Finance Intern - Sarbanes Oxley 404 Compliance (May 2024)

About Johnson & Johnson Philippines

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is a global provider of healthcare products and services catering to consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices markets. The company offers a diverse range of products, including skincare and haircare items, over-the-counter products, prescription pharmaceuticals, and surgical implants, distributed in countries worldwide.

Your role

Description

This role will be part of the Global Services Finance team in the Compliance area. Our Global Services Finance team is growing, and we are looking for people with strong accounting and finance backgrounds. The Global Services Finance organization provides best-in-class, cost-effective financial services, and compliance—in a J&J way—to our Operating Companies around the world.

Compliance SOX 404 Intern will assist the Analyst/ Senior Analyst to identify, assess design, test, and monitor the company’s SOX 404 financial reporting risks.  They will focus on the testing of key controls for Management Reporting Companies (MRCs) across J&J.  They are to have more engagement with various business partners across the organization. They must be willing to learn finance processes and controls, strong analytical and risk management skills. They are expected to effectively test controls and provide clear, concise, testing results to various business partners across the enterprise.

This role will provide exposure across different compliance processes within J&J and the opportunity to observe various teams as part of the onboarding. J&J looks forward to working with strong individuals who are agile in learning new processes and adaptable to varying business needs.

Key responsibilities

• Be compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and follow guidelines in the J&J Credo
• Maintain Operational Excellence
  • Assist in performing process walkthroughs and documenting process narratives and/or process flows
  • Assist in evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of key controls and provide recommendations on Finance business process improvements and efficiencies where appropriate to the cross-functional Finance teams via coordination of the SOX 404 PMO
  • Communicate initial assessment for SOX 404 control impact for any identified control deficiencies and monitor/test to the Analyst/ Manager for remediation efforts with process owners through the SOX PMO
  • Conduct SOX Testing via interviews and paper trail investigations as required, including the completion of work papers and the summarization of findings and observation by Department standards and model audit program steps
  • Review recommendations with the supervisor, SOX PMO, and stakeholders throughout the audit.
  • Participate in formal meetings to discuss and finalize findings and recommendations.
  • Adopts a strategic mindset for the execution of daily tasks.
  • Independent and objective in thinking with strong professional ethics.
  • Supports and prepares foundational analytics for evidence-based decision-making.
  • Demonstrates strong learning agility
  • Understanding policies drives accountability on business compliance.
  • Views issues with a risk-based lens and understands appropriate mitigation plans.
• Talent Management
  • Demonstrates influencing skills and credibility.
• Be a Trusted Business Partner
  • Exhibits an unbiased and integrated approach toward business partnering.
• Create Game-Changing Innovation
  • Demonstrates a self-motivated approach to process and continuous improvement.

Training & development

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Philippines is a company that values the personal and professional development of its employees. It offers various learning opportunities and programs to support their growth and career advancement. Some of the features of J&J’s employee training and development are:

• J&J Learn: a world-class learning and development ecosystem that puts employees at the center of everything they do, reimagining how and what they learn, and empowering people leaders and development professionals to help guide these efforts.
• Personalized Development Framework: a tool to create a balanced development plan to support employees’ ongoing growth as they strive to build a healthy career at J&J.
• Functional training: learning and development needs in functional areas, such as finance, compliance, human resources, information technology, marketing, quality, and sales.
• Approximately 100,000 learning programs are available to employees within J&J Learn.
• Evaluation and rating of the course content of training by learners.

Benefits

In addition to an attractive monthly allowance, interning at J&J will also give you a lot of benefits:

• You will have a chance to work on vital assignments and initiatives, gaining hands-on experience that will help you grow both personally and professionally.
• You will apply your skill set in a supportive and collaborative environment while contributing to projects that make measurable, real-world impact.
• You will have access to approximately 100,000 learning programs within J&J Learn, a world-class learning and development ecosystem.
• You will create a balanced development plan to support your ongoing growth and career advancement with the Personalized Development Framework tool.
• You will interact with teams and leaders across the organization and receive feedback and evaluation from them.

Career progression

The career path for interns at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) depends on their performance, interests, and goals. Interns who excel in their assignments and demonstrate the J&J values and leadership behaviors may have the opportunity to join one of the leadership development programs (LDPs) or full-time roles after graduation. Interns at J&J are also encouraged to explore different career paths within the organization, as they have access to a wide range of learning and development resources, mentors, and networks.

Work-life balance

J&J Philippines is a company that values and supports the work-life balance of its employees. Some of the ways that J&J Philippines promotes work-life balance are:

• Offering flexible work arrangements, such as telecommuting, compressed work weeks, and part-time schedules.
• Providing generous benefits, such as health insurance, retirement savings, paid leave, and wellness programs.
• Encouraging employees to take breaks, recharge, and refresh their minds.
• Celebrating and appreciating the diversity of families and lifestyles among employees.
• Fostering a culture of trust, respect, and collaboration among teams and leaders

Company culture

J&J is a company that puts the needs and well-being of the people it serves first, as stated in its Credo. The company values and supports the diversity, inclusion, and growth of its employees, offering them flexible work arrangements, generous benefits, and learning opportunities.
They strive for innovation and excellence in their products and services, making a positive impact on the health and lives of people around the world.

About you

To apply for this role, you need to possess these qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Finance, Accounting, or any related field
• Able to commit to the full internship duration between May to early August
• Knows underlying business processes and accounting background.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills (ability to measure)
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with employees at all levels.
• Ability to frame clear & concise communication across all relevant stakeholders.
• Be open to new ideas, rapid change, and embracing new technologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.

How to apply

Click the "Apply on employer site" button below to start your application for this job. We will navigate you to the official career page of J&J Philippines. Make sure you've read all of the mentioned requirements above. 

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.jnj.com/internship
• careers.jnj.com/
• careers.jnj.com/students
• jnj.com/tag/work-life-balance
• jnj.com/our-credo