Financial Controller, Sales & Service Unit (SSU)(Wayne, NJ)

At Getinge we have the passion to perform

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge, our passion is to secure that every person and community have access to the best possible care, offering hospitals and life science institutions products and solutions that aim to improve clinical results and optimize workflows.

Every day we collaborate to make a true difference for our customers and to save more lives.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Job Overview

The Financial Controller is responsible for securing accurate, compliant, and transparent accounting and reporting for the U.

S. Sales & Service Unit (SSU) business. The incumbent will focus strongly on financial statement accuracy, which requires an in-depth knowledge in financial accounting.

The incumbent will partner closely with SSU Management and focus on compliance, with internal controls procedures, documents, and team, in order to build quality into our every day accounting processes.

Finally, the incumbent will work in select financial transactions, which contribute to overall financial statements and will review the consolidated results with management to secure transparency in our accounting and reporting.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Responsible for Financial reporting for US Sales legal entity
• Ensure all activities are compliant with internal control policies and suggest additional controls when needed
• External and internal audit support - subject matter expert and point of contact between auditors and other department
• Prepares journal entries and assists in month end close as needed to ensure proper accounting at the functional and departmental level.
• Prepares monthly balance sheet reconciliations and actively participates in monthly balance sheet reviews
• Salary and Benefit review process
• Accrual and deferral calculation in collaboration with business control
• Cash flow Analysis, liquidity forecast, FX reporting
• Partners with Getinge’s Shared Service Operations to provide business knowledge and solve accounting issues, acting as a subject matter expert.
• Master data, cost center structure, Chart of accounts management, ERP Optimization
• Prepare and analyze financial reports by gathering information related to current performance (Net Sales, Order Intake, Open Orders, Cost accounts, