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Our Finance team brings financial perspectives into overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting, and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.
Position Overview:
- Finance at our Company is committed to developing future leaders through its Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP). Individuals are provided with an entry point through Corporate Audit and Assurance Services (MCAAS) to develop a breadth of experience including finance, accounting, analytics, risk management, and special project opportunities.
- MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will be placed within the MCAAS Innovation team. This dynamic cross-functional team helps drive the use of enhanced data and analytic capabilities in audit and across the finance organization. MCAAS Innovation provides individuals with a space to experiment and encourages them to bring forward new and innovative ideas for accessing data and gaining visual insights. Within this role, individuals will learn our Company's various financial, accounting, and compliance systems and utilize emerging technologies to drive insights and improve efficiency. Individuals within this role will marry finance and accounting principles with data and technical acumen.
- MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will also have the opportunity to rotate onto multiple audit teams. These teams collaborate with stakeholders across the Finance organization, helping to solve vital business needs for Finance by leveraging data analytics and understanding implications on global healthcare systems. Audit assignments are unique to each individual’s skill set, professional interests, and development opportunities. These assignments can either be domestic or internationally focused, creating a unique chance to collaborate with auditees and colleagues from all around the world daily.
- After 24-36 months in the Finance Leadership Development Program, individuals advance their career development through opportunities across Finance and the greater organization. The purpose of this leadership development experience is to prepare young talent for the future so that the company is empowered to innovate and fulfill its purpose of using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.
Program Overview
By joining the FLDP, individuals will gain an understanding of how the company is fulfilling its purpose of inventing medicines to improve people’s lives. The FLDP will allow individuals to gain knowledge on products, healthcare systems, payors, and regulatory and reputational risks while working intimately with our global business operations. In addition, individuals will use data analytics to gain insights into business practices and the execution of the company’s strategy; this includes a deeper knowledge of internal controls, business compliance, and risk management. Individuals will be based in the global headquarters in Rahway, NJ.
Responsibilities
- Support audit teams with data requests from different financial, accounting, and compliance systems within the company.
- Create analytical projects and dashboards with various datasets to drive real-time risk assessments and control insights utilizing Power BI and other Microsoft applications.
- Experiment and sandbox with new systems and technology to drive new learnings and greater support capabilities.
- Develop automations to drive time savings and process efficiencies with technologies like UiPath, Dataiku, and Python.
- Participate team projects working with different team members and deliver outputs within deadline with agile project management methods.
- Participate in the execution of financial, operational, SOX 404 and IT audits, integrated audits, and process audits, both domestic and abroad to maintain a strong internal control environment at our Company's.
Opportunity to Innovate in a Changing World through our Ways of Working:
- WIN AS ONE TEAM – We will empower you to work across the company developing and leveraging a network of relationships to achieve high-level business insights. We collaborate with different finance and business functions to achieve the goals of the company as one team.
- FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS – You will learn how to evaluate business operations, processes, and internal controls to effectively complete risk-based audits. Individuals are empowered to develop their skillsets through a wide breadth of engagements, across various business lines. This helps individuals to focus on what matters in a complex and evolving business environment.
- ACT WITH URGENCY – We act promptly as our company actively evolves in a changing world. Additionally, MCAAS acts as a trusted advisor, supporting the enterprise via advisory engagements.
- EXPERIMENT, LEARN, AND ADAPT – We challenge the way we work every day as our Senior Leaders are committed to continuously evaluating new ways of working through ideation and experimentation. Individuals will be part of a culture where every experiment is taken as a lesson learned, which is part of the innovative process.
- EMBRACE INCLUSION – We are dedicated to bringing backgrounds, cultures, and mindsets into our team. We believe in creating an environment when everyone can bring their full self to work and feel they are part of a team.
- SPEAK UP AND BE OPEN-MINDED – We work to break down silos and share our knowledge to better connect people and data. Individuals will be challenged to critically problem solve, act as trusted advisors, and utilize data & analytic applications to provide business insights. FLDP participants will prepare and deliver presentations to both peers and leaders, sharing their successes and lessons learned.
This is a full-time position starting in July 2027. Individuals in the FLDP will complete a comprehensive onboarding and training. This training will provide insights to expansive business, industry, and audit knowledge. Additionally, the training will develop overall finance and business acumen, enhance leadership skills, and offer extensive networking opportunities.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Required Education, Skills & Experience:
- Current Seniors enrolled in a BS in Finance, Business Analytics, or Accountancy preferred, but all business majors may be considered (including Management, Marketing, or Economics). Academic curriculum focus on data analytics is preferred.
- Strong passion for data, technology, and finance.
- Strong data analytical skills, including transformation, modeling, analysis, and visualization.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Excel.
- Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- Creative vision, a passion for learning, and willingness to share new ideas.
- Ability to self-motivate and take responsibility for personal growth and development.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with client and business process owners as well as finance colleagues.
- Effective written and verbal communications skills.
- Strong time management skills and the ability to work autonomously and within a team.
- Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
- Demonstration of ethics and integrity within a professional work environment.
