Description

This position is a Vision Franchise Finance Manager, partnering E2E to drive Franchise FP&A and Strategic Capabilities, reporting to the APAC Vision FD. The role will involve working closely with finance counterparts in global / regional / country teams, as well as regional cross functional teams including supply chain & supply chain finance, to ensure that what we work to implement will add practical value. This position will also have 2 direct reports, and work alongside multiple indirect reports in the matrix organization to drive deliverables.

The role is essentially Finance Leader’s co-pilot to analyze, design, shape, and deliver the business objectives:

• Franchise Partnering :
  • Partner with Franchise Leadership team to facilitate and evaluate product launches (pre and post) assessment. 
  • Ownership of P&L management, providing insights and direction to Franchise leadership team to achieve business results
  • Provide analysis for Franchise performance to make recommendations to Regional Business Leaders.
  • Lead strategic programs to drive business value, innovation, and finance objectives, including but not limited to project assessment, due diligence and valuation or execution.
• Financial Planning & Analysis : Leadership to drive financial planning & analysis for Asia Pacific Vision Care (Contact Lens & CEH Business), including investors relations & meaningful commentary, short- and long-term financials to support strategic priorities.
• External benchmarking & partnership : Partner with external partners in deals, understand market trends & insights to create value in Pricing strategy, Business Model, Go to Market, Distributor Model strategy etc.
• Process & Capabilities Build : Support Vision’s Digital aspirations, build, develop & attract agile, high performing teams. Enhance compliance landscape.

The “What”

• Design, shape and deliver business objectives.
• Lead financial analysis and management reporting to support decision making.
• Drive decision making based on portfolio e.g. resource allocation, pricing, spend optimization.
• Shape & design business and financial processes.

The “How” 

• Enterprise performance management.
• Communication & Influencing – Democratize Data/ Information.
• Collaboration – strong collaboration with Business and Finance Partners. 
• Leadership to shape and drive competitive advantage for J&J.
• Talent Management. 

Qualifications

• Degree in finance and accounting related field
• Professional certification required (e.g. CICPA, AICPA, ACCA, CGMA)
• At least 12 years of relevant work experience 
• Strong track record of excellence in generating insights and shaping key programs with the business.
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams and make a telling contribution.
• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, concepts (both USGAAP and Local GAAP) and J&J policies and procedures (e.g. WWP & ICH, SOX 404).
  Familiarity with SAP and/or ERP system working framework, Excel and J&J financial tools. Able to read, write and speak English fluently.
• Strong Communication skill, both written and oral.