**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**:- ** Analytical problem solvers.** **People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.- ** Goal-oriented**:Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.- ** 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.- ** Detail-oriented process improvers.** Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.Job descriptionThe Accounts Payable Analyst will be responsible for activities related to disbursements made to Stryker's Suppliers and maintain a close relationship with Internal Customer's to ensure that payments are made timely and accurately. This role will be executed in Stryker's Costa Rica Shared Service Center.This is a Shared Services role related to standing up the Finance One optimization program.**What you will do**:- Analyze payment proposals and obtain approvals to proceed with payments following guidelines, SOX requirements and company policies.- Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve any issues associated with payments: rejections, system issues, payment remittances, Supplier/Stryker Internal questions related to payments, etc.- Performs root cause analysis using Stryker's process improvement methodology to resolve payment improvements- Execute payment runs following a predefined schedule for the different divisions of Stryker that may include checks, ACH's, Wires.- Responsible for posting of wires in ledger accounts.- Responsible to comply with necessary paperwork according to procedures and compliance requirements.- Responsible for the creation of supplier's bank templates and submission of payments into bank platforms.- Meet with key stakeholders and conduct follow-up tasks, communicate opportunities for improvement, and agree with action plans.- Liaise with relevant parties (Treasury, GL Team, Others) to ensure payments are done accurate.- Maintains documentation to support AP transactions that facilitates the efficient review and audit of books and records.- Prepare weekly and/or monthly reports related to payments.- Notify changes in process that may alter desktop procedures.- Comply with all internal control procedures to ensure accurate financial records, particularly in relation to Corporate Delegation of Authority policy. Supports the Audit trials (external and internal)- Perform month-end activities, such as reports required by Division.- Performs other related work as assigned by management related to providing support to AP Operations.**What you need**:- Associates Degree in Accounting, Business or at least two years of equivalent studies towards a College degree in a related field- MS Office Suite- Fluent spoken and written English. Any other language is a plus- ERP systems such as Oracle and SAP systems knowledge is a big plus**Qualifications & experience**:- 3-5 years of relevant working experience in a finance function ideally with experience performing accounts payable and payment responsibilities in matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems.**Physical & mental requirements**:- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams, 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- Computer or technical knowledge- Effective problem-solving skills**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 hosp
