Legal Entity Accounting Senior Finance Analyst - Conductor

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Global Services Finance is the Johnson & Johnson Finance Centre located in many regions of the world, being this position located in Prague/Czechia. The main goal of this position as part of Legal Entity Accounting Team is to deliver compliant local financial services to J&J affiliates.

As the LE Accounting Senior Finance Analyst (Conductor), you will own local statutory accounting and reporting for assigned legal entities, acting as the central coordinator between internal & external teams, auditors and service providers. You will ensure timely, compliant statutory close and financial statement preparation, drive continuous improvement of processes, and provide technical accounting leadership across statutory, tax and audit matters.

Core responsibilities include:

• Acts as a coordinator of the end-to-end statutory processes for all Legal Entities in assigned country
• Full responsibility for the Local Statutory Reporting requirements of companies in-scope
• Oversee the preparation by a 3rd party provider of the Local Statutory Financial Statements of companies in scope.
• Coordinate and execute (when applicable) corrective action plan related to Statutory Financial Statements process
• Monitor, analyse and review department work and related processes to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Apply a thorough understanding of the Statutory Financial Reporting and General Ledger structure
• Key point of contact within the group on all technical statutory accounting queries and be responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with external service provider, J&J corporate tax teams, external audit teams (PwC), and local management teams (Finance, Supply Chain, Legal etc.)
• Ensure that all necessary closing requirements statutory are done
• Support J&J Corporate Tax Centres regarding the preparation of corporate Tax Returns for companies in scope.
• Ensure that standardized processes with local audit (PWC), as well as 3rd party providers, are in place trough understanding of the audit process and ability to liaise closely with Auditors, Local Management teams, and other stakeholders eg Tax Advisors
• Provide detailed specific guidance and support on complex business issues and financial system issues so that overall control is maintained
• Close interaction with Account-To-Report and other Global Services stakeholders (specific statutory requirements)
• Support projects when applicable (provide insights into specific local statutory and tax requirements or process related)
• Interact with other Global teams to benchmark process and address action plans
• Escalates pro-actively to ensure statutory deadlines are met

People Management:

• Recruit, Lead, Motivate and Develop team
• Clear communication of job expectations
• Planning, Monitoring, Appraising, and Reviewing job contributions
• Coaching and Mentoring team members
• Foster an environment of respect, teamwork, innovation and sharing of ideas

Compliance Statement:

• Ensure strong internal controls are in place to achieve “adequate” compliance with SOX controls and Local GAAP according to jurisdictions requirements
• Keeping businesses compliant with various local accounting regulations
• Work transparently and communicates clearly with Senior Leadership
• Committed to meeting all corporate and local deadlines

Qualifications:

• Fully Certified public accountant or an international qualified accountant equivalent, with 7-10 years post qualified financial experience (e.g. ACCA, CMA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent)
• Fluent English (written and spoken), Additional languages a plus
• Previous job experience in one of the Big 4 companies or another audit firm preferred
• Knowledge of IFRS and Tax
• Experience with GAAP conversions and related agenda
• Ability to lead and coordinate complex processes involving multiple stakeholders.
• Great analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate well in presentations for Leadership
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills required
• Proven business partnering skills (especially with external audit teams)
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, meet deadlines and be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment, fostering same mindset with the team
• Great US GAAP accounting knowledge
• Great local GAAP knowledge
• Travel as per Business need