**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**:
- **Collaborative partners**. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvements across the business.
- ** Motivated product launchers. **People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.
- ** D**etail-oriented process improvers**. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
- ** Dedicated achievers. **People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven to complete projects that meet regulations and expectations.
**What You Will Do**
- Engage with business partners to enable insightful analysis and efficient processes to support and challenge strategic decisions
- Collaborate with business partners to timely and accurately execute inventory transactions
- Oversee and support execution of inventory month-end responsibilities spread over various team members
- Calculate, reconcile, and analyze Inventory and Inventory reserves for period close; heavily utilizing advanced Excel techniques and/or Power Bi tools.
- Prepare month-end journal entries and formulate required accruals under GAAP
- Maintain balance sheet accounts associated with inventory to include gross and net accounts and complete balance sheet reconciliations following Stryker policies
- Ensure all Inventory reports generated are accurate, complete, and reconciled to the General Ledger.
- As requested, perform ad-hoc analytical support, such as: analyzing inventory trends at various data levels, testing inventory reserve levels for appropriateness, and diving into the Wright Medical supply chain to understand product fluctuations
- Support business on implementation and monitoring of Internal Controls and other Compliance requirements.
- Ensure all Company policies are followed completely and accurately. Responsible for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley and all other applicable financial laws and regulations, company policies and implementing corrective actions
- Maintain up-to-date process documentation that follows changes in the business; may require updating or creating advanced Excel formulas and/or Power BI workspaces or reports.
**What do you need**:
- 3-5 years of experience in accounting/inventory function in a matrix international company (preferably American or Multinational company)
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.
- Advanced proficiency with Excel
- Proficiency with Oracle, SAP S4 Hana and/or SAP BW
- Ability to interpret and analyze data accurately and efficiently
- Fluency in English (B2+)
- Strong ability to coordinate action across dispersed workforce and highly matrixed organization
- Effective problem-solving skills
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