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At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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
Job Function
Project/Program Management Group
Job Sub Function
Project/Program Management
Job Category
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Cork, Cork, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Geel, Antwerp, Belgium
Job Description
About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend: Project Financial Controller to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
Titusville, NJ United States - Requisition Number: R-022067
Belgium and Ireland - Requisition Number: R-021744
Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-021754
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.
This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.
As a part of the Global PMO team, the Project Controller will support the Global PMO to enhance budget control in a complex, multiyear transformation program with established governance processes.
You will report to the Global PMO and be responsible for Controlling the program budget. You will achieve this by collaborating with Global Finance and Budget Owners in functional teams. Your role will involve identifying opportunities for process improvements, preparing detailed, evidence-based budget status reports for the executive and senior leadership, and owning the budget control for the program. Your ability to manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects will be crucial in this role.
The ideal candidate brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the global pharmaceutical and/or global ERP implementation environments. Your ability to influence and effectively engage across functions in a matrix organizational structure, along with your exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, makes you an ideal fit for this role. Your background in project and change management from a finance perspective sets you apart. You possess proficiency in project and program management and business analysis techniques, coupled with experience in budget control.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the Global PMO to manage and control the program budget, prepare evidence-based, executive-level reports and dashboards in Power BI or equivalent
* Identify opportunities for budget control and process improvements within the Global PMO and between the PMO, Global Finance, and functions
* Prepare and present project status reports, updates, and performance metrics to senior management
* Ensure cross-functional adherence to PMO governance, frameworks, and controls, including RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) logs, critical path tracking, and achievement management aligned with the wider program
* Coordinate the successful delivery of cross-functional teams through collaboration, structured resource and budget planning, initiative-taking dependency management, and disciplined execution oversight
* Effectively engage with and influence cross-functional teams to ensure integration of program activities and resource planning
* Support forward-looking scenario planning to address emerging risks and budget variations
* Monitor program budget progress and adjust plans and enhance processes as necessary to meet objectives
Qualifications
Education:
* Minimum of a Bachelor's/University or equivalent degree is required
Experience And Skills
Required:
* Minimum 6 years of experience controlling budgets in large-scale transformation programs, preferred in a highly regulated environment
* Strong collaborator engagement skills with a proven record of being able to deliver via influence
* Advanced proficiency in project portfolio tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA) and executive reporting tools (e.g., PowerPoint, Power BI)
* Proven experience in program and change management from a finance perspective
* Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and ability to effectively manage in a matrix environment
* Demonstrated success in delivering internal control implementation programmes or finance transformation initiatives
* Experience working with or within Internal Audit, Finance, Risk & Compliance teams is highly advantageous
* Proficiency in project management and business analysis techniques
Preferred
* Demonstrated ability to use dashboards and PowerBI to interrogate data and provide meaningful reports to track and explain deviations in planned versus actual budget
* Recognized project/programme management qualification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, MSP)
* Finance qualification, MBS or equivalent
* Strong knowledge of the global MedTech industry
* Experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
Other
* Requires up to 10% domestic and/or international travel
* Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option for two remote workdays each week
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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