**Why finance at Stryker?**:
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Are you looking for a profitable and growing company with a great culture and reputation? Stryker was recently named one of the Best Workplace in the WORLD by Fortune! 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!
**Who we want**:
- ** Analytical problem solvers. **People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
- ** Collaborative partners.** People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
- ** Goal-oriented**:Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
- ** Dedicated achievers.** People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
- ** Detail-oriented process improvers.** Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
**What you will do**:
- Responsible for assigned month-end closing activities, (fixed assets processes, cash, financial reporting, and other accounting-related tasks.
- Performs accurate and timely preparation of journal entries and relevant supporting documentation.
- Generate reports and other relevant documentation
- Support on delivering performance metrics (KPI´s) to Supervisor.
- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls to guarantee timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Focus on continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency.
- Maintain documentation of processes and procedures.
- Supports ad-hoc tasks and requests as needed.
**What you need**:
**Education & special training**:
- Technical High School degree, or Current student of Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel (Intermediate level: PivotTables, VLOOKUP, macros, charts, formulas, etc.)
- English level B1+
- SAP systems knowledge is a plus
**Qualifications & experience**:
- 0-1 year of working experience preferably from a Finance background in General Accounting activities
- Experience of working in a shared service center across a global /large organization will be an added advantage
**Other requirements**:
- Ability to work collaboratively with peers, and cross-functionally within the company
- Ability to work independently and multi-tasking
- Flexible, proactive Ability to deal with ambiguity
- Detail-oriented, versatile, highly motivated, deadline-driven, and able to communicate effectively
- Flexibility in schedule due to business requirements (i.e., month-end close)
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**About Stryker**:
Stryker 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.