**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!**Why **join** Stryker?**At the heart of what we do and believe is making healthcare better. We do this by collaborating with our customers to develop innovative products and services that ultimately improve the lives of patients. This is expressed through our mission: Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better, which is delivered by our people each and every day.**What you will do**:The General Accountant will be primarily responsible for executing account reconciliations and monthly closing activities related to assigned entities in Stryker's newly created Costa Rica Shared Service Center and additional support required per ad-hoc request.- Perform Account Reconciliation for assigned entities.- Investigate and resolve unsupported balances.- Provide support to business on request related to journal/recon backups.- Escalate any unusual activity or aged items to management which enables a proactive response to potential risks and related losses.- Financial Statement analysis.- Prepare journal entries calculations.- Perform month-end closing process and any request as necessary- Performs other related work to the accounting cycle.**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 initiators. **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, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.- ** 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**What you need**:- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business or related field- MS Office Suite- Intermediate excel level (pivot table, formulas, charts)- Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish.- SAP, Oracle or QAD systems knowledge is a big plus- 2-3 years of relevant working experience in a finance/accounting function in a matrixed international company (preferably an American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and exposure to various reporting systems- Experience working in a shared service center across a global /large organization will be an added advantage**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.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.
