Finance IT lead - Customer & Logistics Services

Description

Information about the organisation:

Customer & Logistics Services (CLS)'s mission is to build capability and drive operational improvement in the areas of customer service, distribution and transportation while simultaneously improving the overall customer experience. CLS is concentrating on creating an exceptional and reliable customer experience every time an order is placed and it delivers value by ensuring we have the right network and capabilities in place to distribute our products to customers in an effective, efficient and secure manner while maintaining the highest standards in quality and compliance.

CLS IT is looking to reinforce their group with an individual proficient the in areas of intercompany financial processes, distribution & inventory accounting, hedging, Vat & Intra community reporting, import & export customs knowledge and classic financial back office functions such GL, AR and AP.

This role will drive the implementation of financial systems for CLS and act as lead finance council to all new initiatives in EMEA CLS.

Your Responsibilities:

You will lead large, moderate components of complex projects, programs or initiatives across the MD&D franchise or other CLS sectors.in the area of finance
You will operate as a key liaison between client and technical team with particular focus on translating business requirements definitions into IT specifications
You will act as a strong business analyst with a focus on requirements gathering, process design, data modeling, functional design
You will facilitate workshops ideally related to complex systems integration projects
You will have the responsibility of all phases of the system life cycle (i.e., SDLC), whilst ensuring, when necessary, that J&J compliance and control requirements and approvals are maintained.

Exigences

You have a University Degree preferably in Business, Finance or IT
Solid Business IT Experience - more than 7 years' experience
Strong financial business acumen in intercompany financial processes & GFS back office functions such as GL, AR and AP
You are a team player with good communication skills and customer oriented, aiming at effective collaboration with internal and external partners. Manages business partner expectations at a peer level, resolving conflicts between requirements
You connect and demonstrate ability to manages relationships across all IT, local finance and Global financial shared services
You work independently in formulating innovative ideas and solutions on products, processes, and systems; Problem Solving and Process Improvement Skills
You are able to deal with high pace project delivery and challenging timescales - well organized, very accurate and compliance driven.
Advanced understanding of finance functional area and the ERP systems (JD Edwards & SAP).
Proven experience around process definition, application implementation, business process redesign within a large complex environment
Good computer literacy: knowledge of SAP/JD Edwards or other ERP systems. Strong in MS Excel and other analytical/database tools (Access)
You operate with ease with virtual teams on different time zones
Knowledge and understanding of the Medical device, Pharma industry is an advantage.