Lead Auditor, Global Audit & Assurance; GA&A

Position: Lead Auditor, Global Audit & Assurance (GA&A)
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 Med Tech, 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.

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As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:
Finance
Job Sub Function:
Internal Audit
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

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We are searching for the best talent for a Lead Auditor, Global Audit & Assurance (GA&A) to be in New Brunswick, NJ.

Purpose:
This role will perform valuable services to our audit clients in areas that involve:

• Reviews of processes and controls to help ensure J&J operating companies and related third parties are in compliance with FCPA, HCC and GCC guidelines and regulations.
• Investigations of potential violations of Johnson & Johnson business conduct, expense reporting, financial statement, or other policies.
• Other types of financial, compliance and operational audits or special projects as required.

You will be responsible for:

Communication:

• Communicates clearly to management, staff, and peers both verbally and in writing.
• Communicates effectively with upper levels of management and leadership as needed.
• Works directly with attorneys, compliance personnel and key external partners.

Collaboration:

• Fosters a culture of openness, teamwork, and a positive work environment.
• Partners well with internal and external stakeholders and is viewed by stakeholders as a reliable "contact point" for the engagement.
• Ability to function effectively in a cross-functional and multi-cultural audit team/organization.

Leadership:

• Works independently and with limited supervision or guidance.
• Makes decisions while on site with the assistance of the Job Manager.
• Supervises and / or mentors audit staff (internal, external or co-sourced).
• Manages multiple priorities concurrently without sacrificing quality.
• Manages in ambiguous situations and ability to multi-task with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to proactively identify, lead and help implement special projects (technical and non-technical) related to audit process, analytics, process improvement, etc.

Technical Knowledge:

• Understands and applies the technical aspects of the audit and possesses the technical skills sufficient to mitigate risk.
• Leads and plans an audit or investigation with some input from the Job Manager. This includes assessing risk, selecting areas to audit, deciding on the nature of testing, the sequence of audit work, assisting in writing the audit report, presenting findings and citing relevant HCBI/HCC guidance as needed, etc.
• Writes and interprets audit programs that focus on the appropriate business risks.
• Writing Audit Reports
• Continually seeks to advance both individual and team technical knowledge with groundbreaking audit techniques and procedures to provide improved services.
• Demonstrates ability to analyze and interpret data to develop insights and strategic feedback.
• Demonstrates strong business sense and big-picture orientation to help deliver results.

Innovation:

• Develops and is open to new insights and approaches. Challenges the status quo and demonstrates an external mentality.
• Flexible in terms of work to be performed and initiates and / or embraces change.
• Helps to drive innovation and adoption of new technologies, techniques and tools, e.g., data analytics.
• Demonstrates prudent risk taking with the ability to combine innovation with current business processes to yield results.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required, a degree in Accounting, Finance or other business disciplines is preferred. Other degrees will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• A professional certification (CIA, CPA, CMA, or CFE) is preferred.
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant business experience is required.
• Prior business experience in the areas of financial audits, Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery audits or investigations is preferred.
• FCPA Experience is preferred.
• Big 4 accounting/auditing experience preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft…