Sr Finance Manager External Innovation

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Johnson & Johnson, is recruiting for a Senior Finance Manager, External Innovation.  This role will preferably be based in Titusville, NJ but consideration may be given to other US-based J&J sites.

Johnson & Johnson believes health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.  Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Position Overview

The Senior Finance Manager, External Innovation will support the Innovative Medicine Business Development (IM BD) team and provide the leadership role in the financial evaluation of BD deals including:

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• Support external business development opportunities, understand and challenge the business case as well as ensuring transparency in the valuation assessments
• Provide financial leadership to optimize capital allocation, support portfolio investment and prioritization, increase business efficiency and effectiveness, and improve cash flow for the organization
• Developing financial analyses/valuations for licensing, acquisitions and externalization opportunities by liaising with various stakeholders to prepare a financial valuation model (discounted cash flow, (e)NPV and (e)IRR
• Developing and negotiating deal terms that mitigate risks and ensure value creation for J&J
• Assessing financial viability of the licensing deals supported 
• Summarizing and presenting deals to Senior Management and Innovative Medicine Operating Committee.
• He/she must ensure compliance and adherence to Corporate Accounting Procedures and Approval Guidelines.
• Additional responsibilities include working with other Finance expert stakeholders on deals (tax, treasury, supply chain, R&D) and assisting with M&A transactions lead by Corporate M&A.
• The Senior Finance Manager will be required to have excellent analytical skills which is necessary to develop valuation models and perform complex financial scenario analyses. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are required, with the ability to present complex financial analyses in a fully transparent way to support informed and value creating decision making.
• Strong interdependent partnering and networking skills, both internally (within finance and across the business) and externally (with external parties) are required.
• Candidate must demonstrate ability to excel in high stress environments and manage multiple ongoing priorities.
• He/she will be required to work independently and demonstrate the ability to serve as a financial and business advisor.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably with a major in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics or Accounting
• An additional degree or advanced certifications such as a Master’s/MBA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CMA or another equivalent is preferred.
• Strong experience in Financial Modeling using advanced Microsoft Excel skills (i.e. Pivot Tables, Formulas, VLOOKUP functions) is required.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience with finance or accounting is required.
• Prior experience working in a Finance role supporting a Pharmaceutical or medical devices, Commercial or Research organization in healthcare industry, is highly preferred
• Prior supervisory/management experience preferred
• Demonstrated track record of independently managing project timelines and deliverables is required.
• Ability to be flexible with time of working hours required, given nature of the work, is very crucial for this role and is required.

• Strong communications, framing presentation skills, along with solid interpersonal, negotiating and ability to influence senior business leaders is required.
• This position will be located in Titusville, NJ and may require up to 10% of travel (domestic & international).

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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