Lead Analyst - Financial Systems

Stryker; Portage (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker seeks a Lead Analyst, Financial Systems, to spearhead planning, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting initiatives. You will drive automation, partner with Finance and IT, and deliver scalable system solutions with strong governance. Hybrid role with on-site Wednesdays.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in finance or financial systems, plus experience with SAP BPC, HFM, Anaplan, and strong Excel skills. Power BI is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years in finance, accounting, financial systems, or related field.
• Experience with planning, consolidation, or reporting platforms like SAP BPC, HFM, Anaplan or similar.
• Experience managing data loads, reconciliations, and system administration.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead system readiness activities for month-end close, forecasting, and planning cycles.
• Manage data integrations, data loads, reconciliations, and validation across planning and reporting systems.
• Administer financial systems: user access, security roles, hierarchies, metadata, governance controls.
• Support planning applications through requirements gathering, testing, deployment validation, maintenance, and production support.
• Partner with Finance and IT to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, procedures, and master data controls.
• Lead system enhancements, upgrades, and automation to improve efficiency and controls.
• Provide reporting support, end-user training, and SME for financial planning and reporting systems.

Skills

Finance experience

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's 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.

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

View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.

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.