Senior Financial Analyst Buf Supply Chain (M/F/D)

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Job Details

• Job Function: Finance
• Job Sub Function: Finance Business Partners
• Job Category: Professional

Job Posting Locations

• Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
• Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
• Prague, Czechia

Job Description

Interne Stellenausschreibung 03.09. - 17.09.2026.

Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst BUF Supply Chain for the Heart Recovery franchise. Preferred location is Aachen/Germany or any other strategic finance hub in EMEA.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/ .

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Financial Analyst BUF Supply Chain will act as strategic finance partner to the EMEA Plan, Source and Supplier Engineering departments based in EMEA / Aachen. This position will ensure accurate financials, will lead planning and forecasting activities with the business in line with strategic priorities and will provide actionable financial insights through the development and delivery of performance reporting and analysis. The Senior Financial Analyst will be part of the Heart Recovery Supply Chain and Operations organization and will partner closely with US counterparts, Global Services and business partners. This role can be based in any EMEA location. However, the successful candidate will be expected to spend a minimum of one week per month onsite in Aachen, Germany

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and coordinate Opex, Capex and Inventory (Raw materials and Finished Goods incl. Reserves) annual budgeting process, forecast updates, latest thinking, and actual reporting with the business, in alignment with overall Supply Chain Finance planning calendar for a dedicated area in supply chain.
• Own cost center budget vs. actual analytics including P&L, capex and headcount with respective regional business leaders; this includes developing commentary with business input, providing council and influencing decision making and action planning to adhere to target commitments.
• Develop and deliver analytics and action plans with business partners for slow moving and obsolete inventories, identify root causes and influence remediation, incorporate impacts into budget, forecasts and long-term plans.
• Own PPV (purchase price variance) analysis: partner with procurement and operations to build analytics, define drivers, and implement corrective actions; reflect PPV impacts in budget, forecast and LT planning.
• Oversee physical inventory controls and ensure count integrity and timely resolution of variances in line with compliance requirements.
• Perform financial analysis of scrap drivers, recommend mitigation actions and track savings.
• Serve as Finance lead for change requests - support systemic process to execute new or changes to material master (primarily raw materials), assess financial impact and ensure appropriate controls.
• Manage GR/IR reconciliation and oversight: monitor GR/IR balances, coordinate investigations and ensure month‑end accuracy.
• Support the preparation and submission of Capital Appropriation Request (“CAR”) for the dedicated supply chain area, in line with JNJ policy
• Own SOX controls and ensure compliance with SOX and other internal policies and procedures
• Establish efficient interaction model with appropriate business partners, global services and other members of the supply chain team.
• Proactive partnering with business partners to ensure alignment of financial targets and identification of potential opportunities and risks
• Forging internal collaboration both within and outside of the wider Supply Chain Finance team to ensure high service delivery

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance Accounting or related field is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in finance and accounting.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; high proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and Adaptive preferred.
• Intellectual curiosity and confidence to operate autonomously, with minimal direct supervision is required.
• Prioritize and manage multiple deliverables and adapt in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong financial analysis skills and the ability to quickly adapt to use of new systems and tools are required.
• Excellent interpersonal, as well as both oral and written communication skills are required.
• German language skills would be considered an advantage
• Demonstrates an understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices, and has experience generating effective prompts to boost efficiency and productivity.

Required Skills:

• Accelerating
• Budgeting
• Budget Management
• Business Behavior
• Coaching
• Confidentiality
• Data Analysis
• Detail-Oriented
• Expense Controls
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Disclosures
• Financial Forecasting
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Reports
• Financial Risk Management (FRM)
• Learning Agility
• Leverages Information
• Microsoft Office
• Problem Solving
• Process Optimization
• Process Oriented
• Relationship Building
• Service Excellence
• Stakeholder Management
• Teamwork

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and Adaptive

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*:

• an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
• vacation days
• parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks
• bereavement leave
• caregiver leave
• volunteer leave
• well-being reimbursement
• programs for financial, physical and mental health.
• service anniversary and recognition awards
• subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans.

For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.