Financial Consultant
Medtronic
Summary
The Global Sales Finance Center of Excellence (COE) provides standardized financial planning, reporting, analytics, and decision support across 12 Operating Units within Medtronic's Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, and Medical Surgical portfolios, as well as Global Commercial Operations. This role will primarily support the U.S. Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) Sales organization and broader U.S. Cardiovascular portfolio, partnering with Sales Finance, Operating Unit Finance, Sales Leadership, Sales Compensation, and Total Rewards.
Job description
A Day in the Life
The Global Sales Finance Center of Excellence (COE) provides standardized financial planning, reporting, analytics, and decision support across 12 Operating Units within Medtronic's Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, and Medical Surgical portfolios, as well as Global Commercial Operations. This role will primarily support the U.S. Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) Sales organization and broader U.S. Cardiovascular portfolio, partnering with Sales Finance, Operating Unit Finance, Sales Leadership, Sales Compensation, and Total Rewards.
As a Financial Consultant, you will serve as a finance business partner to the U.S. Electrophysiology Therapies Sales organization and broader Cardiovascular portfolio. You will lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis while providing insights that support business performance and decision-making. You will also help advance standardized reporting, automation, and scalable FP&A processes across the Sales Finance COE.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, expense management, and analysis for U.S. Sales organizations.
- Prepare monthly financial reporting and analysis, highlighting performance drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities for leadership.
- Lead Annual Operating Plan (AOP), recurring forecast, and financial outlook activities in partnership with Operating Unit Finance and business leaders.
- Partner with Total Rewards and Sales Compensation on annual compensation planning, financial modeling, performance metrics, and commission expense forecasting.
- Analyze expense performance against financial targets, identify underlying drivers and gaps, and support actions to achieve financial commitments.
- Oversee financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and structure maintenance for U.S. Sales cost centers.
- Develop and enhance standardized reporting and analytics, leveraging financial systems, technology, and automation to improve financial visibility and efficiency.
- Partner across Operating Unit Finance, Sales Leadership, Total Rewards, Sales Compensation, and Financial Systems to drive process improvement and effective execution of financial activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience OR advanced degree with 8+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience.
- Experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including forecasting, expense management, and financial reporting.
- Experience leading projects and partnering across business and finance functions.
- Experience with financial systems, reporting tools, and data analytics.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Experience supporting Sales Finance, commercial organizations, or sales compensation processes.
- Experience with SAP, OneStream, Power BI, or similar financial planning and reporting tools.
- Experience driving finance process improvement, reporting standardization, or automation initiatives.
- Experience supporting a large, matrixed organization across multiple businesses or Operating Units.
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience OR advanced degree with 8+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience
- Experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including forecasting, expense management, and financial reporting
- Experience leading projects and partnering across business and finance functions
- Experience with financial systems, reporting tools, and data analytics
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (preferred)
- Experience supporting Sales Finance, commercial organizations, or sales compensation processes (preferred)
- Experience with SAP, OneStream, Power BI, or similar financial planning and reporting tools (preferred)
- Experience driving finance process improvement, reporting standardization, or automation initiatives (preferred)
- Experience supporting a large, matrixed organization across multiple businesses or Operating Units (preferred)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation (preferred)
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Incentive Plans
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.