[Hiring] Senior Manager, Financial Compliance @Stryker

Role Description

The Financial Compliance Senior Manager will serve as the primary financial compliance lead for the Orthopaedics (Ortho) Group, partnering with Division and Business Unit Finance, operational teams, Finance Centers, and Corporate Centers of Excellence. This position will oversee divisional compliance activities, provide accounting policy and non-GAAP guidance, support audits and quarterly certifications, and lead control and monitoring activities. The role will use strong business and institutional knowledge to resolve issues, implement corporate initiatives, strengthen processes and controls, and ensure alignment and consistency across the Orthopaedics Group and the corporation.

Although this role offers the flexibility to be 100% remote, there is a preference for someone who can work in a hybrid capacity out of our Mahwah, NJ location.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary financial compliance partner for the Ortho Group, advising Finance, operational teams, Finance Centers, and corporate Centers of Excellence on compliance, internal controls, and technical accounting.
• Lead quarterly certification activities, including balance sheet reviews, reconciling item analysis, key account determinations, and other divisional controls, ensuring timely issue identification, escalation, and remediation.
• Establish, maintain, and periodically assess the financial control framework, including control matrices, catalogs, processes, and supporting documentation; partner with process owners to address gaps and implement sustainable improvements.
• Coordinate internal and external assurance activities with EY, ARA, and other audit teams, addressing identified deficiencies and overseeing remediation plans.
• Interpret and implement corporate finance policies and US GAAP guidance; assess business impacts, manage non-GAAP approval requests and spend tracking, and support revenue recognition and other technical accounting matters.
• Develop and deliver technical accounting and financial compliance training tailored to Ortho Group processes and business needs.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, and future-state ownership transitions in partnership with Finance and accounting Centers of Excellence, ensuring alignment with Stryker policies while identifying opportunities to standardize, automate, and centralize activities.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across Finance and corporate stakeholders, lead and develop a senior analyst or associate manager of financial compliance, and provide ad hoc analyses to support business partners and the Ortho Group Finance Controller.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA
• Minimum 10+ years experience in accounting including audit experience
• Minimum 4+ years Big 4 experience
• Demonstrated understanding of Sarbanes Oxley, PCAOB Auditing Standards, and US GAAP
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to accurately and efficiently interpret, analyze, and evaluate data.
• Ability to coordinate activities and drive action across geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to lead projects through successful completion

Requirements

• MBA preferred
• System experience in SAP S/4, Blackline, HFM

Benefits

• USN: $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual
• US5: $123,900 - $206,500 USD Annual
• US10: $129,800 - $216,400 USD Annual
• US15: $135,700 - $226,200 USD Annual
• US20: $141,600 - $236,000 USD Annual
• US30: $153,400 - $255,700 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 20%

Company Description

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.