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A Day in the Life

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Finance Director to join our US Surgical Sales finance team. In this position, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing financial and accounting operations, driving performance and forecasting, and contributing to the long-term financial success of the US Sales organization. This position reports directly to the Finance Vice President of US Surgical Sales and Marketing, working closely with the US Sales and Marketing leadership team, the Surgical Operating Unit finance and business teams, and the Med Surg COE and Controllership teams. This role supports $2.3B revenue and oversees $0.3B in OPC and overhead spending. A strong business acumen, insightful knowledge of a P&L and ability to collaborate across Sales, Marketing, OU Finance, HR and other Sales finance related teams will be critical for this role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive a positive impact through the following:

• Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead the financial planning and analysis efforts across the US Surgical Sales and Marketing team, including annual operating plan (AOP), IBP and all major forecast cycles (AOP, 7Q, 10Q, 1Q and strategic plan), and long-term and strategic financial modeling.
• Financial Reporting: Collect, consolidate and prepare financial reporting packages, including month end reporting, internal MR decks, forecast presentations and AOP presentations.
• Drive strong partnership through the IBP (Integrated Business Planning) processes – including managing demand signals through partnership with demand planning, supply chain, and OU marketing teams. Prepare US presentations for IBP cycle reporting.
• Calibrate performance vs expectations by monitoring key KPIs and trends related to revenue and spending.
• Manage the Commercial Excellence, including US Commercial Marking, Overhead spending to maximize our spending into areas that drive the highest return on investment.
• Active Partnership with on New Product Launches, Phase-In / Phase-Out planning, and working to drive expansion of standard margin via product mix and pricing.
• Ensure consistency across US Sales Finance as it relates to our reporting and forecasting tools such as OneStream, CMR, and IBP.
• Perform month end and quarter end accounting activities, partnering heavily with the Med Surg controllership and the COE Rebates and Contracting teams to ensure proper accounting on revenue, rebates, COOP award credits, chargeback estimates, and fee accruals. 
• Gross to net calculation and review on revenue recognition as well as general US region accounting.  Region accounting includes reviewing month end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reviewing and updating WWR for activities not reflected in SAP until month end.  Ensuring rates for WWR and IBP are consistent with recent historical actuals.

Must Have – Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, and/or Accounting
• 10+ years of Finance and/or Contracting experience; or 8+ years of Financial and/or Contracting experience with a master’s degree with 7 + years of managerial experience
• Strong business acumen; ability to understand the business and influence key stakeholders at various management levels to drive and increase value to the organization.
• Proven ability to influence Senior Sales Leaders, General Managers, Business Partners and Functional Leaders and drive execution
• Strong executive presence: ability to present financial analysis in clear concise story and drive value to the organization
• Ability to develop forward looking financial models, construct potential scenarios and/or range of options that provide insight for senior leaders and business partners to consider. 
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative and self-motivation. Ability to work independently, possess critical, excellent problem solving skills and ability to handle ambiguity in an unstructured environment.
• Strong work ethic; proven track record for delivering on commitments.

NICE TO HAVE:

• MBA or CPA 
• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing financial analysts and with remote supervision.
• Proven experience in executing within a matrix environment 
• Experience in working in dynamic sales organization or commercial operations 
• Systems experience with SAP, Hyperion Enterprise, Workday, Business Objects, and modeling software.

Work Location:

• This position is a hybrid role tha