Senior Finance Analyst, DS MEA

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Finance Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Senior Financial Analyst (SFA), DS MEA, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Senior Financial Analyst, DS MEA, plays a critical role in tracking the organization's financial performance and contributes to financial communication strategies by leveraging information from various key partners. This role plays a key role in financial forecasting, reporting, and the analysis of complex financial data that will help guide decisions and support strategy setting. This role also plays a key role in coordinating Saudi Arabia-specific processes and projects from a financial standpoint. The position offers high visibility, strong cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to directly impact business performance during a period of transformation and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Business partnering

• Partner with the commercial team to drive profitable growth and support key business decision-making. Build and maintain business partner relationships with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders.

• Provide financial insight and analysis to business partners to support better business decisions, including evaluating business cases for tender / pricing / investments.

• Challenge business assumptions, help develop alternative scenarios, and educate business partners on financial issues, concepts, and ownership.

• Provide full support for Saudi-specific processes and projects in close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Actively participate locally in business planning, budget updates, and latest thinking processes, and continuously improve forecast accuracy (P&L, BS, and CF) through a deep understanding of the MEA business and key projects impacting financials.

• Provide input into the financial planning process by building and maintaining financial models.

• Support financial closing processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.

• Proactively review performance against targets and identify trends to highlight risks and opportunities for early intervention.

Internal Controls

• Ensure adherence to SOX, WWP, internal policies, and procedures, as well as support compliance activities, including internal and external audits.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (required).

• MBA or professional accounting designation (CPA, CMA, or equivalent) (preferred).

Experience and Skills

Required:

• Typically requires 4 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or operational finance roles.

• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.

• Demonstrated ability to partner with non‑finance stakeholders and influence decision‑making.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with financial systems and reporting tools.

• Proficiency in Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to build executive-facing dashboards and reports.

Preferred:

• Experience within medical devices, healthcare, or other regulated industries.

• Experience working with senior leadership and preparing executive‑level materials.

• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills with attention to detail.

Other:

• Language: English (required); Arabic (preferred).

• Travel: Up to ~10% domestic or regional travel.

• Certifications: CPA or equivalent (preferred).

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Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Budgeting, Budget Management, Coaching, Communication, Expense Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Competence, Financial Disclosures, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Financial Statement Analysis, Leverages Information, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management