Senior Finance Director, CST International

This position serves as business partner for the VP Cranial-Spine Segment across International and in additional manages team members in Neuroscience Western Europe finance team. This role provides data-driven insights into the internal and external environment and makes recommendations to improve financial performance of the businesses. This includes working with CST International OU leadership team to support the business, defining strategic choices and connecting business strategy with financial business performance. In this business finance partnering capability, this position coordinates all business finance activities (planning, forecast, strategy, quarterly narratives) for the international region. You will drive the operation process to manage inventory and OPC in collaboration with Supply Chain & Customer Care, EOC Finance. Reporting into Global Neurosciences Portfolio CFO, and collaborating daily with the Global CST CFO, you will be part of the Finance Leadership Team.,

• Support Cranial and Spinal Technologies VP in managing all aspects of the Financial Performance Management, driving business results impacting P&L and relevant Balance Sheet items (i.e. Inventory and Fixed Assets).


• Support the VP with achieving country and regional financial results through close collaboration and best practice sharing across the region.


• Maintain open communication and strong collaboration with BUs in US Support Business leader in Business Development opportunities such as new business models, acquisitions or divestitures, licensing contracts.


AOP, Planning & Forecasting :

• Coordinate with relevant functional areas (Sales, Marketing, Clinical, Customer Experience and Reimbursement) and establish market models to define market potential for future fiscal years by country.


• Own Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for CST, International


• Review country potential and market shares and align expectations between country Finance & Business Management and SHQ.


• Lead CST annual Strat Plan and Quarterly Business Reviews mechanisms with the EMEA, Japanese, ANZ, & RLM Strategy Lead.


• Ensure full alignment on allocation of targets with country CST Management.


Reporting & Analyzing :

• Define CST reporting requirements i.e. Revenue, Costs, Operating Statement and strive for standardization across countries and BUs wherever possible.


• Ensure material deviations from Annual Operating Plan (AOP) or vs. LY for OU by country are being reviewed and communicated regularly to relevant stakeholders and follow up any corrective actions directly or through respective Financial Analyst/Business Director.


CST Operation Financial Management :

• Define OPC and Inventory dashboard of key performance indicators and data sets.


• Set up regular efficient mechanism of OPC and inventory management.


• Collaborate with Supply Chain & Customer Care, EOC Finance and in connection with Global Operation Finance while holding business team accountable for operation improvement.


• Guide and support the organization to achieve financial objectives in OPC and inventory management.


Asset Management & Investment ROI :

• Ensure ROI of investments are reviewed with all relevant stakeholders, with approved project results are evaluated on an ongoing basis.


• Assume the role of "challenger" ensuring that the deployment of investments provides the greatest return on assets for the business and execution is assured on commitments made at either a regional or country level. Ensure adequate follow-up of ROI/assumptions after implementation.


Projects :

• Together with relevant stakeholders, lead scope definition, project tracking and management of resources for required adhoc projects.


• Compliance (Statutory, SOX and BCS)


• Ensure full compliance at regional level in line with SOX and BCS requirements and business needs. Implement corrective actions with respective stakeholders when requested.


Finance Function :

• Provide a leadership role in people performance management, talent development and improvement of the operational aspects of the finance function where appropriate


• Accountable to build and execute plans with the team twice per year for continuous improvement and consolidation of Organizational Heath Survey results to foster a rewarding employee experience.


• Role model and encourage Medtronic Mindset culture in words and actions (Act Boldly, Compete to Win, Move with Speed and Decisiveness, Foster Belonging, Deliver Results the Right Way).


• Help develop and implement business finance roadmap. Partner with other finance leads in other OUs and Finance COEs to standardize processes, reporting, and timelines wherever possible across countries and businesses.
  
  University degree in finance, business, or accounting.


• Minimum of 10-15 years professional finance experience including management positions in "sales/marketing" finance


• Thorough knowledge and strong skills of financial analysis techniques, modeling, accounting


• Experience in a multicultural, diverse environment


• Strong ability to partner with leadership and partner through others, facilitate decision-making activities, build relationship networks at all levels, lead change.


• Understands and implements strategy, shift from tactical to strategic.


• Accomplishes work through others, leads cross-functional teams, recruits, retains and develops talent.


• Ability to manage many complex projects simultaneously.


• Is an entrepreneur, confronts issues and drives for solutions.


• Is a team player in a matrix structure with excellent communication skills


• Fluent in English


• Willing to travel
  
  At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world., The position reports to the VP, CST Finance and oversees CST's financial portfolio outside of the US. This role provides managerial oversight to the Finance leads for the other NS OUs and their teams and ensures clear tops down direction and full deployment of robust performance management processes across the org. The bulk of this role's time is spent on leading the CST Finance team business partners who will assist in covering all financial matters related to CST ($1.2B revenue across International OUS). In this people management capacity, you will set-up goals, coach and support them in their development.


We are seeking an experienced business finance talent with broad perspective, strategic mindset and high energy to partner with the International CST VP in Western Europe, Japan, ANZ and Region Led Markets and her leadership team to develop the market and deliver ambitious growth targets and market share expansion., About Medtronic

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

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