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 will make an impact:
- Analyze and interpret complex monthly financial results to identify financial issues, for business leaders; provide insights and make recommendations regarding possible course corrections
- Analyze weekly and monthly trends (e.g., labor, overhead, discretionary spend) in partnership with business leaders to develop/update quarterly forecasts and budgets and provide feedback
- Draw findings from financial and trend reports, synthesize information, and create presentations for management
- Partner with leaders to advise on financial impact of recent/proposed process changes
- Assess system capabilities and process efficiencies, and make recommendations for enhancements and upgrades
- Prepare and process month-end journal entries; prepare balance sheet account reconciliations; calculate, update, and maintain product standard cost in ERP system; gathering data and generating reports in support of trend analysis
- Prepare annual tax filings
- Response and resolve questions for tax consultants and auditors in annual statutory filings
- Assist in compliance activities (e.g., SOX, key and internal controls, fixed asset audits, physical inventory) Analyze ROI (Return on Investment) of expenditures for projects, identify operational implications, and recommend improvements
What you'll need (Requirements):
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
- At least 5 years’ of previous related cost accounting experience
- Experience working in a subsidiary area within an international company, preferably in the US
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel and related financial systems; ERP (e.g., JDE, Oracle, SP) experience preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and investigative skills.
- Substantial knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures, and guidelines relevant to accounting.
- Good understanding of cost accounting processes.
- Substantial knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
- Substantial knowledge of financial concepts and principles.
- Expertise in own functional areas and general knowledge of other areas impacted within the business.
- Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.
- Strict attention to detail.
- Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work and perform within a metrics organization and with OUS Plants
- Ability to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams and representing the department on specific projects.
- Ability to interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control.
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What We Do
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. We thrive on discovery and expanding the boundaries of medical technology, serving patients in 100+ countries, with the help of our employees in areas including Clinical Affairs, Quality Engineering, Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Sales & Marketing, corporate functions and more.
Our roots date back to 1958 when Miles Lowell Edwards, a retired engineer with a background in hydraulics and fuel pump operations, set out to build the first artificial heart. Edwards believed the heart could be mechanized and was encouraged by Dr. Albert Starr to focus on developing an artificial heart valve. After just two years, the first Starr-Edwards mitral valve was developed and successfully placed in a patient. This innovation spawned Edwards Laboratories. Miles’ fascination with healing the heart and helping patients with heart disease stemmed from his own experience with rheumatic fever as a teenager and continues to fuel our patient-first culture today.
Today, we are as passionate about providing innovative solutions for people fighting cardiovascular disease as we have ever been. It's our Credo. It takes integrity, collaboration, innovation, and focus. We are leaders in the design and manufacture of tissue replacement heart valves and repair products as well as advanced hemodynamic monitoring. We partner with physicians to innovate products designed to help patients live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.
Our work is both rewarding and a privilege. The importance of what we do defines our approach. We work together to create an environment where ideas can flourish and we provide our people with the resources, expertise and support to bring those ideas to life.
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