Experience & Compliance Senior Specialist

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:
Finance

Job Sub Function:
AP/AR

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an Experience & Compliance Senior Specialist  to be located in New Brunswick, NJ.

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/.

The Experience & Compliance Senior Specialist is responsible for advancing North America Procurement stakeholder partnership, compliance governance, audit readiness, experience management, and business transformation. Working with supervision, the role leads complex workstreams and provides deep functional expertise across Experience Services, Compliance, Controls & Audit and Tax Support North America projects, and US-specific exception processes, including Escheatment and Asset Recovery.

Primary Scope:

- Experience: Level 3 support for critical markets, partner engagement, complex escalation management, service recovery, Experience Center support, and user education.

- Compliance & Controls: SOX control management, control monitoring, deficiency assessment, documentation, and remediation coordination.

- Audit & Tax Support: coordination of internal and external audit engagement, evidence readiness, walkthrough support, tax-related operational support, and closure of findings.

- AP Projects: North America projects, acquisitions and divestitures, transformation, process standardization, technology enablement, testing, and change adoption.

- Other Regional Specifics e.g but not limited to: US Escheatment & Asset Recovery: unclaimed property support, aged-item investigation, recovery activity, compliance coordination, and cross-functional issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Experience & Stakeholder Management

- Serve as the North America SME for Experience operations and stakeholder support.
- Manage complex Level 3 escalations and drive service recovery for critical business issues.
- Analyze stakeholder feedback and identify opportunities to improve service and processes.
- Support regional governance reviews and performance reporting.
- Maintain Experience Center content and deliver user education, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Partner with Global and Regional Service Delivery teams to strengthen stakeholder relationships and improve user experience.

2. Compliance, Controls, Audit & Tax Support

- Support North America SOX controls and tax-related compliance activities.
- Monitor control performance, identify risks or gaps, and coordinate remediation efforts.
- Coordinate internal and external audit activities including evidence collection, walkthroughs, and action tracking.
- Maintain audit readiness and support timely closure of audit findings.
- Escalate significant compliance, control, or audit issues and recommend corrective actions.

3. Transformation & North America Projects

- Lead or support AP transformation initiatives and regional projects.
- Participate in acquisitions, divestitures, system implementations, process changes, and testing activities.
- Drive process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify automation, AI, and digital enablement opportunities.
- Track project milestones, risks, and action items, escalating issues when necessary.

4. US Escheatment & Asset Recovery

- Act as the North America SME for Escheatment and Asset Recovery activities.
- Partner with Legal, Treasury, Finance, Tax, Procurement, and external agencies to support unclaimed property compliance.
- Support implementation of federal and state escheatment requirements.•           Coordinate aged-item investigations, recovery activities, reporting, and issue resolution.
- Analyze trends and recommend improvements to reduce risk and improve recovery outcomes.

5. Functional Leadership & Capability Development

- Provide functional guidance and subject matter expertise to team members and project contributors.
- Support training, knowledge sharing, and capability development activities.
- Mentor colleagues on Experience, Compliance, Audit, and Project Management processes.
- Influence stakeholders and drive results through collaboration and expertise.

6. Continuous Improvement & Digital Enablement

- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance stakeholder experience.
- Use data and root-cause analysis to drive process improvements.
- Support adoption of automation, AI, and digital solutions.
- Promote standardized processes and continuous improvement practices.

Qualifications:

Required:

- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree
- A minimum of 4 years of Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Compliance, Audit, Shared Services, or other relevant business experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex workstreams or acting as a senior functional subject-matter expert.
- Strong collaboration, communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Learning agility and openness to change.
- Experience with SAP ERP, including MM and FI modules.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and escalate risks with sound judgment.
- Fluency in English (written and oral) is required. Fluency in one other language (written and oral) for the supported region is an advantage.
- This position is located in New Brunswick, NJ and may require up to 5% domestic and international travel.

Preferred:

- MBA or another advanced degree.

- Good understanding of Source to Payments processes

- Shared services industry experience.

- Project delivery, continuous improvement, automation, AI, or digital enablement experience.
- Prior coaching, mentoring, or functional leadership experience. Direct people-management experience is not required.

Relocation Benefits:

- This role is eligible for relocation benefits.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation,  external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Accounting, Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Analytical Reasoning, Budget Management, Cash Flow Management, Communication, Critical Thinking, Developing Others, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Recordkeeping, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Inclusive Leadership, Internal Controls, Leadership, Multi Currency Accounting, Process Improvements

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$94,000.00 - $151,800.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

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 period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits