Senior Financial Analyst-BUF Quality (TO&R)
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at Johnson & Johnson. New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America · full-time · $79,000–$127,650 base.
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What you'll do
- Run financial planning for Enterprise Quality Systems, covering operating and capital costs, staffing, forecasts, close and budget comparisons
- Bring together Quality results and explain the main drivers, risks and options in concise materials for senior leaders
- Guide capital requests from business case and return analysis through leadership review, project tracking and closeout
- Track project finances across Digital Roadmap and Lifecycle Management, including forecasts, purchase commitments, reconciliations and allocations
- Check coding and support for capital and expense activity, resolve control issues, and simplify or automate finance processes
What you bring
- At least three years in finance or accounting, with ownership of planning, budgets, forecasts, close and variance reviews
- A bachelor’s degree, with experience overseeing operating and capital budgets, staffing plans, accruals and project-level finances
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, including auditable financial models and executive-ready presentations
- Strong business-case judgment, financial controls and communication skills to guide stakeholders and turn analysis into recommendations
Who this fits
This senior finance role suits someone comfortable influencing cross-functional partners and leaders while managing detailed planning, controls and competing deadlines. The position is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a hybrid schedule and travel of up to ten percent. Titusville or Raritan may be considered individually.
From the employer
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 jnj.com
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
Job Function:
FinanceJob Sub Function:
Finance Business PartnersJob Category:
ProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of AmericaJob Description:
J&J Tech Ops & Risk Finance is recruiting for a Senior Financial Analyst-BUF Quality (TO&R) to provide BUF financial leadership to the Corporate Quality organization. This position is in New Brunswick, NJ. Consideration for other J&J sites such as Titusville, NJ or Raritan, NJ may be granted on a case by case basis.
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 https://www.jnj.com.
TOgetheR, we unlock trusted outcomes by navigating risk and driving operational excellence with a focus on compliance.
The Senior Financial Analyst will:
- Lead BUF and FP&A support for Enterprise Quality Systems, including Opex, Capex and headcount planning; business plan, long-range financial plan and forecast cycles; period close; latest-thinking updates; and budget-versus-actual analysis.
- Consolidate Enterprise Quality financial results and prepare accurate, timely, executive-ready analyses and presentations that explain key drivers, risks, opportunities, trade-offs and recommended actions.
- Serve as a trusted Finance partner to Quality, TO&R, Segment Finance and cross-functional stakeholders, providing an independent financial perspective and influencing decisions through clear, data-driven insights.
- Own the end-to-end Capital Appropriation Request process for Quality programs, including business-case and ROI analysis, due diligence, leadership review, project financial tracking, capitalization and closure support.
- Provide financial governance for the Digital Roadmap and Lifecycle Management portfolios through project-level actuals and forecasting, SOW and PO tracking, WBS and Planisware alignment, GL mapping, accruals, depreciation, allocations and monthly reconciliations.
- Strengthening financial controls and data quality by ensuring capital and expense activity is traceable, validating project coding and supporting documentation, identifying financial risks, and driving timely corrective actions with business and Finance partners.
- Drive simplification, standardization and automation of planning, close, reporting and portfolio-governance processes by leveraging SigniFi, modern Finance tools and AI-enabled ways of working.
- This role will report to the TO&R Risk Functions Finance Manager.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 3 years of progressive Finance or Accounting experience is required, including demonstrated ownership of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, period close activities and variance analysis in a complex, matrixed organization.
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related business discipline; CPA, CMA or MBA is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience managing both operating expenses and capital budgets, including headcount planning, run costs versus build costs, driver-based forecasting, accruals, allocations, reconciliations and project-level financial tracking.
- Strong financial modeling and business-case capabilities, with the ability to evaluate investments, returns, risks, opportunities and trade-offs and convert the analysis into clear recommendations.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills are required, including the ability to build reliable, auditable models and create concise, executive-ready presentations; experience with enterprise planning, ERP, reporting or project tools such as SAP, AFO, Fiori, Cadency, Anaplan, or Planisware is preferred.
- Proven ability to serve as a trusted business partner, connect operational activity to financial outcomes, challenge constructively, and influence cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders using data and sound judgment.
- Strong financial control and compliance mindset, with exceptional attention to detail, ownership of data integrity, and the ability to identify risks, investigate root causes and drive timely resolution.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information, tell a clear financial story, tailor messages to the audience and confirm alignment on actions and decisions are required.
- Self-directed and highly accountable, with demonstrated success managing competing priorities, meeting critical deadlines, operating through ambiguity and following through with limited supervision is required.
- Demonstrated continuous-improvement mindset, including experience simplifying, standardizing or automating financial processes and an interest in applying modern digital and AI-enabled tools responsibly is required.
- Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, regulated industries, Big Four public accounting or top-tier consulting is preferred.
- This role is located in New Brunswick, NJ; ability to work within the role’s hybrid schedule and travel up to 10% is required. Consideration for other J&J sites such as Titusville, NJ or Raritan, NJ may be granted on a case by case basis.
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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Accelerating, Budgeting, Budget Management, Business Behavior, Coaching, Confidentiality, Data Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Expense Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Disclosures, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Learning Agility, Leverages Information, Microsoft Office, Problem Solving, Process Optimization, Process Oriented, Relationship Building, Service Excellence, Stakeholder Management, Teamwork
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$79,000.00 - $127,650.00Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are 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.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 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
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits