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A Day in the Life

We are seeking a Financial Consultant to join our Enterprise Operations Strategy finance team. This role will partner with the Gross Margin team to develop standard financial processes that improve collaboration across Enterprise Operations and our Operating Units (OUs) to deliver on gross margin improvement. This role will support Portfolio Margin Leaders in the development of business strategy alignment and execution.

The primary responsibilities of this role include:

• Lead the design and deployment of standard finance processes to support margin opportunity identification

• Development of standard reporting and communications across Enterprise Operations and OUs

• Prioritization process standard deployment 

• Continuously monitor and appropriately prioritize pipeline of gross margin opportunities

• Partner with Gross Margin Governance team and OU finance to streamline and define ongoing operating mechanisms (i.e., alignment of savings, investments and resources and tiered mgmt. approach to project governance)

• Support development and reporting of shared goals and KPIs

• Partner with OU finance to align project planning calendars (i.e., AOP, Strat Plan)

• Partner with Innovation Excellence leader to deploy operations finance standards in R&D processes serving as primary point of contact for R&D Finance COE (attend R&D Finance Council to ensure better connectivity between Enterprise Operations and R&D Finance)

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10 years of work experience in finance and/or accounting with a bachelor’s degree or 8 years of experience with an advanced degree

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• Comfort with ambiguity and change management

• Has strong ability to partner with senior leadership and others, facilitates decision-making activities, builds relationship networks at all levels, and leads change

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills including the ability to identify key trends and drivers and the proven experience translating financial data into meaningful, concise information

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills for creating actionable insights and analysis

• Experience with Medtronic financial systems

• Solid financial and business management foundation

• Experience in navigating and working within a matrix organization

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PowerBI

 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$133,600.00 - $200,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.