At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the LifeAs a Principal Financial Analyst, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of operational and functional responsibilities, including supporting the management of all aspects of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function for the LATAM Region. You’ll also provide high-level guidance, serve as a key interface, deliver financial modelling and analysis, support the operational decisions of business leaders. Your scope will include revenue and expense planning, reporting, modelling and analysis, Capex management, and other cost-related analysis.At Medtronic, you will use your financial and operational knowledge to address a variety of complex business problems and recommend effective solutions. You’ll help strengthen business partnerships between Finance and the Sales/Marketing organization, as well as other functions. You’ll also provide support in tracking and managing all areas of finance, driving the creation of the organization’s strategic goals and core business KPI’s. This position will report directly to the FP&A Director for LATAM. As part of our hybrid working model, you’ll be expected to report at our São Paulo office. This is a Principal role, which means you will hold a leadership position without having direct reports.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Function as a business partner and finance liaison between LATAM Regional Finance and sub-regional teams by answering questions, providing data and insight into proposed transactions and coordinating and collection, analysis and consolidation of business information
- Provide financial and analytical support for LATAM Regional leadership team including monthly/quarterly sales and operating expense reporting, participation in business reviews and various ad hoc financial analyses
- Participate in pre- and post-monthly close processes to ensure financial results for the Region align with expectations, identify and report variances, and analyse actual vs. forecast performance or/and that variances vs. expectations are identifies and reported as well as analyse actual vs. forecast performance, with an emphasis on understanding and communicating how the Business/region will meet its financial commitments
- Maintain current reporting processes and continually seek to improve or establish other reports and analyses — such as AOP performances, rolling forecast, and strategic plans — to improve business performance
- Assist with roll-up and reporting of LATAMAOP and AOP tracking processes, including submitting of revenue and expense targets from Regions/Cost center managers, preparing business/regional AOP summaries for management, and preparing regional P&L summaries as well as revenue and spending forecasts
- Participate in LATAM reporting by providing revenue/expense analysis and financial accrual processing use of score cards to measure business/region performance
- Identify, analyse, communicate and provide suggested solutions to resolve financial issues which impact business objectives, communicating expected and actual financial results and the activities underlying those results to management
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s and an MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Proficiency in English is required (reading, writing and speaking)
- Strong proficiency in MS Office, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Experiences MS-Excel including ability to develop financial modelling, data manipulation, Pivot tables or macros
- Experience with SAP, Power BI and Hyperion
- Experience working in a regional / headquarter office for Latin America.
Prior experience in companies in the medical industry or similar regulated industry, as well as proficiency in Spanish are preferred.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
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