Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Technical Product Owner to define strategies that combine a deep understanding of business objectives and challenges with technology solutions, focusing on supporting SAP S4 Finance as part of an ambitious transformational agenda.
Requirements
- SAP MDG
- S/4 HANA Finance (Account to Report)
- SAP Central Finance, SLT (Replication)
- SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
- Data strategy, Data governance, Data modelling, and Process definition
- Financial Accounting, Reporting, Close optimization & Continuous Accounting
- Experience with SAP ECC6 FI/CO, S/4 HANA Finance, SAP Central Finance and/or SAP MDG
Responsibilities
- 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, baselined value realization key performance indicators
- External Insights: understanding external trends and insights related to finance process & technology, including macro level shifts in compliance regimes to provide foresight necessary to inform strategies
- Solution Design: ensuring that product development efforts incorporate an approach that starts with experimentation to validate expected impact, includes human centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement, in respect of defined global template.
- Value Realization: defining expected 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 while adhering to standards and clean core strategy.
- Internal Partnerships: acting as the primary 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.
Other
- 7+ years preferred of relevant experience in managing technical and / or finance teams; strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; effective manager of people and strong team-building skills.
- BA/BS degree is required. Master’s Degree with focus on Computer Science or Computer Engineering; Economics or Financial Accounting; MBA is preferred.
- Financial accounting knowledge is crucial.
- Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; effective manager of people and strong team-building skills.
- Ability to structure & facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders
