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Compliance Manager, MT SC ERP Global Project – MedTech

The MT SC Digital Transformation Global Program Management Office, a multi-year global business transformation initiative that will modernize our end-to-end Supply Chain digital capabilities by harmonizing our disparate ecosystem of 40+ major global MD ERP systems, standardizing our core business processes and products [across Plan, Source, Make, Quality, Deliver, and Data], and enabling our integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4 HANA instance.

The Compliance Manager will assist and support the Senior Global Compliance Manager in leading, directing and shaping the compliance function within the wider TranSCend global program.

The role will be responsible for managing direct reports, providing overall proactive compliance advisory and support to the MT ERP Roadmap projects and partner closely with the Global Project Controllers on ensuring systems are compliantly enabled to support finance and business operations.

The Manager will ensure that risks are pre-emptively identified, and controls are effectively designed and documented prior to launch of SOX applicable systems.

Key compliance activities include advisory and compliance review across process & control design, master data, user access management, interfaces while managing compliance documentation and internal/external audit & assurance expectations.

There are numerous possibilities to present to different management/project teams in this crucial function. To effectively and efficiently advise and assist numerous diverse stakeholders on compliance needs and input, the role calls for a high level of motivation, confidence, and the capacity to work through ambiguity, complicated role design, and knowledge.

The successful candidate must be able to lead by example and engage and operate with the project team at an execution level, as well as with leadership at a strategic level. This role will need to develop strong business partnerships across project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a comprehensive risk-based approach to review the operational and financial capabilities of the system, impact to respective impact to control environment and readiness assessment.
• Provide and communicate a transparent view of the compliance risks to allow Management and Project Team to make strategic decisions on planned deployments.
• Assess and deliver opportunities for standardization of controls and processes to enable consistency across future deployments - Assess processes, risks, and controls to identify control gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Identify and timely eliminate/mitigate risks of processes and controls.
• Ensure overall deliverables remain on track and project statuses are provided.
• Identify areas of focus for the compliance team and action accordingly
• Leading various ad hoc deliverables to enable successful project outcomes.
• Establish integrated project plans / schedules / deliverables.
• People management i.e., 5 conversations, development of team etc
• Liaison with internal/external auditors regarding all work performed.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required in Accounting, Finance or other related business discipline required.
• A minimum of 7 years of professional working experience in Accounting, Finance and/or Auditing required.
• Sarbanes Oxley and/or audit experience is required.
• CIA, CPA, CMA, CFA or CISA is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of accounting standards and practices to aid with financial control understanding required.
• Ability to provide observations and recommendations for business operations and controls issues in correlation with key risk disciplines (including financial reporting and operational) required.
• Prefer a strong knowledge of Medical Devices, Supply Chain and/or Commercial Operations
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result is required .
• Strong customer focus (internal & external), including development and management of stakeholders is required .
• Knowledge in deploying standardized work processes, tools, and templates is preferred .
• Experience managing to project timelines and milestones in complex business environments preferred .
• Skilled at engaging and building relationships with senior business stakeholders required .
• Experience working in a complex, multi-ERP / system environment preferred .
• Strong delivery focus, ability to perform on a timely basis and with accuracy, and to work well under pressure within a changing environment required.

Other

• This position can be based in any J&J MD office location in NA or EMEA.
• This position may require up to 10% travel.