Finance Testing and Cutover Manager, IM Transcend
Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Finance Testing and Cutover Manager, IM Transcend to join our team. This position can be located in Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Horsham, PA; Spring House, PA; Malvern, PA; Raynham, MA; Athens, GA; Markham, Ontario; Toronto, Canada; or Gurabo, PR. Remote work options in NA may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. Travel to NJ 1x per month will be required for a remote worker.
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Innovative Medicines Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into a single ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.
The program will simplify the Innovative Medicines ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a digital backbone that is fit for purpose, allowing us to support the business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.
The Testing and Cutover Manager is part of the Innovative Medicines Transcend Finance Deployment Team; responsible for implementation of the E2E future state Finance processes as part of the S4/HANA implementation within the global transformation programs. This position will lead all deployment release testing cycles, cutover planning, and execution as well as drive overall Transcend program methodologies through the Finance Deployment Organization.
Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities
Anticipated workload split is 60% Testing Lead 30% Cutover Lead and 10% Project Management
Testing Lead Responsibilities
- Lead System Integration, Business Simulation, and User Acceptance Testing for all deployment releases
- Partner closely with the SigniFi Transact team to orchestrate joint end to end testing between the two systems
- Partner with functional workstream leads to develop end-to-end testing plans for each cycle
- Report on testing progress, risks, and issue resolution
- Partner with cross functional teams to ensure that all test data and transactions are ready prior to testing kick-off
- Triage testing defects for proper disposition and resolution
- Coordinate tester security and role access to ensure uninterrupted testing
- Develop test scripts to ensure that design objectives and acceptance criteria are thoroughly tested
- Translate financial business process into key stoke level S/4 HANA testing steps
- Ensure that all testing cycles and documentation are in line with compliance guidelines
- Administer program tool (Jira) use for test tracking and documentation
Cutover Responsibilities
- Partner with other finance process leads and cross functional Transcend teams to develop comprehensive end to end cutover plans for each deployment release
- Lead the cutover execution and tracking for each deployment release
- Support mock cutover cycles in preparation for go-live releases
Program Management Responsibilities
- Responsible for driving Transcend program wide methodologies through Finance Deployment Org
- Facilitate project tool (Smartsheet, Business Optix, Jira) optimization and administration
- Support intra-finance workstreams coordination and PMO reporting
- Own logistics, agenda, format, and consolidation of various management and team report outs
- Support project management responsibilities and resources (onboarding, SharePoint site, collaboration, planning of face to face and virtual meetings, etc)