Technical Product Owner (IT Manager), Enterprise Ledger NA - Run State

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Do you seek big, complex, ambiguous problems? Are you passionate about having a meaningful impact on the experience, effectiveness, and efficiency of your colleagues through innovative technology solutions? Do you want to be a part of a 139-year-old startup?

Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Technical Product Owner (IT Manager) – Enterprise Ledger (location based in New Brunswick, NJ, United States) who will work at the intersection of business & technology to define strategies that combine a deep understanding of business objectives, challenges, with technology solutions and extending them into development execution, value realization & ongoing product management.

In this role, you will be part of enabling the strategic direction for finance technology products focused on supporting SAP S4 Finance as part of an ambitious transformational agenda. You will be leading a team of internal and external technology professionals and be responsible for the A2R (Account-to-Report) run state organization, supporting JnJ’s SAP S4 Finance.

• Business Problem Definition: understanding and translating business problems faced by the finance function into a value case & comprehensive set of solutions spanning process, technology, data, governance & user experience supported by defined, baselined value realization key performance indicators
• External Insights: understanding external trends and insights related to finance process & technology, including macro level shifts in compliance regimes (e.g. BEPS, SAF-T, US Tax Reform) to provide foresight necessary to inform strategies
• Solution Design: ensuring that product development efforts incorporate an approach that starts with experimentation to validate expected impact, includes human centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement, in respect of defined global template.
• Value Realization: defining expected value impact of investments across employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance
• Architecture: partnering with the finance architecture team to define the role each system plays within our landscape aligned with business capabilities while adhering to standards and clean core strategy.
• Internal Partnerships: acting as the primary trusted advisor to senior finance & technology leaders across all lifecycles of product development starting with inception through to value realization & ongoing continuous improvement, and communication of progress against strategic objectives
• Product Management: partnering with product management teams to ensure roadmaps are oriented to deliver finance business & technology strategy, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators. Partnering with internal and external technology teams to ensure user-friendly and reliable systems and excellence in support operations. Ensure optimal system performance and flawless execution during finance planning and reporting cycles.
• External Partnerships: managing vendor relationships to influence development roadmaps & ensure that our needs will be met by our technology partners
• Team Leadership: lead a global team of finance technology professionals across multiple domains and locations, acting as a people manager for internal and external resources.

We believe that experience developing insight led strategy, crafting innovative technology solutions, experimentation, agile ways of working, intellectual curiosity, empathy, leading teams, and human centered design are essential to enable you to be successful in this role. Furthermore, it is essential that you are a natural collaborator, who has the leadership presence to influence results and build a strong sense of collective team engagement. We desire a candidate who has experience structuring & facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders.

In addition to these core skills, we expect you to have the following technical expertise:

• S/4 HANA Finance (Account to Report)
• SAP Central Finance
• SAP BTP
• SAP Cloud infrastructure
• Data strategy, governance, technology, and process definition
• Financial Accounting, Reporting, Close optimization & Continuous Accounting

Any relevant experience in any of following processes is a plus:

• Supply Chain
• I2C (Invoice to Cash)
• P2P (Procure to Pay)
• Asset Management
• Project Accounting
• Treasury
• Master Data Management

Reporting to the Sr Manager, Enterprise Ledger, you would partner closely with Business Process Owners, Global Process Owners, senior finance personnel, and financial systems leads to maximize the transformational potential of technology investments.

Qualifications

Degree Qualifications & Working Conditions

• 7+ years preferred of relevant experience in managing technical and / or finance teams; strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; effective manager of people and strong team-building skills.
• 5+ years of relevant functional experience with SAP ECC6 FI/CO, S/4 HANA Finance and/or SAP Central Finance.
• BA/BS degree is required. Master’s Degree with focus on Computer Science or Computer Engineering; Economics or Financial Accounting; MBA is preferred.
• Technical expertise in the following is preferred: S/4 HANA, SAP Central Finance, Cloud infrastructure, Data strategy, governance, technology, and process definition
• Financial accounting knowledge is crucial.

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Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.  

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Coaching, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Give Feedback, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Organizing, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Improvements, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$100,000-$172,500

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits