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Job Function:
Finance
Job Sub Function:
Finance Business Partners
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Job Description:
Senior Finance Analyst – UKI BUF Innovative Medicine
Location: High Wycombe / Maidenhead
Pay Grade: PG26
Reports to: Senior Finance Controller UKI IM BUF
Job Description:
The Senior Finance Analyst – UKI Innovative Medicine provides high-quality financial, analytical and business partnering support to the UK and Ireland Innovative Medicine business. Working closely with Finance, Commercial, Market Access, Medical, Supply Chain and Business Intelligence teams, the role supports delivery of revenue, profitability, OPEX and balance sheet objectives through robust planning, timely reporting and actionable insight. A central requirement of the position is to bring strong digital expertise, using advanced analytics and automation to simplify processes, improve forecast accuracy and enable faster, data-driven decision-making.
Main Responsibilities:
- Partner with Commercial, Market Access, Medical, Supply Chain and Business Intelligence teams to provide timely, insightful and compliant financial support.
- Build a strong understanding of brand strategy, portfolio performance, pipeline, market dynamics and key business drivers.
- Support financial and profitability assessments with Pricing, Access and Commercial teams, including business cases, launch planning and resource allocation decisions.
- Proactively lead and maintain the Risks and Opportunities agenda with business partners, ensuring clear ownership, timely escalation and appropriate mitigating actions.
- Translate complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations and compelling management insights.
- Contribute actively to the UKI and EMEA Finance communities by sharing knowledge, digital solutions and best practices.
Planning, Forecasting and Performance Management
- Support the Senior Business Controller in Sales/GtN & GP Reporting, Long-Range Financial Planning, Business Planning, Latest Thinking cycles, forecast updates and monthly performance reviews.
- Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain teams on monthly IBP and BI in revenue forecasting.
- Prepare and submit revenue, P&L and balance sheet information accurately and on time through relevant J&J planning and reporting systems.
- Drive improvements in revenue and OPEX forecast accuracy through robust assumptions, scenario analysis, trend evaluation and constructive challenge.
- Support month-end and quarter-end closing activities, providing clear variance analysis, identifying root causes and following through on corrective actions.
- Prepare accurate internal reports and respond promptly to ad hoc analytical requests from local and EMEA management.
- Maintain relevant systems and master data, ensuring consistency, accuracy and appropriate governance.
Digital Finance and Data Analytics
- Act as a digital finance champion, proactively identifying opportunities to automate, standardise and simplify planning, reporting and analytical processes.
- Develop, maintain and enhance interactive Power BI dashboards that provide reliable, user-friendly and actionable performance insights.
- Use advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including complex formulas, Power Query, PivotTables, data modelling and automation, to improve efficiency and analytical quality.
- Apply strong data analytics skills to connect multiple data sources, identify trends and anomalies, evaluate business drivers, and support predictive or scenario-based analysis.
- Demonstrate strong working knowledge of Anaplan and Analysis for Office (AFO), SAP ERP, understanding system interdependencies and ensuring data integrity across platforms.
- Partner with FST and regional teams to support the implementation and adoption of new tools, systems and reporting solutions.
- Promote effective data governance, documentation and sustainable ownership of dashboards, models and automated processes.
- Demonstrate an understanding of AI concepts and responsibl
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