Senior Accountant
Our Global Services Finance Team is growing, and we are looking for people with strong accounting and finance backgrounds. We provide outstanding, efficient financial services, and compliance—in a J&J way—to our Operating Companies around the world.
The Finance and Accounting team is responsible for the complete and accurate accounting of all the general process flows for the Balance Sheet and Income Statement. This role will provide exposure across different accounting 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:
- Timely closing & execution of financial periods as per closing calendar and in accordance with SLA commitments, fully observing compliance, internal audit & SOX requirements.
- Accountable for completeness, accuracy and validity of the actuals reported within process scope.
- Knowledge of the worldwide policies and procedures, identify compliance risks and recommend solutions.
- Regular focus on balance sheet reconciliations to minimize open items.
- On the job training for new team members and partners.
- Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities to achieve “adequate” internal and external audit ratings.
- Implement global strategy & solutions in line with taxonomy.
- Support Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Operational Key Contacts (OKCs) to ensure cross sector, cross region, and cross process alignment - ensuring documentation is maintained and consistent to the global approach.
- Generate ideas, cultivate, and implements continuous improvement mentality, identifying and pursuing process efficiency opportunities.
- Proficient in using Excel