Executive Lead, Finance responsible for overseeing financial operations at Playgroup NSW. Ensuring compliance, risk management, and long - term financial sustainability in a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Finance Access Management & System Compliance Manager at Johnson & Johnson supporting digital finance transformation projects. Responsible for compliance governance and support for user access management processes.
Responsibilities
- Supports the governance, monitoring and maintenance of J&J’s enterprise internal controls within the UAM processes and financial systems.
- Provides compliance support to the SigniFi and TransAct digital transformation projects, with a focus on User Access Management (UAM) and other system compliance processes that come into scope of SigniFi and TransAct.
- Responsible for providing compliance systems support across all major system and tool deployments within the SigniFi/Transact Digital Core, Planning & Forecasting, Consolidations, and Reporting initiatives.
- Responsible to support Control Owners/Performers throughout the ongoing Internal and External SOX and Operational audits, including development of remediation plans of any deficiencies or gaps identified.
- Responsible to direct and collaborate with Control Owners/Performers to ensure that controls are being performed and evidenced in a timely manner and meet all External Reporting, Management Reporting, SOX and regulatory program deadlines.
- Supports compliance design initiatives and supports execution of controls across our landscape, partnering closely with GPO organizations, Global Services Internal Audit, and IT Stakeholders.
- Design, implement and support ongoing execution of Business, Finance and IT controls and quality metrics across platforms.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and proactively challenge existing processes and workflows – suggest and support implementation of necessary changes to improve influence/business impact.
- Use, analyze, and leverage existing data to make/take informed decisions, improve existing processes/systems and simplify and create strong plans with minimum risk.
- Execute the strategies and governance for compliance monitoring reporting.
- Support the design, build and run of internal and external management reporting strategy and governance.
- Support initiatives related to control automation to drive standardization and efficiencies across the enterprise.
- Build and maintain relationships at all levels throughout the organization.
Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Accounting Information Systems, or any related business degree is required.
- Advanced degrees or professional certifications such as MBA, Master's in TAX/Economics/Accounting, CPA, CIA, CISA, CMA etc. is preferred.
- Working knowledge of Security & User Access Management processes and tools.
- Working knowledge of financial and IT internal controls.
- Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404, US GAAP, and IFRS.
- Working knowledge of Financial External Reporting, and Management Reporting data, processes, and controls.
- Ability to proactively identify and mitigate process risks.
- Understanding of continuous process improvement techniques.
- Anticipate needs, assess and manage business risk taking; escalate issues that may impact their process globally; manage through times of crisis and ambiguity.
- Experience working in a complex, multi-ERP/system environment (S/4 SAP HANA preferred).
- People management skills and ability to collaborate in a highly matrixed environment is required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence the audience is required.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
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