Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.
How you’ll make an impact:
Partner with Corporate Functions Finance Team in preparation and consolidation of month-end results, monthly forecasts, Annual Operating Plan, and long-term Strategy Plan, pertaining to operating expenses, capital expenditures, and headcount planning in forecasting system.
Perform month-end and quarterly accounting activities (inclusive of expense accruals), ensuring timely and accurate reporting, create cost center specific reports to provide meaningful variance analysis and commentary.
Collaborate with Finance and business leaders on enterprise-wide reporting and analysis, understanding business drivers behind trends and fluctuations.
Contribute to the development of meaningful presentations to communicate financial results, metrics, recommendations, and insights.
Identify opportunities to streamline processes and increase efficiency.
Support ad hoc reporting and analysis projects, as needed.
What you’ll need (required):
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, economics, or other related field and 5 years of Finance/Accounting experience
OR Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, economics, or other related field and 3 years of Finance/Accounting experience
Prior experience with financial statements, month end closing process, forecasting, and Excel
What else we look for (preferred):
CPA, CMA, MBA, MFin
Experience with planning/reporting systems, large ERP system, and database or data visualization tools
Experience compiling and analyzing large, complex data sets
Experience in forecasting, budgeting, and analysis, especially financial modeling
Desire to learn and make a meaningful impact, with a strong process improvement mindset.
Proactive, self-motivated, and results oriented, with high sense of urgency and an aptitude for problem solving.
Proven ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines in an environment with competing priorities; must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to develop strong relationships with business stakeholders across all levels. Team player mindset.
Detail-oriented, flexible, with a high degree of urgency, accuracy, and efficiency.
Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service, JDE, and HFM system a plus.
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California, the base pay range for this position is $78,000 to $110,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.