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Why finance at Stryker?Are you looking for a profitable and growing company with a great culture and reputation? Stryker is the only company with 40 consecutive years of sales growth (leading up to 2020)! Here, you will have many opportunities to learn and grow as we offer development opportunities unique for each employees needs including training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more!We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine! Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.comOur benefits include bonuses; commissions; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; stock based plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; wellness programs; onsite fitness centers and cafeterias; discount purchase programs; and service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities.In this role, you will work closely with business and finance leaders to establish, direct, coordinate, and administer a plan for managing all inventory related topics for Global Inventory COE US initially related to Medical and any other inventory which might become part of the Global Inventory Team or this team. Strong support is needed for the stabilization of the implementation of SAP for Medical and the transition to the COE in the first few years. You will provide support to the Sr Manager(s) Inventory MSNT and Sr Manager Costing/GRNI for guiding the team and all related stakeholders commercially and GQO. You will support in technical accounting, compliance, audit, forecasting and month end activities. You will manage direct report(s) as well.T he candidate will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance to our Flower Mound, TX location. You will need to be in the office 3 days a week and will have the flexibility to work from home on the other days.Who we wantEffective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure business goals and objective are met.Collaborative partners. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, influence and partner with business leaders in multiple functional areasWhat you will do
Month end:
Manage monthly closing with Divisional Finance, Operations, Supply Chain and Global Finance Service Centers (GFS) teams
Responsible for ensuring that inventory (and reserves) is correctly valued and controlled and all relevant Corporate Policies are applied
Analyze and communicate key business drivers to enable functional business leaders to effectively manage their P&L and provide recommendations
Analyze Inventory and Inventory adjustments; provide information to facilitate business reviews and set requirements from a finance perspective in a timely manner.
Delivery of monthly business results, including in near future, performance to budget and forecast. Interprets and communicates results to senior leadership and proactively recommends opportunities to improve business results
Prepare the more complex month end journal entries, review and approve those journals completed by the team members.
Communication/relationships:
Responsible for effectively communicating relevant information to all stakeholders
Proactively communicate changes in business trends, local business decisions or other issues that may have a financial impact.
Analyze and communicate key business drivers to enable function business leaders to effectively manage their P&L and provide recommendations
Planning:
Support the planning process with the divisions on preparing forecast models, consolidations, and coordination of projection calls
Supporting the Sr. manager for the planning process including support divisions in their forecast models, consolidations and coordination of projection calls in close collaboration with Divisions/Supply Chain/Suppliers/etc.
Analyze Inventory and Inventory adjustments; provide information to facilitate business reviews and set requirements from a finance perspective in a timely manner.
Management skills:
Responsible for Costa Rica Medical team by setting direction, developing talent and empower to assist in their development inventory content wise
Build, manage and develop team of accounting professionals, including setting of annual objectives and completion of the team annual reviews.
Compliance:
Finance Manager will be support for Internal and External Audits (mainly SOX related)
Ensure all defined controls Inventory related are updated, performed, reviewed, documented and executed as accurately and timely as possible in close collaboration with the Internal Control team members within Global Inventory COE and the Internal Control Department
Support Compliance/Internal Control team to ensure that all defined controls, inventory related, are updated, performed, reviewed, documented and executed as accurate and timely as possible
Ensure all Inventory reports generated by ERP systems are accurate, complete, and reconcile to the General Ledger.
Implementations/integrations: provide strong support in the implementation of SAP for Medical and integration to COE, including all testing, training, documentation, alignment with business, key deliverables, active input
What you need
Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred
8+ years experience required
2+ years experience in people management
Fluent in English and Spanish
SAP ERP knowledge required
CPA preferred
Excellent working knowledge & understanding of US GAAP
About StrykerStryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.More information is available at stryker.com (http://www.stryker.com.)Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
