Payment and Experience Sr. Specialist

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

This role focuses on optimizing the payment experience within the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle at Johnson & Johnson. It involves ensuring timely and accurate payments, managing stakeholder interactions, driving continuous improvement, and supporting automation initiatives using tools like Power BI and Power Automate. The role requires strong analytical skills, knowledge of P2P processes, and experience with SAP.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ensure timely and accurate execution of payments, driving performance against key KPIs such as Payment On Time (POT) and aging of unpaid invoices.
  2. Act as the main liaison between business partners, Procurement, AP teams, Treasury, and external stakeholders to resolve inquiries, disputes, and escalations.
  3. Monitor operational performance through data analysis, identifying trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
  4. Lead business review meetings and governance forums, providing actionable insights and follow-up plans.
  5. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across E2E processes, promoting standardization, efficiency, and scalability.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related fields
  • 3–5+ years of experience in Accounts Payable, Treasury, Payments, or Finance Operations
  • Strong knowledge of end-to-end P2P processes and payment cycles
  • Proven experience managing KPIs and driving operational performance
  • Experience leading process improvement or transformation initiatives
  • Hands-on experience with SAP
  • Strong analytical skills, including experience working with large datasets and translating insights into actionable solutions
  • Intermediate to advanced English proficiency required
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
  • Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail

Nice to have

  • Portuguese is a plus
  • Business Behavior
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Business Process Management (BPM)
  • Business Savvy
  • Category Management Strategy
  • Commodity Risk Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Contract Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Data Analysis
  • Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Office Administration
  • Problem Solving
  • Process Oriented
  • Project Management
  • Report Writing
  • RFx Management
  • Risk Management
  • Supplier Collaboration
  • Vendor Selection

What the JD emphasized

  • end-to-end Payment Experience
  • Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle
  • Accounts Payable
  • Finance Operations
  • continuous improvement mindset
  • data analytics
  • automation
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • transformation initiatives
  • standardization efforts
  • performance optimization
  • Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
  • payment-related interactions
  • seamless, compliant, and efficient experience
  • internal stakeholders
  • suppliers
  • payment KPIs
  • process improvements
  • automation and digital initiatives
  • timely and accurate execution of payments
  • Payment On Time (POT)
  • aging of unpaid invoices
  • main liaison
  • business partners
  • Procurement
  • AP teams
  • Treasury
  • external stakeholders
  • resolve inquiries, disputes, and escalations
  • Monitor operational performance
  • data analysis
  • identifying trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities
  • Lead business review meetings
  • governance forums
  • actionable insights
  • follow-up plans
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives
  • E2E processes
  • promoting standardization, efficiency, and scalability
  • Support and implement automation and digital solutions
  • Power BI
  • Power Automate
  • Power Apps
  • optimize workflows and reporting
  • Ensure compliance
  • internal controls
  • financial policies
  • regulatory requirements
  • Influence and guide team members and stakeholders
  • fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related fields
  • 3–5+ years of experience in Accounts Payable, Treasury, Payments, or Finance Operations
  • Strong knowledge of end-to-end P2P processes and payment cycles
  • Proven experience managing KPIs and driving operational performance
  • Experience leading process improvement or transformation initiatives
  • Hands-on experience with SAP
  • Strong analytical skills
  • experience working with large datasets
  • translating insights into actionable solutions
  • Intermediate to advanced English proficiency required
  • Portuguese is a plus
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
  • Proactive, solution-oriented mindset
  • strong attention to detail