**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 Senior Accounting Analyst is responsible of performing complex accounting tasks, including journal entries and account reconciliation approvals, and other accounting related activities under CRFC scope.**Essential duties & responsibilities**:- Performs complex accounting activities within Month end closing, journal entries, cash, financial reporting, account reconciliations and other related processes.- Review and approve Journal entries and account reconciliations as assigned.- Performs and reviews Financial Statement analysis- Training new/ or existing team members as requested- Support on coordination for closing and other key deliverables assigned by Supervisor or Lead analyst.- Support on coordination of migration of R2R processes from countries in scope.- Responsible to execute assigned SOX controls and other activities related to internal and external audit requirements.- Work closely with markets and local accounting teams to resolve discrepancies, issues, and queries in a timely manner by escalating to Supervisor as required.- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls to guarantee timely and accurate financial reporting.- Focus on continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency.- Create and maintain documentation of processes and procedures.- Supports ad-hoc tasks and requests as needed.**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.**What you need**:- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business or 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- 4-5 years (minimum) of relevant working experience in a finance function in matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems- Experience of 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.
