IT Manager (Technical Product Owner) SAP Finance

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands

Job Description:

This role involves addressing complex, ambiguous problems and delivering innovative technology solutions that improve the experience, effectiveness, and efficiency of colleagues. It offers the opportunity to contribute meaningful impact within a long-standing organization with an entrepreneurial mindset.

 

We foster a diverse, inclusive culture that celebrates the uniqueness of our employees. Johnson & Johnson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

 

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Technical Product Owner (Manager)– Enterprise Ledger based in Beerse, Belgium to work at the intersection of business and technology. This role defines strategies that combine a deep understanding of business objectives and challenges with technology solutions, and translates them into development execution, value realization, and ongoing product management.

 

In this role, you will help set the strategic direction for finance technology products supporting SAP S/4HANA Finance (Finance and Controlling) part of a broader transformation agenda. You will lead a team of external technology professionals and will be responsible for the SAP S4/Central Finance A2R (Account-to-Report) organization supporting Johnson & Johnson’s SAP S/4HANA Finance projects, enhancements and support.

• • Business Problem Definition: understanding and translating business requirements of the finance Account to report (General ledger, cost center, profit center and reporting) function into a value case & comprehensive set of solutions spanning process, technology, data, governance & user experience supported by defined, baselined value realization key performance indicators
  • External Insights: understanding external trends and insights related to finance processes & technology, including macro level shifts in compliance regimes (e.g. BEPS, SAF-T, US Tax Reform) to provide foresight necessary to inform strategies
  • Solution Design: ensuring that product development efforts incorporate an approach that starts with experimentation to validate expected impact, includes human centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement, in respect of defined global template.
  • Value Realization: defining expected value impact of investments across employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance
  • Architecture: partnering with the finance architecture team to define the role each system plays within our landscape aligned with business capabilities while adhering to standards and clean core strategy.
  • Internal Partnerships: acting as the primary trusted advisor to senior finance & technology leaders across all lifecycles of product development starting with inception through to value realization & ongoing continuous improvement, and communication of progress against strategic objectives
  • Product Management: partnering with product management teams to ensure roadmaps are oriented to deliver finance business & technology strategy, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators. Partnering with internal and external technology teams to ensure user-friendly, compliant and reliable systems and excellence in support operations. Ensure optimal system performance and flawless execution during finance planning and reporting cycles.
  • External Partnerships: managing vendor relationships to influence development roadmaps & ensure that our needs will be met by our technology partners
  • Team Leadership: lead a global team of finance technology professionals across multiple domains and locations, acting as a people manager for internal and external resources. Manage a capacity team for product enhancements as well as for medium-to-large-scale deployment initiatives.

Technical Product Manager key duties and responsibilities

• Leads Design and Delivery of SAP Finance (Account to report) solutions and support.
• Responsible for reviewing user stories, user story functional document specifications, review technical specifications and coordinate required development activities. Leads to create or modify system specifications or test scripts to complete project implementation and support activities.
• The incumbent will be responsible for reviewing and designing SAP system with the functionality defined in the business requirements and participate in integration and user acceptance testing of RICEF’s.
• Leads the assessment of the technical feasibility of proposed solutions and provides appropriate recommendations based on industry trends and existing design.
• Captures customer insights into improving Finance projects throughout design & delivery and delivers continuous improvement recommendations to service owners. Conduct impact analysis on process/tools coming from new/enhanced services.
• Performs assessments of customer demand and partners with business on the solutions.
• Plan, select, and schedule approved vendors to deliver the project. Oversee the work of vendor resources throughout a project. Provide guidance and expertise to team members in executing the projects/enhancements. 
• Applies compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, provides documentation as necessary, and participates in compliance activities as required.

 

We are seeking a candidate with experience developing insight-led strategies; designing SAP Finance solutions; applying experimentation and agile ways of working; and demonstrating intellectual curiosity, empathy, and a human-centered design mindset. Success in this role also requires strong collaboration and executive presence to influence outcomes and build collective team engagement. Experience structuring and facilitating workshops with stakeholders is preferred. This is a hands-on functional/technical leadership role, expected to combine deep SAP Finance expertise with team oversight and vendor leadership. The role is not advisory-only.

 

In addition to these core capabilities, the role requires the following technical expertise:

• • S/4 HANA Finance (Account to Report), Asset Management, Internal Order, WBS accounting.
  • Data strategy, governance, technology, and process definition
  • Financial Accounting, Reporting, Close optimization & Continuous Accounting

Experience with any of the following skills is an advantage:

• • SAP Central Finance
  • Supply Chain
  • I2C (Invoice to Cash)
  • P2P (Procure to Pay)
  • Treasury
  • Master Data Management
  • ABAP knowledge

 

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Ledger, you will partner closely with Business Process Owners, Global Process Owners, finance leaders, and financial systems lead to maximize the transformational value of technology investments.

 

 

Qualifications

Degree Qualifications & Working Conditions

• • 7+ years (preferred) of relevant experience managing technical and/or finance teams, with strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated people-management capability and a proven ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
  • 5+ years of relevant functional experience with SAP ECC6 FI/CO, SAP S/4HANA Finance, and/or SAP Central Finance.
  • A BA/BS degree is required. A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Economics, or Financial Accounting, or an MBA, is preferred.
  • Preferred technical expertise includes SAP S/4HANA, SAP Central Finance, cloud infrastructure, and data strategy, governance, technology, and process definition.
  • Financial accounting knowledge is crucial.

 

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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.  

 

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Consulting, Cost Management, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, People Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Resource Management, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management

  

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€79,800.00 - €137,770.00

 

 

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. Moreover, we offer 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. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and 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.