Senior Director, Finance Data Governance and Management

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Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Senior Director Finance Data Governance and Management located in New Brunswick New Jersey.

This role is responsible for shaping and executing the endtoend finance data strategygoverning how data is defined managed validated and enabled to drive insight efficiency and business value. This role serves as the single point of accountability for ensuring financecritical data is trusted governed and usable across the organization supporting accurate reporting strong controls and confident decisionmaking.

With deep expertise in SAP S/4 Finance and enterprise data management this leader partners across Finance Technology and Operations to translate enterprise design into daytoday execution. Success in this role requires exceptional people and talent leadership including the ability to scale and develop large global teams; influence peers and senior stakeholders; and manage upward to executive leadership. This leader brings the discipline to scale governance in a way that enables the business while maintaining strong controls and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance & Operating Model

• Own the enterprise Finance data governance operating model: decision rights roles (owners stewards custodians) domain councils and stewardship communities and executive governance forums.

• Define and maintain policies standards and controls for Finance data including metadata lineage privacy and retentionembedded into ways of working and change processes.

• Run the portfolio intake for Finance data & systems changes (programs releases enhancements) and ensure integrated design review risk assessment and runstate readiness.

Data Management & Master/Reference Data

• Set the strategy and roadmap for Finance master/reference data (GL accounts cost/profit centers company codes ledgers BP/customer/vendor materials hierarchies) spanning SAP S/4 and connected platforms including downstream reporting and consolidation environments.

• Oversee SAP MDG capabilities workflows and data model governance ensuring harmonization across business units and landscapes.

Data Quality (DQ) & Controls

• Establish enterprise DQ standards (accuracy completeness consistency timeliness validity uniqueness) and implement DQ rules monitoring and remediation for critical Finance data sets and pipelines.

• Operationalize issue management (triage root cause fix prevent) with SLAbased accountability across support teams.

• Embed preventive controls in processes and change lifecycle; reduce reconciliation and period-end close efforts by improving upstream data quality.

Data Enablement & Value Realization

• Drive data discoverability so Finance and business users can reliably find and use trusted data.

• Lead data literacy and change programs (Data Stewardship) that increase adoption and reduce data friction.

• Partner with Finance leadership to prioritize data use cases and measure value realization tied to financial operational and risk outcomes.

People Culture & Org Leadership

• Lead a large global data organization with clear mission career paths and a strong talent brand.

• Build diverse teams across data pillars and enablement; recruit coach and successionplan for scale.

• Model an outcomesfirst serviceoriented culturehigh accountability pragmatic controls and partnership with Finance and Tech peers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree or MBA preferred. Degree in Finance Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field is advantageous.

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in enterprise data leadership roles with 8 years focused on Finance data governance/management/quality; 5 years leading large global teams.

• Deep SAP S/4 Finance expertise and understanding of the S/4 Finance data model and core business processes

• Handson leadership of master data governance (preferably SAP MDG) including domain models workflows validations and mass processing.

• Proven track record implementing data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA) DQ programs metadata/lineage and catalog/glossary at enterprise scale.

• Executive presence with the ability to influence peers and manage upward; communicates complex data topics simply for senior audiences.

• Demonstrated value realization from data initiatives (cost risk revenue/working capital) with outcomebased prioritization and KPI/OKR management.

• Proven ability to influence and negotiate across stakeholders and manage complex interdependent program relationships.

• Track record of building and scaling regional or global teams managing budgets and delivering measurable quality and cycle-time improvements.

• Excellent analytical communication and presentation skills with a clear ability to make the complex understandable for all levels of the organization.

Travel: Up to 25% domestic/international

Reports to: VP FS&T ERP

The Company maintains highly competitive performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporations performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Companys discretion on an individual basis.

Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical dental vision life insurance short and long-term disability business accident insurance and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Companys long-term incentive program. 6 Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation 120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay including Floating Holidays 13 days per calendar year

Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period 10 days

Volunteer Leave 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours per calendar year

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