Accounts Payable Manager

Why finance at Stryker?

Are you looking for a profitable and growing company with a great culture and reputation? Stryker was recently named one of the Best Workplace in the WORLD by Fortune!  Here, you will have many opportunities to learn and grow as we offer development opportunities unique for each employees needs. Our total rewards offering includes but is not limited to:

• Employee health insurance, plus additional health insurance - both eligible from your first day of employment
• Group life insurance and retirement benefits
• Sports card
• Social benefits fund - this includes holiday subsidy
• Tuition reimbursement and access to online platforms with business courses
• Length of service awards (eligible at 5 years of employment)
• Corrective eyewear refund
• Lunch allowance

The mission of the Manager Cash and Controls, Disbursements, T&E is to lead the broad area of AP related operations, including processing of bank reconciliations, payments, and travel and expenses. The main focus is to ensure that all tasks are performed in an accurate and timely manner, in compliance with Stryker policies and procedures, and any applicable laws and regulations. The expectation of this role is to drive cost efficiency with procedure simplification, process standardization and systems opportunities.

Key Activities & Accountabilities

• Responsible for HR supervisory responsibilities of teams up to 25 employees, with up to 10 direct reports
• Ensures the strategy of the department is effectively implemented by ensuring consistent communication, reinforcement and management of defined objectives
• Monitors staff resource planning, organizing, and monitoring of key processes, including hiring, training, and evaluating staff
• Build analytical capabilities within the team and drives ongoing procedure simplification and process standardization
•  Analyze the impacts of projects onto the teams, and validates implementation

Education and Experience

• Proven experience in Finance/AP operations roles + minimum experience of 4 years in people management role, preferably within a Shared Service Center 
• Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
• Fluent in English
• Strong knowledge of internal control concepts
• Good knowledge of USGAAP is preferred
• Good working knowledge of SAP, Oracle or any other ERPs

Competencies

• Ability to establish and communicate priorities
• Ability to organize resources to achieve objectives
• High level of honesty, integrity, commitment and responsibility
• Ability to manage and motivate 
• Accustomed to working with deadlines
• Able to resolve problems and conflicts and a professional and tactful manner
• Able to identify and implement innovative solutions to meet business requirements

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.

More information is available at stryker.com