Senior Manager, Finance Workforce Planning

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Maple Grove; US-MN-Arden Hills

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:

At Boston Scientific, we are deeply committed to transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As our Senior Manager, Workforce Finance Planning, you will lead the financial strategy, planning, and forecasting processes that support a global, integrated workforce planning function.

You will partner closely with the HR Workforce Planning Lead, Finance leaders, and stakeholders to align financial planning with workforce planning processes. Together, you will ensure that headcount, labor costs, and personnel-related expenses are forecasted accurately and efficiently, enabling informed decision-making and scalable growth.

This highly visible role will shape the future of workforce-related financial planning across Boston Scientific by advancing an enterprise-wide, holistic approach to headcount financial modeling, cost optimization, and long-range workforce investment planning.

The Senior Manager, Finance Workforce Planning is a key resource for the build and deployment of a global, integrated, and evolving financial planning capability aligned to workforce strategy. This role enables Finance, HR, and business leaders to deliver accurate forecasts of headcount and personnel expenses in the most efficient and effective ways to invest in talent while meeting business and financial objectives.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Advancing an enterprise-wide workforce financial planning discipline by building and executing a multi-year strategy for headcount and labor cost forecasting in close partnership with the HR Workforce Planning Lead
• Leading the development of standardized financial models for workforce planning, that incorporate business inputs such as revenue forecasts, operational demand, supply chain trends, and leadership assumptions and result in headcount, compensation, benefits, and other personnel-related expenses
• Defining roles and responsibilities across Finance, HR, and business teams to support a high-performing, integrated workforce and financial planning function
• Driving alignment between financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and HR workforce planning cycles
• Leading the integration of financial, headcount, and resource planning tools, processes, and technologies, with keen understanding of upstream and downstream dependencies
• Partnering closely with HR, People Analytics, and Workforce Planning teams to ensure consistent data, assumptions, and insights across financial and workforce plans
• Supporting enterprise decision-making by translating workforce plans into clear financial implications and trade-offs
• Responsible for change management efforts across finance and in partnership with HR in support of new workforce planning processes
• Coordinate efforts and impacts of workforce planning with the EPM ecosystem, including participating in overall ecosystem governance and change control

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business field
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in a finance leadership role supporting workforce planning, FP&A, or enterprise planning in a global organization — or a Master’s degree with minimum of 5 years' experience
• Demonstrated ability to design, lead, and scale enterprise-level financial planning programs in a large, global environment
• Proven ability to lead teams and drive execution of complex, interdependent programs and initiatives
• High level of financial acumen, strategic agility, and ability to influence change through data and insights
• Demonstrated experience in full-cycle enterprise program management, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Mastery of financial modeling, forecasting methodologies, and planning tools
• Ability to analyze complex data sets from multiple sources and translate insights into actionable recommendations

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong experience partnering cross-functionally with HR, IT, R&D, operations, and business leaders
• Experience facilitating discussions with and presenting to senior and executive leadership
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement experience
• Ability to influence stakeholders at every level of the organization

Requisition ID: 622444

Minimum Salary: $131700 

Maximum Salary: $250200 

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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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 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.