Senior Compliance Auditor

Johnson & Johnson

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Compliance Auditor to support the Compliance Audit & Investigations (CA&I) Group within the Global Audit & Assurance (GA&A) team to be located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

With $88.8 billion in 2024 sales, Johnson & Johnson is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for pharmaceutical and medical devices markets. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Position Overview

This role will support the Compliance Audit and Investigation Team within J&J s Global Audit and Assurance Function. Core duties will include conducting:

• Reviews of processes and controls to help ensure J&J operating companies and related third parties are in compliance with FCPA, HCC and GCC guidelines and regulations.
• Investigations of potential violations of Johnson & Johnson business conduct, expense reporting, financial statement, or other policies.
• Other types of financial, compliance and operational audits or special projects as required.
  
  

Communication

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicates clearly to management, staff, and peers both verbally and in writing.
• Communicates effectively with upper levels of management and leadership as needed.
• Works directly with attorneys, compliance personnel and key external partners.
  
  

Collaboration

• Fosters a culture of openness, teamwork, and a positive work environment.
• Partners well with internal and external stakeholders and is viewed by stakeholders as a reliable contact point for the engagement.
• Ability to function effectively in a cross-functional and multi-cultural audit team/organization.
  
  

Leadership

• Works independently and with limited supervision or guidance.
• Makes decisions while on site with the assistance of the Lead or Job Manager.
• Supervises and / or mentors junior audit staff (co-op/interns).
• Manages multiple priorities concurrently without sacrificing quality.
• Manages in ambiguous situations and ability to multi-task with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to proactively identify, lead and help implement special projects (technical and non-technical) related to audit process, analytics, process improvement, etc.
  
  

Technical Knowledge

• Understands and applies the technical aspects of the audit and possesses the technical skills sufficient to mitigate risk.
• Proactively assists and leads responsibilities assigned for an audit or investigation with some input from the Lead or Job Manager. This includes assessing risk, selecting areas to audit, deciding on the nature of testing and executing the tests itself, executing the sequence of audit work, assisting in writing the audit report, presenting findings and citing relevant HCBI/HCC guidance as needed, etc.
• Conducts audit walkthroughs for the assigned scope areas, engaging in discussions with stakeholders while exercising audit skepticism and maintaining a compliance risk mindset.
• Writes and interprets audit programs that focus on the appropriate business risks.
• Professional writing skills, particularly drafting detailed work papers, discussion notes and process walkthroughs, audit/investigation reports, and e-mail correspondence with business partners.
• Continually seeks to advance both individual and team technical knowledge with groundbreaking audit techniques and procedures to provide improved services.
• Demonstrates ability to analyze and interpret data to develop insights and strategic feedback.
• Demonstrates strong business sense and big-picture orientation to help deliver results.
  
  

Innovation

• Develops and is open to new insights and approaches. Challenges the status quo and demonstrates an external mentality.
• Flexible in terms of work to be performed and initiates and / or embraces change.
• Helps to drive innovation and adoption of new technologies, techniques and tools, e.g., data analytics.
• Demonstrates prudent risk taking with the ability to combine innovation with current business processes to yield results.
  
  

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor s degree is required, a degree in Accounting, Finance or other business disciplines is preferred. Other degrees will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• A professional certification (CIA, CPA, CMA, or CFE) is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant business experience is required.
• Prior business experiences in the areas of financial audits, Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery audits or investigations is preferred.
• Big 4 accounting/auditing experience preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (i.e. Pivot Tables, Formulas, VLOOKUP functions) is preferred.
• This position is located in Dubai, UAE and may require up to 25% of domestic and international travel.