Associate Finance Director, Corporate Functions - IT, AI & Global Business Services

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the Role

The Associate Director, Corporate Functions, is responsible for leading all financial activities for the Global IT, AI and Global Business Services organizations within Corporate Functions. This role serves as a strategic finance partner to executive leadership, providing financial guidance, decision support, investment governance, and performance management to drive business outcomes and enterprise value creation.

The position is accountable for financial planning, forecasting, reporting, investment analysis, and maintaining a strong control environment across a complex global organization. The successful candidate will play a critical role in evaluating and prioritizing investments, driving return on investment across digital, AI, and business transformation initiatives, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, productivity, and value realization.

This role requires exceptional business partnership, leadership, and collaboration across divisions, regions, and corporate functions. The position reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Functions Finance and serves as a key member of the Corporate Functions Finance leadership team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide financial leadership and strategic business partnership for the Global IT, AI and Global Business Services organizations.
• Lead all financial planning processes, including annual strategic planning, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), quarterly forecasts, long-range planning, and resource allocation activities.
• Lead month-end and quarter-end close processes and related reporting, ensuring financial accuracy, timely delivery of results, adherence to internal controls, and achievement of financial objectives.
• Provide financial leadership and decision support for operating expense, capital expenditure, headcount, and investment management activities.
• Partner with business leaders on investment decisions, including vendor pricing agreements, new business proposals, restructuring programs, investment rationalization efforts, and business case development.
• Establish and lead financial governance processes for technology, AI, data, and business transformation investments to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities and financial objectives.
• Evaluate and prioritize strategic initiatives through robust financial analysis, ROI assessments, scenario modeling, and value-creation frameworks.
• Partner with business leaders to measure, monitor, and communicate the value realization of key investments, including digital transformation and AI-enabled initiatives.
• Develop, monitor, and maintain key financial metrics and KPIs aligned to business goals, operational performance, and strategic objectives.
• Provide financial leadership for key transformation initiatives, digital programs, AI investments, and enterprise-wide business improvement efforts.
• Maintain and continuously improve global financial processes, reporting capabilities, and analytical tools while ensuring compliance with internal controls, financial policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with all financial regulatory requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 controls.
• Analyze and communicate the financial impact of special situations, including acquisitions, partnerships, distribution agreements, organizational changes, and strategic investments.
• Produce, deliver, and communicate actionable business and financial insights that support strategic decision-making at the executive level.

Management Responsibilities

• Lead employees in the achievement of organizational goals and business objectives.
• Guide, coach, direct, and develop direct reports while fostering a growth mindset culture focused on continuous learning, accountability, and development.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team through talent management, performance coaching, succession planning, and career development.
• Balance team workload and ensure appropriate cross-training and organizational resiliency in response to changing business priorities.
• Foster an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables all employees to contribute to their full potential.
• Drive employee engagement and create an environment that promotes collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, finance business partnering, strategic finance, or related finance leadership roles.
• 5+ years of people leadership and team management experience.
• Demonstrated success serving as a strategic finance business partner to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence business decisions and drive alignment across a highly matrixed global organization.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, investment analysis, and business case development skills.
• Experience leading complex planning, forecasting, and performance management processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities with strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders and business partners across multiple functions and geographies.
• Strong executive-level verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial analysis capabilities.
• Strong process management, organizational, and project leadership skills.
• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset and a demonstrated ability to drive change.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, Master's degree, CPA, CMA, or equivalent advanced professional certification.
• Experience supporting Information Technology, Digital Transformation, AI & Data Management, Shared Services, Global Business Services, or other Corporate Functions.
• Experience leading finance support for large-scale transformation programs, enterprise technology investments, and strategic business initiatives.
• Experience with investment governance, portfolio management, and value realization frameworks.
• Knowledge of enterprise financial systems such as SAP, Hyperion, SmartView, and SuccessFactors.
• Experience working within a multinational, highly matrixed organization.

Requisition ID: 630784

Minimum Salary: $144200 

Maximum Salary: $274000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.