Lead Financial Analyst (Inventory)

  • San Antonio
  • Stryker

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Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. Stryker offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives.

As a member of the Orthopaedics Inventory Team , this position will be responsible for complete and accurate inventory balance sheet and P&L reporting while complying with Stryker policies and procedures.

Essential duties & responsibilities: (detailed description)

Who We Want

  • Dedicated achievers . People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are dedicated to ensuring a task is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
  • Analytical problem solvers . People who go beyond just fixing problems; they identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
  • Effective communicators . People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management and their teams

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
  • Calculate, reconcile, and analyze Inventory and Inventory reserves for period close; heavily utilizing advanced Excel techniques and Power Bi
  • Prepare month-end journal entries and formulate required accruals in accordance with GAAP
  • Maintain balance sheet accounts associated with Orthopaedics inventory to include gross and net accounts and complete balance sheet reconciliations in accordance Stryker policies
  • Ensure all Inventory reports generated are accurate, complete, and reconcile 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 Orthopaedics 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 implement corrective actions
  • Maintain up-to-date process documentation that follow changes in the business; may require updating or creating advanced Excel formulas and/or Power Bi workspaces or reports

Education & special trainings:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting: Required
  • CPA: Preferred

Qualifications & experience:

  • 3-5 years of experience in a finance function in a matrix international company (preferably American or Multinational company)
  • Manufacturing experience preferred
  • Public Accounting experience a plus
  • Advanced proficiency with Excel (required) and Power Bi.
  • Proficiency with Oracle, SAP S4 Hana and/or SAP BW (required)
  • Ability to interpret and analyze data accurately and efficiently
  • Fluency in English required
  • 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

Physical & mental requirements:

  • Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and collaborate across multi-functional dotted-line relationships
  • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines consistently
  • Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to communicate complicated issues effectively
  • Demonstrated ability to perform consistently under varying business pressure as well as ability to adapt to a quickly changing environment
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail in making evaluative judgements based on the analysis of information

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 worl