Finance Manager

Stryker Corporation; Newbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company seeks a Finance Manager in Newbury, UK, to oversee financial reporting and compliance. The ideal candidate will have a professional accounting certification and at least 5 years of relevant experience, navigating a fast-paced environment and building strong relationships within the finance community.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years post-qualification experience in finance.
• Experienced in leading UK controllership activities.
• Complex issue explanation skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive quality financial reporting and tax compliance.
• Lead statutory financial statements process.
• Manage relationships with internal and external advisors.

Skills

Proactive self-starter

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Strong communication skills

Education

Professional accounting certification (ACCA, ICAEW)

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

Stryker is looking for a talented Finance Manager to join its UK finance team. This position is responsible for proactively collaborating across the European finance community to drive UK accounting controllership, including quality financial reporting and statutory reporting. Our goal is to be a best-in-class function, comprised of ethical, talented and engaged people that supports our functions and customers. You will work with our local finance team and European finance centre of excellence to proactively lead our key controllership activities including revenue recognition, month end, balance sheet quality, statutory financial statements, tax compliance and a variety of other interesting ad-hoc finance activities. You will also have opportunity to work with our commercial organisation supporting ad hoc commercial projects outside of finance.

Responsibilities

• Build/foster/facilitate strong relationships across our European finance community to ensure robust core processes deliver seamless accounting with minimal manual intervention, and high efficiency.
• Influence a broad range of key stakeholders to deliver the role\'s key objective.
• Build and maintain a robust culture of process improvement; drive understanding of the need for improvement and enthusiasm within the wider team.
• Navigate a fast-paced environment and drive through ambiguity to find solutions; work and priorities can be variable at short notice.
• Take the lead in driving quality financial reporting, accounting and tax compliance in the UK.
• Interact with senior stakeholders to deliver on our financial reporting and compliance obligations.
• Review Income Statements and Balance Sheets to drive high-quality financial reporting across the UK entities.
• Review key balance sheet reconciliations and own internal balance sheet reporting requirements.
• Lead statutory financial statements process across multiple entities; collaborate with the European finance centre to ensure high-quality financial statements are prepared and filed.
• Lead local annual impairment assessment process.
• Provide local technical accounting support on topics such as revenue recognition and lease accounting.
• Lead UK revenue recognition.
• Own relationships with internal and external accounting advisors and stakeholders.
• Lead internal and external audit processes as a key point of escalation.
• Optimise cashflow through Accounts Receivable oversight and influence European finance centre processes and priorities.
• Lead a variety of internal and external tax compliance activities.
• Own relationships with internal and external advisors and stakeholders.
• Drive high-quality accurate external tax filings through comprehensive reviews and upskilling of internal teams.
• Ensure high-quality compliance with all internal tax reporting requirements.
• Manage all external R&D tax claim processes.
• Opportunity for future people manager responsibilities.
• Other miscellaneous finance activities, including ad-hoc finance/non-finance projects.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting certification (i.e. ACCA, ICAEW).
• At least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Experienced in leading and delivering UK controllership activities.
• Practical experience of using Microsoft Excel to an advanced level; PowerBI experience is an advantage.

Competencies

• Proactive – a self-starter who can navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment to define priorities and manage multiple tasks/projects.
• Strong internal drive and motivation to make a difference and add value.
• Planning/organisation – able to work under tight deadlines, multi-task, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Attention to detail – delivers high-quality work.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to explain complex issues clearly.
• Decision making/judgement – selects effective approaches based on information and objectives.
• Relationship building – maintains relationships with key stakeholders to improve effectiveness across levels of the organisation.

Striking details: Stryker is a leading medical technology company with a global presence and a diverse range of products. The company is recognised as a great place to work and values its people and stakeholders.