**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**:
- ** Leader.** Provide overall management and leadership to team of HR professionals.
- ** Problem Solver.** Analyzes root causes of work environment issues; manages interventions and solutions in collaboration and cooperation with key stakeholders. Demonstrated conflict resolution skills.
- ** Consultant.** Strong facilitation, consulting, relationship-building, influence, negotiation skills, and project management skills.
- ** Analytically driven and oriented.** Demonstrated business and analytical ability with a proven ability to build relationships and influence different groups.
**What you will do**:
The Payments Manager Accounts Payable will report directly to the Accounts Payable Director and is responsible for managing and leading the team in charge of Payments for all America, hiring, staffing, monitoring of the supervisors, implementing company policies and procedures, and managing the Division stakeholders. This person will be supporting and partnering with the Other internal teams (Accounts Payables, High-Risk Payments, and T&E) and the Divisions to achieve monthly targets.
This person also interacts regularly with Senior Leadership, Stakeholders and Customers. The Manager is responsible for people development, organizational health and to implement a quality culture that role models Stryker's mission and values.
- Manage payments process for Americas countries.
- Ensure smooth and efficient payments process.
- Ensure payment policies and SOX Controls are in place.
- Work closely with Finance Divisional teams and treasury to ensure payments best practices are applied to improve the Company DPO.
- Responsible for the team's recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and development.
- Develops and maintains a productive team, designs, and implements people strategies to foster career development, skill development, succession planning, and a healthy work environment across ITP.
- Identify and develop talent to create a succession pipeline within the teams.
- Fosters a culture aligned with Stryker values, co-leads the initiatives for people growth.
- Responsible for the implementation, review, and compliance of process controls.
- Comply with Corporate accounting policies, US and local GAAP
- Supports processes related to identifying and evaluating the organization's risk areas and provides significant input to the development of annual business plans.
- Works with Internal and external audit teams to review and enforce policies.
- Ensures critical business processes are well documented and communicated to facilitate effective and efficient execution.
- Drive a culture of standardization, process excellence, and continuous process improvement across teams and across I2P.
- Project management and business reengineering initiatives. Ability to manage projects that will significantly impact the business, including working with senior leadership on major company projects.
- Performs other related work as assigned by management.
**What you need**:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Business Administration, Economy, or related field.
- MS Office Suite
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is required. +B2
- Oracle and SAP systems knowledge is a big plus
- Minimum of 15+ years' experience with 10+ years of managerial skills in a finance function, preferably in Accounts Payable in a matrix international company.
- Experience working in complex reporting structures and with exposure to various reporting systems.
- Demonstrating effective leadership, interpersonal, and planning skills necessary to interact and influence senior management in Finance and the business.
**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.