- Travel: Up to 20% of the time, both domestic and international.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Previous internship or work experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or Data Analytics
- GPA of 3.3 or above
- Basic experience with Power BI or related business intelligence software
- Basic experience with UiPath, Dataiku, Alteryx or related automation software
- Basic experience with SAP
- Basic programming knowledge with Python, R, or related languages
- Basic SQL knowledge and relational database understanding
Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer, at the discretion of the company.
Required Skills:
Alteryx, Alteryx, Business Analysis, Business Decisions, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Models, Business Process Implementation, Competency Management, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Tools, Database Queries, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Ideation, Leading Project Teams, Measurement Analysis, Microsoft Applications, Multitasking, Openness to Change, Prioritization, Process Analytics, SQL Databases, Stakeholder Relationship Management
Preferred Skills:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $87,300.00 - $137,400.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Job Posting End Date:
10/5/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID: R415338
INTRODUCTION
Our Finance team brings financial perspectives into overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting, and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.
Position Overview:
- Finance at our Company is committed to developing future leaders through its Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP). Individuals are provided with an entry point through Corporate Audit and Assurance Services (MCAAS) to develop a breadth of experience including finance, accounting, analytics, risk management, and special project opportunities.
- MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will be placed within the MCAAS Innovation team. This dynamic cross-functional team helps drive the use of enhanced data and analytic capabilities in audit and across the finance organization. MCAAS Innovation provides individuals with a space to experiment and encourages them to bring forward new and innovative ideas for accessing data and gaining visual insights. Within this role, individuals will learn our Company's various financial, accounting, and compliance systems and utilize emerging technologies to drive insights and improve efficiency. Individuals within this role will marry finance and accounting principles with data and technical acumen.
- MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will also have the opportunity to rotate onto multiple audit teams. These teams collaborate with stakeholders across the Finance organization, helping to solve vital business needs for Finance by leveraging data analytics and understanding implications on global healthcare systems. Audit assignments are unique to each individual’s skill set, professional interests, and development opportunities. These assignments can either be domestic or internationally focused, creating a unique chance to collaborate with auditees and colleagues from all around the world daily.
- After 24-36 months in the Finance Leadership Development Program, individuals advance their career development through opportunities across Finance and the greater organization. The purpose of this leadership development experience is to prepare young talent for the future so that the company is empowered to innovate and fulfill its purpose of using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.
Program Overview
By joining the FLDP, individuals will gain an understanding of how the company is fulfilling its purpose of inventing medicines to improve people’s lives. The FLDP will allow individuals to gain knowledge on products, healthcare systems, payors, and regulatory and reputational risks while working intimately with our global business operations. In addition, individuals will use data analytics to gain insights into business practices and the execution of the company’s strategy; this includes a deeper knowledge of internal controls, business compliance, and risk management. Individuals will be based in the global headquarters in Rahway, NJ.
Responsibilities
- Support audit teams with data requests from different financial, accounting, and compliance systems within the company.
- Create analytical projects and dashboards with various datasets to drive real-time risk assessments and control insights utilizing Power BI and other Microsoft applications.
- Experiment and sandbox with new systems and technology to drive new learnings and greater support capabilities.
- Develop automations to drive time savings and process efficiencies with technologies like UiPath, Dataiku, and Python.
- Participate team projects working with different team members and deliver outputs within deadline with agile project management methods.
- Participate in the execution of financial, operational, SOX 404 and IT audits, integrated audits, and process audits, both domestic and abroad to maintain a strong internal control environment at our Company's.
Opportunity to Innovate in a Changing World through our Ways of Working:
- WIN AS ONE TEAM – We will empower you to work across the company developing and leveraging a network of relationships to achieve high-level business insights. We collaborate with different finance and business functions to achieve the goals of the company as one team.
- FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS – You will learn how to evaluate business operations, processes, and internal controls to effectively complete risk-based audits. Individuals are empowered to develop their skillsets through a wide breadth of engagements, across various business lines. This helps individuals to focus on what matters in a complex and evolving business environment.
- ACT WITH URGENCY – We act promptly as our company actively evolves in a changing world. Additionally, MCAAS acts as a trusted advisor, supporting the enterprise via advisory engagements.
- EXPERIMENT, LEARN, AND ADAPT – We challenge the way we work every day as our Senior Leaders are committed to continuously evaluating new ways of working through ideation and experimentation. Individuals will be part of a culture where every experiment is taken as a lesson learned, which is part of the innovative process.
- EMBRACE INCLUSION – We are dedicated to bringing backgrounds, cultures, and mindsets into our team. We believe in creating an environment when everyone can bring their full self to work and feel they are part of a team.
- SPEAK UP AND BE OPEN-MINDED – We work to break down silos and share our knowledge to better connect people and data. Individuals will be challenged to critically problem solve, act as trusted advisors, and utilize data & analytic applications to provide business insights. FLDP participants will prepare and deliver presentations to both peers and leaders, sharing their successes and lessons learned.
