Lead Analyst - Financial Systems

Stryker; Mahwah (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Lead Analyst, Financial Systems, to drive planning, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting platforms across the organization. You will lead system readiness, data integrations, governance, and enhancements while partnering with Finance and IT to deliver scalable solutions.

The role is hybrid, with on-site Wednesdays at the designated Stryker office. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams to improve controls and drive efficiency.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead system readiness activities for month-end close, forecasting, and planning cycles.
• 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.

Skills

Excel

Finance experience

System readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Degree in Accounting

Degree in Finance

Degree in Information Systems

Tools

SAP BPC

HFM

Anaplan

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.

Required Qualifications

What You Will Need

• 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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Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.