Technical Product Owner – Manager Run State CFIN/A2R Enterprise Ledger - APAC

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Paranaque, National Capital Region (Manila), Philippines

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Technical Product Owner (IT Manager) – Enterprise Ledger (location based in APAC - Bangalore or Manila) who will work at the intersection of business & technology to define strategies that combine a deep understanding of business objectives, challenges, with technology solutions and extending them into development execution, value realization & ongoing product management. In this role, you will be part of enabling the strategic direction for finance technology products passionate about architecting SAP Finance / S/4 HANA as the function supports on an ambitious transformational agenda. You will be part of a team of internal and external technology professionals and be supporting the run state organization, supporting JnJ’s SAP S4 Finance system out of the APAC region.

This position is being offered as a fixed-term opportunity for a duration of two years, based in Bangalore or Manila. The role provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to J&J’s strategic finance technology transformation initiatives while gaining global exposure within the enterprise function.

• Business Problem Definition: understanding and translating business problems faced by the finance function into a value case & comprehensive set of solutions spanning process, technology, data, governance & user experience supported by defined, baseline value realization key performance indicators
• Solution Design: ensuring that product development efforts incorporate an approach that starts with experimentation to validate encouraged impact, includes human centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement
• Value Realization: defining encouraged value impact of investments across employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance
• Architecture: partnering with the finance architecture team to define the role each system plays within our landscape aligned with business capabilities
• Internal Partnerships: acting as a trusted advisor to senior finance & technology leaders across all lifecycles of product development starting with inception through to value realization & ongoing continuous improvement, and communication of progress against strategic objectives
• Product Management: partnering with product management teams to ensure roadmaps are oriented to deliver finance business & technology strategy, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators. Partnering with internal and external technology teams to ensure user-friendly and reliable systems and excellence in support operations, including the support of the financial reporting cycles within JnJ.
• Team Leadership: co-lead a global team of finance technology professionals across multiple domains and locations

We believe that experience developing insight led strategy, crafting innovative technology solutions, experimentation, agile ways of working, intellectual curiosity, empathy, leading teams, and human centered design are critical to enable you to be successful in this role. Furthermore, it is important that you are a strong collaborator, who has the leadership presence to influence results and build a strong sense of collective team engagement. We desire a candidate who has experience structuring & facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders.

In addition to these core skills, we expect you to have the following technical expertise:

• S/4 HANA Finance (Account to Report)
• SAP Central Finance
• Understanding of (SAP) Cloud infrastructure
• Data strategy, governance, technology, and process definition
• Financial Accounting, Reporting, Close optimization & continuous accounting

Any proven experience in any of following processes is a plus:

• I2C (Invoice to Cash)
• P2P (Procure to Pay)
• Asset Management
• Project Accounting
• Treasury
• Finance Master Data Management

Reporting to the Sr Manager, Enterprise Ledger, you would partner closely with Business Process Owners, Global Process Owners, Senior Finance Managers, and Financial Systems Leads to safeguard and improve the ground-breaking potential of technology investments.

Qualifications And Requirement:

• 10+ years preferred of proven experience in leading technical and / or finance teams; strong leadership, communication and social skills; effective manager of people and strong team-building skills.
• 8+ years of relevant functional experience with SAP ECC6 FI/CO, S/4 HANA Finance, and/or Central Finance, with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in S4 HANA.
• BA/BS degree is required. Master’s Degree with focus on Computer Science or Computer Engineering; Economics or Financial Accounting; MBA is preferred.
• Technical expertise in the following is preferred: S/4 HANA, SAP Central Finance, Cloud infrastructure, SAP BTP, Data strategy, Governance, Technology, and Process definition
• Financial accounting knowledge is essential.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.