Senior Associate, Payments, Emea

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Prague, Czech Republic

This role is for a Senior Associate, Payments, EMEA at Johnson & Johnson, focusing on procurement payments and experience. The role involves collaborating with business partners, managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance, driving continuous improvements, and supporting the development and implementation of automation and AI initiatives within the payments function. It requires 1-2 years of experience in procurement, finance, or a related business field, with strong communication and collaboration skills. The role is primarily focused on operational execution and process improvement within the procurement payments domain, with a secondary focus on supporting AI initiatives.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conducts the day-to-day operations of the Payments function. Delivering based upon the agree SLAs and ensuring policy, tax, local and legal statutory compliance
  2. Collaborates with multiple departments in the development and execution of strategies and plans that improve the organizations profitability and competitive position, utilizing market intelligence and risk assessments.
  3. Drives continuous improvements in user experience, effectiveness, and efficiency in assigned area of responsibility.
  4. Supports development and implementation of automation and AI (Artificial Intelligence) initiatives within assigned area of responsibility.
  5. Create Value by establishing and nurturing strong relationships with key business partners and peers with a view to pro-actively understand and constructively influence their needs and expectations.

Skills

Required

  • Procurement
  • Finance
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder Management

Nice to have

  • Business Behavior
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Business Process Management (BPM)
  • Business Savvy
  • Compliance Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Data Analysis
  • Inquiry Handling
  • Process Oriented
  • Supplier Collaboration
  • Sourcing and Contracting processes
  • Source-to-settle operations
  • Shared services industry experience
  • English fluency
  • MBA or further advanced degree

What the JD emphasized

  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) initiatives