Manager, General Accounting (Hybrid)

Why finance at Stryker? : ***: 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 :

• 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 General Accounting Manager will be responsible for a Division accounting and reconciliation process in Stryker’s newly created Costa Rica Finance Shared Service Center.

• Work with the Migration Team on the transition of all in-scope activities from the Americas region to Costa Rica
• Lead, manage, and develop the General Accounting team within the broader Record to Report team
• Maintain an effective system of internal controls and to ensure compliance with Stryker policies and procedures and any applicable laws and regulations
• Assist in the recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and development of a newly created team
• Lead and develop a team who assures the highest levels of customer satisfaction by meeting or exceeding customer expectations with accounting adherence to US GAAP as well as qualitative and timely account reconciliations
• Play a key role in the work migration activities from other Stryker locations, including knowledge transfer and documentation activities
• Collaborate with other Share Service teams to deliver quality results
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership while performing escalated of complex accounting duties
• Assist production of complete and accurate entity financial statements
• Promote continue improvement initiatives with R2R space with a particular focus on accounting simplification and standardization opportunities
• Ensures critical business processes are well documented and communicated to facilitate effective and efficient execution.
• Develop, measure, and distribute results and efficiency drive metrics / KPI’s
• Develops and maintains productive team-oriented staff, and manages relationships with internal Stryker customers
• Work with Internal and external audit teams to review and enforce policies
• Comply with Corporate accounting policies, US and local GAAP
• Performs other related work as assigned by management

What you need

Education & special training :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field
• MS Office Suite
• Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish. Portuguese is a plus
• SAP, Oracle or QAD systems knowledge is a big plus
• 7 plus years of relevant working experience in a finance function in a matrixed international company (preferably an American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems
• US GAAP accounting expertise
• CPA or other accounting certification required

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Know someone at Stryker? : About Stryker : Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.