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The APAC Finance Center is a high-performing and culturally diverse team. Besides the daily operations, a key priority of the department is to act as a center of excellence to drive alignment and improvement of financial reporting processes and systems in the region. The department is evolving and expanding and there is an exciting opening for a process improvement manager to join us!

This role will be responsible for identifying areas for efficiency gains and recommending solutions for standardizing, optimizing, and automating the record-to-report (R2R) and Purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes. You will also play a key role in connecting such solutions with the upstream and downstream processes to drive end-to-end process improvements across APAC.

This position will also support the adoption of new accounting standards and advise on accounting matters to the outsourced shared services and within the APAC Finance Center to ensure compliance with the accounting standards and Corporate Finance policies.

What you will be doing:

• Drive standardization and/or automation of financial operations/processes, reducing manual efforts and improving accuracy.

• Identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains within finance operations. Develop solutions and present recommendations to Leadership for review.

• Oversee/lead finance process improvement projects, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic priorities.

• Provide guidance and support in change management efforts related to finance improvement initiatives.

• Monitor project timelines, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring successful completion.

• Assess and optimize financial controls, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes to ensure compliance and drive continuous improvement in Accounting practices.

• Identify potential accounting issues and propose accounting treatments.

• Manage the adoption of new corporate policies/accounting standards, including evaluating and assessing the impact on APAC and implementing the new policies/standards across the region.

• Identify and resolve unique issues of substantial significance that affect the integrity of controls and financial reports.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Accountancy or Finance.

• Qualified Accountant with a designation from a recognized accounting body (e.g. HKICPA, CPAA, etc)

• 8 to 12 years of well rounded experience in external audit and commercial accounting. Commercial accounting experience gained in MNCs is a distinct advantage.

• Project management / process improvement / system migration or implementation experience

• US GAAP, SOX 404 experience preferred.

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across different functions and levels of the organization.

• High ethical standards and integrity.

• Resourceful, quick learner who enjoys a fast-paced environment and can convince, drive, and implement changes.

• Continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on identifying gaps and implementing solutions.

• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a dynamic and evolving business environment.

About Stryker

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com. (http:)

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