**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**:
- **Detail-oriented process improvers.** Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
- **Self-directed imitators.** People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
- **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.
- **Motivated product launchers.** People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.
**What you will do**:
**Main objectives**:
FP&A specialist supporting Stryker divisions in Latin America. Support to regional CFO, VP/GM and staff on recurrent performance tracking and planning sessions (Strat Plan, Budget, Projections). Focal point to Emerging Markets Finance VP and Enterprise FP&A on recurrent results/estimates submissions.
**Critical factors for Success**:
1) Finance support to LATAM regional leaders on recurrent performance monitoring:
- Coordinate weekly sales agenda to capture latest estimates and risks/opportunities together with LATAM country GMs.
- Coordinate monthly Flash and Cash Flow reviews together with LATAM Finance community.
- Responsible for data accuracy of core business reports and estimates (P&L, CF and headcount).
2) Focal point to International Finance VP and Enterprise FP&A on recurrent results/estimates submissions
- Responsible for weekly/monthly financial results submissions to Corporate and International HQs.
- Prompt support on ad hoc requests and business presentations to Stryker Senior Leadership.
3) Owner of all standard FP&A processes and tools across Latin America
- Prepare all standard finance models to be used in quarterly projection cycles, full year budgeting and 5-years planning sessions.
- Drive process standardization/automation across the region to ensure accuracy and consistency of FP&A outcomes.
- Lead initiatives together with FP&A community to automate finance analysis and maximize usage of existing IT systems.
**What you need**:
**Academic Background / education degree and professional experience**:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Language skills: Fluent in English (Portuguese/Spanish as a plus)
- Experience in FP&A and/or acting as a Finance Business Partner to Commercial and/or Operations organizations.
- Proven experience leading multi-functional initiatives and driving change with direct impact to the business operations.
**Main strengths /personal characteristics for the job**:
- Advanced Excel modelling skills.
- Familiar with data visualization/transformation tools (Power BI).
**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.
