As FP&A Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the financial reporting and projection process, delivering the necessary insights to the senior management on the performance of the division.

WHO WE WANT

• Dedicated achievers. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and exceeds expectations.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analysing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.
• Insightful advisors. You excel in strategy development and providing guidance to teams.
• Collaborative partners. You build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information and industry analyses to develop best practices.
• Self-starters. You take ownership of your work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
• Data translators. Highly effective communicators who can transform data findings into recommendations to compose reports and executive level presentations.
• Meticulous documenters. Detail-oriented people who enjoy maintaining meticulous documentation of reports, metrics, proposals, and presentations.

THE ROLE

In this exciting position, you will be responsible for a broad range of areas:

Business support

• Act as a business controller for the divisions supported in terms of Actuals, Forecast, Budget, Strategic Plan
• Be autonomous on the recurring activities such as sales reporting, risk and opportunities
• Undertake adhoc analysis and projects as required by the business to support key decisions (such as inventory management, profitability analysis, commissions, bonus, etc)
• Generate eye-opener analytics/findings to influence business management
• Support the division Finance leaders in the integration of acquisitions (systems, processes, data accuracy, reporting, coordination of the transition)
• Build effective relationships with Stryker Finance, Divisional Finance, Regional Marketing, Sales leadership and country teams.

Reporting

• Provide Divisional and European management with reporting and analysis and ensure they are delivered timely and with accuracy
• Standardized and automate reporting to the maximum extend to limit the workload on reporting activities and focus on the business partnering
• Utilize market intelligence data and reports to perform analysis of competitor’s results and evaluate market share position.
• Directly participate in the accounting cycle and the preparation of financial documents/statements.
• Prepares and interprets operating results as they affect the financial aspects of the progress to financial goals and objectives: Analyze variances between actual and expected financial results. Participate in EU Flash reviews.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in financial planning & analysis
• Strong knowledge of local and US GAAP
• Fluent in written & spoken English and ideally at least one additional European language
• Proven track record of influencing change and achieving results
• Experience in leading in projects or matrix environments
• Ideally CPA qualified