Position summary:

You will find yourself working alongside senior finance and accounting professionals who aim to collectively achieve timely and accurate reporting of EMEA commercial affiliates’ actual performance into our J&J consolidated results. You will be involved in accounting activities, supporting decision making in future resource investments, and will carry reporting and analytical responsibilities for financial information in your area. Internship program participant roles will be part of our process-based organization spanning various accounting fields such as lease, equity, revenue and inventory. 

When you join Johnson and Johnson as a Finance Intern you will embark on an industrial placement year that gives you a high level of exposure to decision making and places you at the very heart of our business.

 

Main duties and responsibilities:

Learning and applying accounting standards and corporate financial policies 

Performing closing activities - analysis, calculation and execution of accruals journal entries to fairly represent the financial statements for countries & process under scope.

Ensuring validation checks are in place and that processes are compliant and meet J&J’s internal controls. 

Preparing of Balance Sheet accounts reconciliations, remediation of unreconciled items and proper escalation in order to mitigate risks.

Collaborating with other Global Service Teams, either in Prague or in other global hubs, to resolve ad hoc issues or support standardization efforts.

Contributing to the identification, design and build of process efficiencies through the automation of appropriate reiterative tasks. 

Advancing your own proficiency in digital tools and sharing this expertise with colleagues and peers

QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements of the role:

2 years of degree level study completed

Accounting and Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Sciences and Business-related degree types preferred

 

Key skills and competencies:

Confident and outgoing communicator

Ability to build strong relationships through communication

Ability to relay challenging or complex messages

Strong team working skills

Intellectual curiosity

Excellent level of analytical ability

Assertive and diplomatic

Strong written communication skills

Ability to problem solve and analyze situations

Must be a motivated self-starter with ambition

Strong organization skills

Sound knowledge of and strong interest in digital tools