Senior Financial Analyst

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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 an engaging and influential financial analyst that will drive improvement, action, and results for the Spencer site. In this role, the Senior Financial Analyst will support critical business units and cross functional managers with profit and loss analysis, performance planning/budgeting, and financial evaluation of strategic initiatives. This leader will also support cost accounting activities, end of period financial reporting, and account management.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Perform the timely month-end accounting close by the third business day of the month, meeting all corporate reporting deadlines.  Prepare journal entries, spreadsheets, and reports as needed in order to efficiently and correctly generate site financial statements.
• Support assigned business unit by providing relevant financial and management reporting each month and on an as-needed basis.  Educate users regarding report implications.
• Express opinions to management regarding financial results and possible outcomes of decision-making.
• Prepare annual Cost Center spending, capital and headcount budget.
• Be an advocate for driven financial initiatives such as new software implementation, new accounting methodologies, business process improvement, and corporate and site initiatives.
• Ensures that costs are allocated according to established procedures.
• Gathers historical cost data on such activities as material purchases, labor, scrap yield, shipments, value of production, etc.
• Investigates cost structures for new and existing plant products.
• Costs new services or products by developing unit costs and projecting expenses.
• Oversees daily, weekly, monthly  report preparation that compare projections with actual results.
• May prepare existing or projected profitability analyses.
• May recommend, design, or develop revisions to the cost accounting system.
• Support the BW system, VIP and SOX programs for the plant.
• Interprets, executes, and recommends modifications to plant management.
• Assists in budgeting, schedules, and performance standards.

 
Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years’ experience in relatable positions. 
• Proven ability to influence without authority, 
• Knowledge in Microsoft office tools (Excel, Power Point, Power BI)

Preferred qualifications: 

• Higher education (CPA, MBA)
• Cost accounting in a medical device company or manufacturing, COGS modeling and long-term planning experience.

Requisition ID: 593165

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.

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.