Finance Manager, Strategic Finance

Carrigtwohill, Cork - 12-month contract (hybrid)Job SummaryIn this 12-month contract, this role provides a great opportunity to bring your breadth of finance experience from within the corporate environment to work with cross-functional teams and act as a true business partner to senior level stakeholders across the business on a global basis.Additionally, you will have flexibility to work on your own initiative and take ownership. There will be also be opportunities to work collaboratively with the wider teams and get involved in various project led strategic initiatives across multiple product groups.Who We Want Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions. Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.What You Will DoKey member of the IT Finance, M&A, and Transformation leadership teamDevelop & sustain relationships with leaders across IT AO and the AO finance teamSupport business due diligence of acquisition and divestiture targets.Lead and execute required report-outs Monitor performance and provide analysis to all levels of management to enable GQO to meet itscommitment and respond to targets.Develop innovative financial metrics which will be insightful for monitoring the objectives and specific achievements related all strategic projects across the finance team.Proven ability to influence across the organization by building global relationships. Ensure business and financial context is understood and represented in programme design and decisionsEstablish priorities, imparting a sense of urgency and importance to the team, disciplined governance structures, while implementing best practice Financial Project Management methodology in project executionNegotiate and own the annual IT Capex and Opex budget for IT. Lead the project management and portfolio analysis of all IT initiatives for GQO. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements across all international reporting regions.Influence and educate AO, IT in delivery of financial commitments by strengthen their financial acumen through training forums.All other duties as assignedWhat You NeedA recognised professional accounting qualification and preferably a broad business qualification10 Years + post qualification experience working in a multi-national preferably in an FDA Regulated IndustryA thorough understanding of accounting and financial principals, budgeting reporting, financial analysis and forecastingHigh level of strategic financial development and solid business acumenHave demonstrated the ability to both think strategically as well as build and execute action plans.Working with all disciplines at every level in promoting the development of services, business plans, budget management and cost controlsDemonstrated record of driving change and improvementAbility to build and sustain collaborative relationships at all levels both within the organisation and with third partiesSelf-directed and ability to influence across the organisation at multiple levels.Must be comfortable in a matrix-management environment.A 'can-do' attitude to all business challengesSuperior communication skills both quantitative and qualitativeThis role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.