Finance Manager, UK&I

Finance Manager, UK&I

Location: Newbury, UK

Permanent Contract

Hybrid: On Average, 2 Days Per Week in Office

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including orthopaedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology & spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. Stryker products and services are available in over 100 countries around the world.

We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine and have been consistently recognised by Great Place To Work in the UK.

The Role

Stryker is looking for a talented Finance Manager to join its UK finance team. This position is responsible for proactively collaborating across the European finance community to drive UK accounting controllership, including quality financial reporting and statutory reporting.

Our goal is to be a best-in-class function, comprised of ethical, talented and engaged people that supports our functions and customers.

You will work with our local finance team and European finance centre of excellence to proactively lead our key controllership activities including revenue recognition, month end, balance sheet quality, statutory financial statements, tax compliance and a variety of other ad-hoc finance activities. You will also have the opportunity to work with our commercial organisation supporting ad hoc commercial projects outside of finance.

Key Activities and Accountabilities

• Networks and Relationships: Build/ foster/ facilitate strong relationships across our European finance community to ensure robust core processes deliver seamless accounting with minimal manual intervention, and high efficiency.
• Influence stakeholders to deliver the role’s key objectives and maintain a robust culture of process improvement.
• Navigate a fast-paced environment and drive through ambiguity to find solutions; priorities can be variable at short notice.
• Financial Results and Reporting: Take the lead in driving quality financial reporting, accounting and tax compliance in the UK. Interact with senior stakeholders to deliver on financial reporting and compliance obligations. Review Income Statements and Balance Sheets to drive high-quality reporting across UK entities. Review key balance sheet reconciliations and internal balance sheet reporting requirements. Lead statutory financial statements process across multiple entities, collaborating with European finance centre to ensure high-quality statements are filed. Lead local annual impairment assessment process. Provide local technical accounting support (e.g., revenue recognition, lease accounting) as required. Lead UK revenue recognition. Own relationships with internal and external accounting advisers and stakeholders. Lead internal and external audit processes as a key point of escalation. Optimize cashflow through accounts receivable oversight and influence European finance centre processes and priorities.
• Tax Compliance: Lead internal and external tax compliance activities. Own relationships with internal and external advisors and stakeholders. Drive high-quality external tax filings through comprehensive reviews and upskilling of internal teams. Ensure high-quality compliance with all internal tax reporting requirements. Manage external R&D tax claim processes.
• Other: Opportunity for future people manager responsibilities. Other miscellaneous finance activities, including ad-hoc finance/non-finance projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Professional accounting certification (e.g., ACCA, ICAEW).
• At least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in leading and delivering UK controllership activities. Practical advanced Microsoft Excel skills; PowerBI experience is an advantage.

Competencies

• Proactive – Self-starter who can navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment to define priorities and manage multiple tasks/projects. Independent with the ability to manage workload and prioritise.
• Strong internal drive – Motivation to make a difference and add value to an organisation.
• Planning/organisation – Understands what is needed to accomplish project objectives and establish goals and priorities. Able to work under tight deadlines, multi-task and adapt to changing priorities.
• Attention to detail – Delivers high-quality work.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills; ability to explain complex issues clearly.
• Decision making/judgement – Selects effective approaches based on information and objectives.
• Relationship builder – Builds and maintains relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across levels.

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