Lead Analyst - Financial Systems

Stryker Group; Flower Mound (TX); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker, based in Flower Mound, TX, seeks a Lead Analyst, Financial Systems to drive planning, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting platforms. You will lead automation, partner with Finance and IT, and improve system controls and user experience.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in finance or financial systems, with experience in SAP BPC, HFM, Anaplan, and Excel. The role is hybrid with on-site Wednesdays in the assigned office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in finance, accounting, financial systems, or related discipline.
• Experience supporting planning, consolidation, or reporting platforms (SAP BPC, HFM, Anaplan, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close readiness for planning cycles including scenario setup and calendars.
• Manage data loads, reconciliations, and validations across planning and reporting systems.
• Administer system access, security roles, hierarchies, and governance.
• Support planning applications from requirements through deployment and production support.
• Partner with Finance and IT to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, SOPs, and data controls.
• Lead enhancements, upgrades, and automation for efficiency and control.
• Provide reporting support and end-user training.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial systems experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Finance/Accounting degree

Tools

SAP BPC

HFM

Anaplan

Power BI

Job description

At Stryker, financial systems power the insights and decisions that help us advance healthcare around the world. As a Lead Analyst, Financial Systems, you will play a critical role in ensuring our planning, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting platforms operate reliably and efficiently. This is an opportunity to lead key financial system initiatives, drive automation and continuous improvement, and partner with Finance and IT teams to deliver solutions that support business performance.

This role is hybrid, with team members expected to work on-site each Wednesday at their designated Stryker office location.

What You Will Do

• Lead system readiness activities for month-end close, forecasting, and planning cycles, including scenario setup, exchange rates, calendars, and process validation.
• Manage financial data integrations, data loads, reconciliations, and validation activities across planning and reporting systems.
• Administer financial systems, including user access, security roles, hierarchies, metadata, and governance controls.
• Support planning applications through requirements gathering, testing, deployment validation, maintenance, and production support.
• Partner with Finance and Information Technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, operating procedures, governance standards, and finance master data controls.
• Lead system enhancements, upgrades, automation initiatives, and process improvements that increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and improve the user experience.
• Provide reporting support, end-user training, and subject matter expertise for financial planning and reporting systems.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in finance, accounting, financial systems, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting financial planning, consolidation, or reporting platforms such as SAP BPC, HFM, Anaplan, or similar systems.
• Experience managing financial data loads, reconciliations, and system administration activities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Power BI or other dashboard and reporting tools.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience supporting enterprise financial planning, forecasting, or consolidation processes.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver system enhancements and process improvements.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
• US5: $81,600 - $136,000 USD Annual
• US10: $85,500 - $142,500 USD Annual
• US15: $89,400 - $148,900 USD Annual
• US20: $93,200 - $155,400 USD Annual
• US30: $101,000 - $168,400 USD Annual

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