Senior Financial Analyst DPDS Discovery

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at

Job Function : Finance

Job Sub Function :

Finance Business Partners

Job Category : Professional

All Job Posting Locations :

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description :

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS) Senior Financial Analyst. The candidate can work in our Spring House, PA or Titusville, NJ locations and will be required to travel to Spring House, PA, regularly.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at

Position Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst will support Innovative Medicine Research & Development Finance. This SFA will be responsible for providing financial leadership to the Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS) organization and will be an integral member of the Innovative Medicine DPDS Discovery Finance team. DPDS Discovery supports cross-Therapeutic Area discovery research. This is an excellent opportunity to partner with senior business leaders on strategy and execution, as DPDS strengthens global capabilities to build a world class discovery engine. The SFA will help deliver on budget commitments, drive strategic business decisions, and provide recommendations on investment decisions.

Responsibilities :

The DPDS Discovery Senior Financial Analyst will provide financial and strategic leadership for the PSTS organization. Key activities for this position include, but are not limited to :

Finance representative on the PSTS Leadership Team, where candidate is expected to demonstrate strategic thinking and challenge assumptions relative to key business initiatives and the prioritization and planning of R&D investments.

Proactively partner with the PSTS leadership to develop financial forecasts, support decision making, gain insights into financial drivers and identify potential opportunities and risks related to functional spending

Lead planning (JU & LRFP, NU, BP), latest thinking 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.

The ability to educate business partners on financial issues and concepts will be required.

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.

Qualifications : Required

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.

The role will be located in Spring House, PA or Titusville, NJ and will be required to travel to Spring House, PA regularly, and may require up to 10% of travel.

Preferred

A Master’s degree, MBA and / or CPA, CMA.

Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Experience with advanced data analytic and visualization tools, preferably Power BI, Tableau, and Alteryx.

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 and 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 email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills : Preferred Skills :

Audit and Compliance Trends, Critical Thinking, Data Reporting, Data Visualization, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Forecasting

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$79,000-$127,650

Additional Description for Pay Transparency :

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar / performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and / or eligible dependents may be 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. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits : Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.