**Why finance at Stryker?
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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 and 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.
- ** Goal-oriented**:Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
- ** Collaborative partners.
** People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
- ** 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.
**What you will do**:
The Finance Lead Analyst will be responsible for financial reporting and business partnerships for the GQO Global Procurement Centres in Costa Rica and Poland
Essential duties & responsibilities
- Establish effective financial processes and procedures for day-to-day operations, including but not limited to periodic reporting, budgeting, projections, headcount reporting, intercompany billing, reconciliation of accounts, balance sheet maintenance and payroll
- Perform the tasks needed for the stand-up of the financial reporting process for the Global Procurement Centres
- Compliance with local regulations, tax and other functions
- Manage relationships with internal and external business partners
- Partnership with Procurement, HR, Finance teams and Facility Management
- Accounting and record-keeping for the stand-up of the Global Procurement Centers, including payroll, general ledger, Corporate reporting, expense reporting, headcount, etc.
- Responsible for coordination and completion of monthly accounts and related analysis for distribution to GQO Leadership Team and to Divisional and Corporate contacts.
- Partner with business unit leaders at the Global Procurement Centers
- Drive process changes in the Finance area to ensure the provision of timely and relevant information to key business owners.
- Coordinate and review annual and quarterly budgets and projections of the Global Procurement Centers, and analyze monthly variances
- Ensure accurate and timely submission of periodic and ad-hoc financial reports
- Participate in cross-functional and cross-divisional process improvement initiatives
- Ensure cash flow through adequate expense management and intercompany billings to the different GQO Manufacturing sites.
- Prepare key account reconciliations on a quarterly basis ensuring accurate balances and adequate supporting documentation.
- Participation in meetings, teleconferences, and webcasts
- Respond to general internal customer requests
- Participate in team projects as required
- Other duties as required
**What you need**:
Education & special training
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Accounting, Finance or related field
- Intermediate level of MS Office Suite
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Experience on finance related systems (SAP, and Hyperion)
- At least 4 years of relevant working experience in a finance function in National or Multinational company
- Preferably previous experience analyzing Financial Statements
- Ability to interpret and analyze data accurately and efficiently
- Experience working with SAP FICO
- Strong ability to coordinate action across dispersed workforce and highly matrixed organization
- Strong written and verbal skills enabling effective communication with all levels of management
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Be commercially aware and enjoy interacting with cross-functional teams across an organization
Other requirements:
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and multi-task
- Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to communicate complicated issues effectively
**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.