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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
Team size: Up to 3 direct reports
GCF Level: 30
Ready to elevate your impact within J&J? The Cluster Finance Manager role in Prague offers a unique opportunity to step into a high-visibility leadership position, combining a strong controllership mindset alongside operational and strategic support on clusters’ actuals. Cluster Finance Managers work directly with Business Unit Finance as a key partner to the Finance Director’s leadership team, and is uniquely positioned to collaborate across BUF, FP&A, and GS to deliver timely, actionable financial insights. If you’re looking 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 centres 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:
- Responsible for coordinating and facilitating pre-close meetings, quarterly balance sheet reviews, and financial statement reviews for Finance Director (FD)
- Budget vs Actuals creation, alignment and coordination for commentary and approval
- Responsible for executing approvals for “actuals” submissions
- Responsible for “actuals” of countries/cluster with higher complexity (business size, P&L materiality)
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- 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), Financial Planning and Analysis and GS Account to Report (A2R) Process teams
- Member of local FD’s leadership team (LT); serve as one of the GS points of connection at BUF LT meetings
- Foster an environment of teamwork, innovation and sharing ideas
- Influence and work closely with BUF, FPA and A2R teams on joint goals and objectives Lead, be part of GS process improvement and other global/local projects
- Provide support to resolve escalated A2R issues (US GAAP)
- For CFM processes, ensure SOX compliance is followed, in order to achieve “adequate” internal and external audit ratings; Identify and quantify financial and operational risks and opportunities
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- People Management:
- 1-3 Senior Analysts
- Career grow conversations, motivation and feed-back, compensation planning, team coaching
- Travel
- Career grow conversations, motivation and feed-back, compensation planning, team coaching
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
- Career grow conversations, motivation and feed-back, compensation planning, team coaching
Languages:
- Fluent English, confidence in presenting to Senior Management in English
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- Experience Required:
- 5 – 10 years job experience in different Finance Functions
- US GAAP reporting experience
- Prior managerial / supervisory experience is preferred
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- 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.
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