Sr Finance Analyst Vision Inventory

at  Johnson Johnson

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/.

PRIMARY LOCATION: ZUG, OTHER LOCATIONS: LIMERICK AND JACKSONVILLE

Contract: full time, permanent
At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That’s why, through our operating companies, we’ve developed solutions for every stage of life—to help people see better, connect better and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world’s leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn.
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision is recruiting for a Senior Finance Analyst in the Principal, Inventory & Costing (PIC) team, supporting Inventory for Surgical Vision. The preferred location for this position is Zug, Switzerland, but qualified candidates from Ireland or the US would be considered as well.
The PIC team is part of J&J Vision’s Supply Chain Finance organization, and has the following mission statement: Our purpose is to bring consistency and clarity in highly interdependent supply chain finance processes, using our global footprint to promote process excellence and build bridges across the functions. We are looking for a Dynamic Senior Finance Analyst that will play a crucial role to bring this purpose to life, as the Surgical Vision business is currently progressing through a pivotal strategic change journey with high visibility and responsibility for the broader PIC team.

Process Automation

• Continuously challenge the existing processes and procedures and drive process automation.
• Explore the further use of advanced analytics tools to simplify processes or provide improved data-driven insights and visualization.
• Applicants must be collaborative in style, open to change and always seeking to improve the way things are achieved, driving the team to employ a forward-thinking analytical mentality

Financial Close & Compliance

• Consolidate the worldwide inventory report.
• Reporting out of inventory metrics and provide analytics supporting bridges to financial plans and historical actuals.
• Calculation of DOS, inventory reserves and other ad hoc analytics.
• Preparation of journal entries and ad hoc close tasks. Ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Support the inventory SOX cycle and related compliance activities.

Financial Forecasting

• Collaborate closely with the Plan organization and regional commercial finance teams to forecast net inventory for all major forecasting cycles (BP/JU/NU) as well as monthly glidepath based on latest IBP cycle.
• In collaboration with PIC, Make, and Commercial finance teams, have a comprehensive gross and net inventory forecast understanding ensuring we show a coherent story across P&L and Balance Sheet that ties in with business drivers.
• Support Mid Term and Long Range Financial Planning (MTP / LRFP) and business case support or ad-hoc inventory related financial modeling.

Process Automation

• Continuously challenge the existing processes and procedures and drive process automation.
• Explore the further use of advanced analytics tools to simplify processes or provide improved data-driven insights and visualization.
• Applicants must be collaborative in style, open to change and always seeking to improve the way things are achieved, driving the team to employ a forward-thinking analytical mentality.