Senior Finance Analyst - SC FP&A, Orthopaedics (FTC for 18 months)

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, Zuchwil, Switzerland

Job Description:

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):

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-093316

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-095261

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Senior Finance Analyst based in Zuchwil, Switzerland, or Diegem, Belgium, to join the Supply Chain DACH Finance team.

We offer a fixed-term contract for 18 months.

In this role, you will support and improve financial planning and analysis activities, helping strengthen reporting, business insights and decision-making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver timely, accurate monthly and quarterly actuals and budget reporting across all applicable platforms (Bravo, TM1, ERP, CFIN)
  • Cover approximately 10 legal entities across Switzerland and Germany
  • Ensure financial reporting aligns with applicable governance and control requirements
  • Lead clear and effective communication with senior management and finance teams
    • Conduct analysis and present insights for SOX reviews, including headcount bridges, P&L scorecards and ad hoc analysis
    • Communicate priorities, set clear expectations and ensure strict deadlines are met across finance teams
    • Validate data inputs and work with finance teams to explain major changes versus the previous update cycle or reporting period
    • Control and manage support function spend
• Hold quarterly reviews with business partners to discuss key spend drivers and variances
• Monitor and control support function spend and headcount across Finance, HR, Procurement, Business IT and Operations IT
• Review and approve purchase orders in line with budget availability and governance requirements
• Prepare journal entries, including accruals, reclasses and prepayments
• Drive FP&A harmonization, standardization and continuous improvement across the Centre of Excellence
  • Identify and implement automation opportunities that improve reporting efficiency, strengthen business continuity and make effective use of available data analytics tools, including Alteryx and Power BI
  • Play an active role in finance transformation initiatives, supporting implementation, adoption and change management across teams

Qualifications

Education:

• University/Master’s Degree or Equivalent in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 3–5 years of relevant finance experience, ideally in FP&A, reporting, accounting or business partnering
• Strong analytical approach, with the ability to simplify complex business issues and translate financial data into clear insights
• Proven track record to manage projects and processes with accuracy, structure and attention to detail
• Solid understanding of financial reporting, including balance sheet and P&L reconciliation in line with J&J Worldwide Procedures, DCMs, SOPs and ICH requirements
• Strong sense of urgency, sound judgment and the ability to take appropriate action independently
• Collaborative team player who can work effectively in virtual and cross-functional environments
• Excellent communication, business partnering and influencing skills, including the ability to align collaborators across cultures on financial priorities, constraints and difficult decisions
• Highly computer literate, with experience using ERP systems (preferably SAP P01 and S4 Hana) and Microsoft Office tools
• Confident English communication skills; additional languages are an advantage

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes next year. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

 

 

Required Skills:

Accountability, Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Problem Solving, Teamwork

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Business Behavior, Confidentiality, Consulting, Data Savvy, Econometric Models, Execution Focus, Financial Data Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Process Oriented