Johnson & johnson vision care manufactures acuvue® brand contact lenses - the world's first soft disposable contact lens. Johnson & johnson, medtech /vision care is recruiting for a senior financial analyst located in ciudad de mexico or bogota.
as a key member of the business unit finance (buf) team, the senior analyst will play a crucial role in driving financial results analyzing, challenging, and supporting strategic decision-making process to grow the vision care business in north latam.
this position will be part of the business unit finance -vision care team providing strong financial leadership and guidance to business unit, finance stakeholders, global services center, and different processes/functions. This role actively supports the finance team by improving financial outcomes through robust business partnering and maintaining overall financial integrity and accuracy. A can-do approach, strong proactivity and excellent communication skills are crucial as well as the willingness to challenge status quo, be critical and value creation oriented.
*key responsibilities*:
- to develop financial modeling & analysis to support commercial initiatives for north latam vision care.
- to support month end closing working together with cfm, and gs by guaranteeing registers under buf responsibility are timely posted and by anticipating, analyzing, and identifying any gaps vs plan.
- to support finance to develop the highest level of compliance controls and to ensure a robust internal control environment: sox, usgaap, sop updates, process control guaranteeing policies are followed and meeting compliance governance requirements.
- to lead business plan and quarterly updates working with commercial areas and fp&a team to reflect business needs.
- to support internal and external audits and act as a focal point with business support areas to gather/analyze any information requirements.
- to raise any concerns about potential gaps and risks in a preventive and proactive way seeking to influence business decision making.
- to challenge status quo of current processes seeking to achieve efficiencies, automation, and a more intentional/purposeful business finance role.
- to partners with gs, deliver, planning, and other stakeholders to establish an integrated way of working which can ultimately contribute to better financial results and compliance health outcomes.
*qualifications*:
*qualifications*
*education*:
- minimum of bachelor’s degree required (business administration, economics, finance), mba or professional certification (e.g., cfa, cpa, cma) is a plus
*experience and skills*:
*required*:
- excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired results.
- previous experience in financial modeling.
- excellent communication and presentation skills.
- advanced microsoft office skills.
- erp and reporting systems proficiency (sap, tm1 cognos, hyperion).
- strong analytical skills with a deep knowledge of finance and accounting principles.
*preferred*:
- skilled at engaging and building relationships with senior business stakeholders required.
- minimum of 4 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within finance, fp&a, controlling, general accounting
- working knowledge of sap
- experience in data analytics dashboards (powerbi, tableau, etc)
- experience in data analytics tools (alteryx, knime, etc)
*other*:
- proficiency: english (advanced/fluent).
portuguese considered as a plus.