SOX 404 Compliance Manager (mid-shift)

“Reimagine the possibilities” at Johnson and Johnson Global Finance! We live this motto every day by creating game-changing business solutions for the world’s largest and most broadly-based healthcare company. As a member of our Global Finance team, you will have exclusive access to a network of financial professionals located in over 60 countries. This new network will help you build on your current skills and explore opportunities to grow your career in J&J.

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This role will be part of the Global Services Finance team in the Compliance - SOX 404 process area. Our Global Services Finance team is growing, and we are looking for people with strong accounting and finance backgrounds. The Global Services Finance organization provides best-in-class, cost-effective financial services, and compliance—in a J&J way—to our Operating Companies around the world.

SOX 404 Compliance Manager will be responsible to provide strong leadership and oversight within the overall testing program of Finance compliance controls and activities to ensure financial compliance is meeting standards across the region and/or globe. The candidate will provide strong leadership and guidance to respective direct reports. The role will also partner very closely with other regional compliance teams, SOX 404 Program Office, regional service delivery teams, senior leadership, Internal Audit, and external auditors. The role will report directly to the Global SOX 404 Compliance Director of Global Services. Expected to provide SOX 404 Program Testing oversight and responsible for supervising, reviewing, and testing controls throughout J&J Finance.

This role will provide exposure across different compliance processes within J&J and the opportunity to observe various teams as part of the onboarding. We look forward to working with strong individuals who are agile in learning new processes and adaptable to varying business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Be compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and follow guidelines in the J&J Credo.

2.Maintain Operational Excellence·      

• evaluates the design and operating effectiveness of key controls and provides recommendation on Finance business process improvements and efficiencies where appropriate to the cross-functional Finance teams via coordination of the SOX 404 PMO.·      

• Assess for SOX 404 control impact for any identified control deficiencies and monitor/test for remediation efforts with process owners through the SOX PMO.

• Demonstrates strong learning agility.

• Views issues with a risk-based lens and develops appropriate mitigation plans.

• Supervises and/or performs process walkthroughs and documents process narratives and/or process flows.

• Ability to provide technical guidance to the team.

• Reviews outputs for accuracy and develops solutions.

• Drives adherence, monitors, and aligns with stakeholders on Financial control and compliance.

• Plans SOX 404 testing with team and drives compliance of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements in coordination with SOX 404 Program Management Office (PMO).

• Aligns any audit findings with SOX 404 Program Management Office which coordinates with the team to align findings with key stakeholders.

• Supervises and conducts SOX Testing via interviews and paper trail investigations as required, including the completion of work papers and the summarization of findings and observations in accordance with Department standards and model audit program steps.

• Reviews recommendations with SOX PMO, and stakeholders throughout the audit.

• Holds team and business accountable for meeting SOX 404 compliance metrics and targets for the region.

• Leads formal meetings with the team to discuss and finalize findings and recommendations.

3. Talent Management

• Has influencing and people leadership skills.

• Train and lead a team of Seniors, and Staff through formal mentoring, feedback, and training to ensure proper development and succession within J&J. This requires the ability to communicate effectively as certain team members will be based in various locations.

4. Be a Trusted Business Partner

• Understands external environment and acts in an advisory/consultant capacity.

• Supervises and/or designs test plans and testing approaches based on risk analysis and collects data to identify the root cause of problems in partnership with SOX 404 PMO.

5. Create Game-Changing Innovation

• Applies critical thinking and innovative proposals on identifying control testing efficiencies to SOX 404 PMO.

• Champions and influences strategy and solutions.

• Prioritizes business requests to maintain process flow with continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications

Education

• A minimum of a BA/BS degree is required in Accounting, Finance/other business disciplines.

Required

• This role will be working on a mid-shift.

• Generally, requires 8-10 Years of work experience.

• At least 3-5 years of Management / Supervisory experience is required.

• Has specialized knowledge in underlying business processes and accounting background.

• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to get along with employees at all levels.

• Ability to frame clear & concise communication across all relevant stakeholders.

• Be open to new ideas, rapid change and adopting new technologies.

Preferred

• CIA, CPA, CMA, CFA, or CISA is strongly preferred.

• Sarbanes Oxley and audit experience are strongly preferred.

• Professional working experience in Accounting, Finance and/or Auditing is strongly preferred.

• Fluency in multiple languages is preferred.

• Digital/ intelligent automation capabilities.

Other

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.