This is a full-time position starting in July 2027. Individuals in the FLDP will complete a comprehensive onboarding and training. This training will provide insights to expansive business, industry, and audit knowledge. Additionally, the training will develop overall finance and business acumen, enhance leadership skills, and offer extensive networking opportunities.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Required Education, Skills & Experience:
- Current Seniors enrolled in a BS in Finance, Business Analytics, or Accountancy preferred, but all business majors may be considered (including Management, Marketing, or Economics). Academic curriculum focus on data analytics is preferred.
- Strong passion for data, technology, and finance.
- Strong data analytical skills, including transformation, modeling, analysis, and visualization.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Excel.
- Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- Creative vision, a passion for learning, and willingness to share new ideas.
- Ability to self-motivate and take responsibility for personal growth and development.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with client and business process owners as well as finance colleagues.
- Effective written and verbal communications skills.
- Strong time management skills and the ability to work autonomously and within a team.
- Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
- Demonstration of ethics and integrity within a professional work environment.
- Travel: Up to 20% of the time, both domestic and international.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Previous internship or work experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or Data Analytics
- GPA of 3.3 or above
- Basic experience with Power BI or related business intelligence software
- Basic experience with UiPath, Dataiku, Alteryx or related automation software
- Basic experience with SAP
- Basic programming knowledge with Python, R, or related languages
- Basic SQL knowledge and relational database understanding
Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer, at the discretion of the company.
Required Skills:
Alteryx, Alteryx, Business Analysis, Business Decisions, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Models, Business Process Implementation, Competency Management, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Tools, Database Queries, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Ideation, Leading Project Teams, Measurement Analysis, Microsoft Applications, Multitasking, Openness to Change, Prioritization, Process Analytics, SQL Databases, Stakeholder Relationship Management
Preferred Skills:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $87,300.00 - $137,400.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Job Posting End Date:
10/5/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID: R415338
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Frame your DS-2019 training plan around analytics leadership
Your designated sponsor requires a detailed training plan showing structured skill development, not just job duties. Map your activities to specific competencies like data governance, model deployment oversight, and cross-functional stakeholder reporting to satisfy DS-2019 requirements.
Verify your J-1 category matches your career stage
Trainee category suits professionals within five years of graduation or related work experience. Specialist applies to seasoned experts with a recognized degree and substantial analytics management experience. Applying under the wrong category delays DS-2019 issuance and can derail your start date.
Search for host employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers actively hosting international analytics professionals. Filtering by role type surfaces organizations already familiar with J-1 visa program requirements, cutting down the time you spend educating hiring managers about the host relationship.
Check whether your role triggers the two-year rule
Data analytics roles funded by a U.S. government agency or tied to your home country's critical skills shortage can trigger the two-year home residency requirement. Confirm your program funding source and country classification before accepting an offer to avoid post-program complications.
Confirm the host employer's willingness to sign program agreements
The host organization must co-sign your training plan and accept monitoring visits from your designated sponsor. Raise this explicitly during the offer stage so HR and legal teams understand their obligations before your sponsor submits DS-2019 paperwork to the State Department.
Use O*NET to anchor your specialty occupation documentation
Designated sponsors assess whether your role qualifies under the Specialist or Trainee category using occupational standards. Pulling the O*NET profile for Data Analytics Manager gives you precise education, experience, and task descriptors to support your application and satisfy sponsor review.
Data Analytics Manager J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Data Analytics Manager role?
Most Data Analytics Manager candidates qualify under the Trainee or Specialist category. Trainee suits professionals within five years of finishing a relevant degree or equivalent work experience, while Specialist is for those with a recognized degree and substantial expertise in data analytics management specifically. Neither category applies to students still enrolled in a degree program.
Who actually sponsors my J-1 visa for this type of role?
A U.S. Department of State-designated sponsor organization, such as Cultural Vistas or AIPT, issues your DS-2019 form and holds legal responsibility for program compliance. The company hiring you is the host employer, not the visa sponsor. The host provides the work environment and signs your training plan, but cannot issue a DS-2019 independently.
How do I find U.S. employers open to hosting J-1 analytics managers?
Migrate Mate lets you filter roles by visa type and identify host organizations already familiar with J-1 requirements. Since the J-1 places administrative obligations on the host, targeting employers with prior international hiring experience saves significant time during the offer and onboarding process.
Can the two-year home residency requirement affect a Data Analytics Manager?
Yes. If your J-1 program is funded by your home country's government or a U.S. government agency, or if your home country lists data analytics as a skill in short supply, the two-year home residency requirement may apply. This means you must return home for two years before changing to most other U.S. visa categories, including H-1B visa or permanent residence.
What does the training plan need to cover for an analytics management role?
Your designated sponsor requires a detailed, phase-by-phase training plan tied to measurable learning objectives rather than a standard job description. For a Data Analytics Manager, this typically includes phases covering advanced analytics methodologies, team leadership and project oversight, data pipeline management, and cross-functional business communication, each with defined timelines and evaluation criteria the sponsor can monitor.