial policies, accounting and tax principles, technology and analytics in order to maintain compliance and improve analytical capabilities.
• Strategic Talent Mindset: Implements talent development strategies, including building networks and connections in order to attract, retain and develop diverse talent. Provides actionable feedback and initiates discussions regarding personal interest and aspirations to help others identify and pursue developmental opportunities and support building a high performing, diverse and sustainable talent pipeline.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Budget Management, Coaching, Execution Focus, Expense Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Forecasting, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Financial Trends, Internal Controls, Process Improvements, Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Training People, Vendor Management