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Job Function:
FinanceJob Sub Function:
Financial Planning & AnalysisJob Category:
ProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:
São Paulo, BrazilJob Description:
We are searching for the best talent for Senior Financial Analyst
Purpose:
Johnson & Johnson IT Finance is recruiting a Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This role supports Technology Services (TS) Finance activities, with primary accountability across planning, reporting, and close processes.
On our IT Finance team, we manage the reporting and planning cycles across Latest Thinking, Business Plan, and Actuals for Technology Services (TS) cost areas. In this role, you will be involved in close activities & data analysis, and work with Global Services and IT business partners to ensuring timeliness & accuracy of data and keep results compliant. You will also help simplify and automate recurring reporting so we can move faster and focus on decisions.
What’s in it for you?
- Varied role with exposure to both run-the-business finance and project spend
- Chance to help build and improve how we work across regions
- Visibility into IT strategy and shared services operating model
- Develop in finance, controls, and digital automation through on-the-job learning and formal training programs
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Hybrid working (up to 2 days per week from home), with focus on sustainable ways of working
You will be responsible for:
1) Technology Services (TS) controlling for OUS (Towers focused)
- Partner with IT stakeholders to manage planning cycles, collect inputs, challenge assumptions, and translate business needs into finance requirements
- Publish monthly reporting, explain what changed and why (drivers, risks, opportunities), and recommend next steps
- Run OUS operating expense planning, Latest Thinking, budget, and close routines for in-scope IT cost areas (including OpEx, CapEx, and headcount where applicable)
- Align assumptions and results with US and regional Finance partners, flag gaps, and drive decisions to closure
2) Investments, Operational Finance & Global Process Ownership
- Support end-to-end financial management of global investments, including CapEx planning, spend tracking, accruals, project monitoring, capitalisation activities, and investment reporting
- Manage key operational finance processes within TS, including cost allocations, controls, and process documentation
- Partner with Project Managers, Global Services, and finance teams to improve reporting transparency, standardise ways of working, and strengthen governance across processes
- Execute in-scope controls (including SOX where applicable), support audits, and close control gaps
- Build and maintain simple playbooks and automate recurring close and reporting steps
3) Planning, Reporting, Controls, and Business Partnering
- Create clear reporting packs that tell the story, highlight key drivers, and call out required actions
- Maintain clean data and mappings so reporting is reliable and repeatable
- Identify efficiencies and eliminate non-value added recurring work
- Keep our close and forecast cadence running smoothly across regions
Qualifications / Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or equivalent experience (Master’s degree preferred).
Experience and skills:
- Solid finance and accounting foundation, with hands-on experience in planning, forecasting, and close
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to identify drivers, explain variances, and propose actions
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence across levels and geographies
- Comfortable owning work end-to-end, operating hands-on, and navigating ambiguity in a global environment
- Continuous improvement mindset, with demonstrated delivery of simplification, standardization, documentation, and automation
- Strong digital skills, able to drive automation (Excel/Power Query, Power Automate, Power BI). Preferred systems: BlackLine, Cadency, AfO, TM1, Anaplan
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Budgeting, Business Behavior, Coaching, Communication, Consulting, Data Savvy, Econometric Models, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Learning Agility, Microsoft Office, Operational Excellence, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management