Support Innovative Medicine Research & Development Finance.
Provide financial leadership to the Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS) organization.
Partner with senior business leaders on strategy and execution.
Help deliver on budget commitments, drive strategic business decisions, and provide recommendations on investment decisions.
Proactively partner with the PSTS leadership to develop financial forecasts, support decision making, and identify potential opportunities and risks related to functional spending.
Lead planning (JU & LRFP, NU, BP) and actual cycles budget update cycles for functional OPEX expenses (~$300MM) and headcount (~600 FTEs).
Responsible for the consolidation, framing and communication of strategy, forecast and financial results to PSTS and Finance leadership.
Accuracy and compliance of quarterly accounting close cycles.
Support ad hoc projects, applying financial analyses, to provide recommendations for opportunities to create new value for business partners.
Identify and/or participate in the implementation of operational improvements / standardization of activities.

A minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance.
A minimum of 2 years of finance or related business experience.
Proven financial and analytical skills, being result and performance driven.
Demonstrates business acumen and the ability to analyze complex financial problems, identify innovative solutions, and explain insights to a non-finance audience in an easy-to-understand way.
Trusted business partner with strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, implement operational improvements, work independently, and handle several tasks simultaneously.
Ability to think creatively and work in a team environment.
Excellent analytical (MS Excel) and presentation (PowerPoint) skills with an ability to quickly extract data from multiple J&J ERP systems.

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short
and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
consolidated retirement plan (pension)
savings plan (401(k))
long-term incentive program
vacation –120 hours per calendar year
sick time
40 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

Senior Financial Analyst, DPDS Discovery

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