Lead Financial Analyst, Technical Accounting, Global Inventory COE

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San Antonio de Belen, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
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Work flexibility: Hybrid Req ID: R570759 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Finance Travel: 10% Relocation: No

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What You Will Do

  • Calculate, reconcile, and analyze inventory-related balance sheet and profit and loss accounts during monthly close activities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
  • Prepare and post complex journal entries and accruals in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
  • Perform account reconciliations and maintain inventory accounting records for areas such as inventory in transit, costing, reserves, and asset management.
  • Validate that inventory reports reconcile to the general ledger and complete required control procedures supporting financial accuracy.
  • Analyze inventory trends, reserve calculations, and financial data to support business decisions and ad hoc reporting requests.
  • Partner with global stakeholders to communicate accounting impacts, reporting requirements, and process changes affecting inventory accounting.
  • Support internal controls, compliance activities, and internal and external audits, including Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
  • Drive process improvements through automation, reporting enhancements, documentation updates, system implementations, and knowledge sharing with less experienced team members.

What You Will Need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience in inventory accounting or other complex accounting functions within a global organization.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience applying U.S. GAAP principles in financial reporting and accounting processes.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  • Experience with inventory reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close, and balance sheet account management.
  • Fluent English (written and spoken).

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.

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