IM Transcend Deployment Lead Analyst

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an IM Transcend Deployment Lead Analyst for its Innovative Medicines Transcend program, a global business transformation that will consolidate seven ERP systems into one standardized platform. The role sits in the Finance Deployment Team, reporting to the Supply Chain Finance Deployment Manager, and supports the implementation of end-to-end finance processes such as inventory accounting, product costing and manufacturing variance reporting within the S/4HANA rollout. The position is open to North America, Puerto Rico, LATAM or EMEA, with possible remote work depending on approval.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Supply Chain Finance workstream through all Transcend deployment phases
• Assist data migration, business simulation testing (BST), user acceptance testing (UAT), business adoption, cutover and hypercare
• Partner with BPO and GTO teams on global template development and deployment
• Identify deployment risks and mitigation activities, and workstream interdependencies with other programs
• Prepare data conversion and validation for standard costing, and lead product costing and inventory validation
• Support BST and UAT cycles, partner with TPO, GTO and GPO teams to resolve test defects, and review testing results against compliance standards
• Help deploy end-to-end change management strategies and support the post-go-live hypercare period

Required profile

• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong knowledge of product costing and manufacturing plant reporting
• Ability to understand SAP design documentation and test scripts
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, agile mindset and strong communication skills

Required skills

• SAP ERP and SAP design documentation
• Preferred: experience in a major ERP transformation project, leading testing cycles and data validation
• Preferred: Jira, Power Query, Power BI