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At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.\nJob Function:\nFinanceJob Sub Function:\nAccountingJob Category:\nProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:\nPrague, CzechiaJob Description:\nThe Legal Entity (LE) Controller provides integrated financial oversight across assigned legal entities and/or cluster scope, combining statutory accounting, tax coordination, close oversight, reporting, and financial analysis to support accurate financial statements and informed business decisions.\nThe role serves as a key connector between Business Unit Finance, auditors, tax partners, global finance operations and shared services teams, and other stakeholders, ensuring high-quality US GAAP and statutory reporting, strong compliance and controls, timely issue resolution, and continuous improvement across end-to-end finance processes.\nKey Responsibilities\nFinancial Reporting, Close & Analysis\nCoordinate close activities for assigned scope, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.\nReview financial statements, trial balance, and key reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP and local reporting requirements.\nPerform balance sheet and P&L analysis, variance analysis, risk assessment, and commentary preparation to support management review and decision-making.\nSupport preparation, review, and submission of reporting packages (including BRAVO approval processes) and ensure issues are resolved prior to final reporting.\nLegal Entity, Statutory & Tax Coordination\nCoordinate preparation of local statutory financial statements and support statutory audit activities for assigned entities, working with internal teams and external providers as applicable.\nSupport legal entity accounting activities, including local GAAP considerations, statutory adjustments, and legal entity reporting requirements.\nPartner with tax teams and other stakeholders to ensure accurate tax accounting, timely inputs, and alignment of statutory and management reporting.\nMaintain a strong understanding of entity-specific requirements, key risks, and reporting obligations across the assigned portfolio.\nCompliance, Controls & Audit\nExecute and support compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements within the assigned scope, ensuring documentation and evidence are complete and audit-ready.\nSupport internal and external audits by coordinating requests, providing accurate information, and helping drive timely issue resolution and remediation actions.\nBusiness Partnering & Stakeholder Management\nAct as a key finance partner for Business Unit Finance, local market stakeholders, and global finance/shared services teams on matters related to reporting, close, and legal entity accounting.\nProvide financial insights, explain key movements and risks, and support alignment across stakeholders to enable effective and timely decisions.\nCoordinate across multiple teams to resolve issues, clarify ownership, and ensure smooth end-to-end delivery across the assigned scope.\nRisk Management & Issue Resolution\nIdentify, assess, and communicate financial, operational, and reporting risks and opportunities within the assigned portfolio.\nDrive resolution of accounting, reporting, or close-related issues by coordinating the right stakeholders and tracking actions to completion.\nEscalate material risks or delays appropriately and support mitigation planning to reduce business and reporting impact.\nProcess Improvement & Transformation\nContribute to process simplification, standardization, automation, and system and scope transformation initiatives across finance operations and reporting.\nIdentify opportunities to improve controls, reporting quality, handoffs, and ways of working, and support implementation of sustainable solutions.\nDemonstrate agility in the use of technology by challenging the status quo and proactively identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies and enhance processes.\nAdditional Expectations\nDemonstrate strong business acumen, including understanding of industry trends, business developments, and relevant entity-specific factors.\nApply this understanding to support decision-making, anticipate risks and opportunities, and ensure alignment between business and financial outcomes.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.\nMinimum of 4 years of finance experience in financial accounting, reporting, legal entity accounting, statutory reporting, audit, tax coordination, and/or financial analysis.\nProfessional accounting qualification or equivalent international certification is preferred.\nExperience with US GAAP and exposure to IFRS and/or local GAAP is preferred.\nExperience and Skills\nStrong understanding of financial statements, close processes, accounting principles, and general ledger structures.\nStrong analytical skills, including variance analysis, balance sheet review, and ability to translate data into actionable insights.\nGood understanding of statutory reporting, audit coordination, and control environments.\nStrong stakeholder management, communication, and coordination skills across a matrix environment.\nAbility to prioritize effectively, manage competing deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.\nContinuous improvement mindset with interest in standardization, simplification, and automation.\nDemonstrates an understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices, and has experience generating effective prompts to boost efficiency and productivity.\nFluent in English, additional EMEA language skills are preferred but not required.\nRequired Skills:\nPreferred Skills:\nAccounting, Accounting Policies, Analytical Reasoning, ATM Reconciliation, Audit Management, Budgeting, Business Behavior, Communication, Consulting, Controls Compliance, Cost Management, Detail-Oriented, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Management, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Numerically Savvy, Problem SolvingThe anticipated base pay range for this position is:\nKč704,000.00 - Kč1,135,050.00Benefits:\nIn addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.\n*This is for informative purposes only. 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