Financial Analyst - Global R&D Controller

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The Global R&D Controller role in Siemens Healthcare Point of Care will initiate, execute and evaluate effectiveness of planning, analysis and reporting activities within the business area. As part of a team, and through best in class, data-driven analytics, this role will partner and/or lead cross-functional teams for strategic and tactical decision making; will be a lead role in generating financial insights in the monthly/quarter global results, with focus on R&D spend and resource allocations. This role will have responsibility for coordinating the BU’s monthly, quarterly and annual financial cadence (forecasting, actual reporting and analysis, budgeting, strategic planning) for the POC R&D function and will provide key presentations on financial status at various management team meetings.

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Global R&D Controller, you will be responsible for: 

• Guiding the analysis of financial results to determine accuracy and completeness of information.
• Developing various financial reports and reviews with management on financial plans and budgets. Specific tasks include determining and discussing financial analysis at very complex levels including rate of return, depreciation, working capital, investments, budgeting, and financial and expense performance comparisons.
• Guiding and maintaining conformance to IFRS requirements, and coordinate with auditors
• Driving and optimizing financial performance for R&D  and Capital investment projects and making recommendations to management about specific actions needed to deliver on targets using data-driven decision-making process, aligning organization and collaborating with stakeholders on a monthly basis to implement targeted performance improvement. Specific analytics include monthly forecast and actual variances, gathering and evaluating key project activities and status impacting forecasts to senior management team.
• Conducting Financial Project Plans for ongoing and new R&D projects
• Conducting Quarterly ASTAR reporting and compliance certification.
• Conducting Quarterly R&D tax surveys and compliance.
• Maintaining functional independence and provide a controlling function with proactive communication and analysis to the POC Business Line
• Approximately 10% travel required. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience, Capabilities for the role:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
• Experience: 3-5 years of progressive analytical and controlling experience, with demonstrated career progression in a similar environment.

Competencies:

• Ability to distill business processes and results into actionable information for senior leadership, very strong presentation skills.
• Ability to analyze as well as organize and quality orientation is a main requirement for the controlling area. Arranging and balancing activities to comply with various tasks and due dates is also key requirement
• Very good communication and networking skills, result and quality orientation as well as a pro-active attitude, including an appropriate intercultural sensitivity and ability to establish virtual networks across cultures and locations.
• Excellent team player: Ability to manage horizontal teams and lead cross-functional effort. Have worked with cross functional disciplines and coordination of business operations, finance, accounting, audit and external personnel across various levels
• Knowledge and experience in project management. Strong attention to detail and strong analytical ability
• Displays excellent business acumen and understanding of complex organizational structures, reporting structures & process and the budget and forecast process.
• Strong systems skill in SAP, expert Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.
• Knowledge and experience in project management. Strong attention to detail and strong analytical ability
• SAP experience, including SAP BW (Data Warehouse reporting).
• Be well versed with Healthcare R&D developmental methodology and requirements.
• Understand and apply the concept of intangible capitalization of development projects and its impact on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow Statement
• Display ability to optimize and standardize process workflows and have a track rec