Manager, Finance

Finance

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draw findings from financial and manufacturing trend reports, synthesize information, create presentations for management and provide recommendations and conclusions from data
• Collaborate with finance and manufacturing stakeholders to develop moderately complex financial dashboards, global reporting and analysis (e.g., plan metrics, cost of quality, financial tracking on big projects)
• Collaborate with management in identifying process improvements
• Responsible for compliance activities (e.g., SOX, key and internal controls, fixed asset audits, physical inventory)
• Analyze ROI (Return on Investment) of expenditures for manufacturing projects
• Develop project plans and global cost accounting activities with accountability for successful completion within scope of project deliverables
• Provide guidance and/or lead smaller project teams to execute tactical projects and/or initiatives
• Other incidental duties

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in in Accounting or Finance , 8 years experience of previous related experience Required

Additional Skills:

• Proven successful project management skills
• Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel, database tools (e.g., QlikView), financial systems, and ERP systems (e.g., JDE, SAP)
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards
• Extensive understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
• Extensive understanding of related aspects of financial processes and/or systems
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Ability to represent leadership on sections of projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and finance team
• Ability to consult in project setting within specific sections of financial area
• Ability to provide financial leadership to outsourcing partners on a task level
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control