Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Medical Sciences

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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:

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) that will play an instrumental role providing accounting, reporting, analytic, and planning support primarily for the Corporate Medical Sciences function including Pre-Clinical, Medical Affairs, and Medical Safety. The SFA will be a key contributor to understanding and communicating financial performance within Corporate Functions.

The SFA reports to the Senior Finance Manager, Global R&D and Corporate Functions and partners with senior management providing support and consultation on their functional areas of the business. The position also has a high degree of collaboration with corporate, divisional, regional, and operations finance across the global organization.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Serve as the primary business partner in forecasting, reporting, and consulting for Corporate Medical Sciences Leadership
• Perform all aspects of the monthly financial close process including necessary journal entries, integration and other non-GAAP accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance/trend analysis
• Collaborate on monthly reporting package shared with senior management highlighting key drivers of financial performance, including opportunities and risks
• Consolidate global financial results and provide analysis to senior management and functional business partners
• Lead the global strategic planning, annual operating planning, and forecasting processes for each function, ensuring adherence to financial targets
• Lead Value Improvement Program for the function by providing financial expertise to estimate and validate savings assumptions
• Partner with human resources to track headcount and provide recommendations on hiring capacity in support of the internal headcount prioritization process
• Represent finance on key cross-functional initiatives and projects
• Take initiative on continuous improvement opportunities within our financial processes
• Support ad-hoc requests and projects when necessary

 
The successful candidate will exhibit the following:

• Very strong financial analysis and stakeholder management skills
• Superior attention to detail and data accuracy
• Ability to consolidate, synthesize and report on large amounts of financial data
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and act in a consultative role
• Intellectual curiosity with a desire to maximize financial stewardship

Required qualifications:

• 4+ years of financial analysis, planning, and business support experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or related discipline
• Experience with large scale financial systems (e.g. Hyperion and/or SAP) and minimum intermediate skills with Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications: 

• Mid to large company experience
• Must be able to work well in a complex, highly matrixed global organization and be able to simplify that matrix for reporting and analytical purposes
• PPMS or other project portfolio management application experience 

Requisition ID: 597008

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

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 identify, gender expression, veteran’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Boston Scientific maintains a prohibited substance free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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