**Job Description**:
- ** Job Description**:
Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our 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.
Our Company's Global Business Services organization is responsible for the design, governance, and execution of global financial processes.
The Account to Report (AtR) organization within the Global Business Services is responsible for the definition, optimization, and governance of the Account to Report processes globally.
The AtR organization will work closely with our customers located in United States to ensure efficient and effective delivery of the AtR processes.
**Position Description**:
Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Align with stakeholders (Business unit leaders, Management) on global AtR process direction.
- Takes a proactive role in understanding business and requirements to ensure timely delivery of all deliverables under her/his scope.
- Develops and maintains accurate current tracking state of the different deadlines.
- Supports definition of key performance metrics for the execution of the projects and manages execution of processes project.
- Regular and relevant communication to the customers and stakeholder groups to secure engagement, alignment, and accountability.
- Support identification, definition, and development of strategy for continuous improvements.
- Defines process strategy and key improvement levers/ drivers.
- Identifies, prioritizes, and governs changes to the process and initiates process redesign when appropriate.
- Resolves issues within current process to ensure process delivery.
- Leads the implementation of new, changed processes and continuous improvement activities (project management)
- Defines and monitors metrics to evaluate process health and provide for ongoing process control and sustainability.
- Ensures all process participants understand their role in the end-to-end design; assures development and maintenance of process documentation and training materials; make available to all process participants.
- Support ownership of tools which support local market AtR Processes.
- Manages / updates control documentation.
- Supports process training delivery and content development.
- Develop a good understanding of the overall Finance organization and broader Company business; build and develop network and partnerships with key Finance and business leaders across our Company.
**Position Qualifications**:
**Education Minimum Requirement**:
- Degree in Business Administration or Accounting required.
- SAP experience desired.
- PBI & Blackline knowledge is a plus.
**Required Experience and Skills**:
- Minimum of 3 years of accounting.
- Experience in the review of Financial Statements (IFRS).
- Balance Sheet and P&L Accounts reconciliation experience required.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and organization skills required.
- Advanced fluency in English desired.
- Problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement new processes.
- Solid experience leading change initiatives.
- Ability to work independently, capable of handling multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Ability to interact with all levels of the organization - senior leaders through working teams.
**Technical Skill Requirements**:
- Proficiency in PC skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.
- Strong organizational skills required to coordinate and manage multiple projects.
- Strong written and verbal skills enabling effective communication with all levels of management.
- Ability to operate independently and remain focused through change or uncertainty.
- Strong customer service mind-set.
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**Employee Status**:
Regular
**Relocation**:
No relocation
**VISA Sponsorship**:
No
**Travel Requirements**:
No Travel Required
**Flexible Work Arrangements**:
Flex Time, Remote Work
**Shift**:
Not Indicated
**Valid Driving License**:
No
**Hazardous Material(s)**:
**Number of Openings**:
1
**Requisition ID**:R203878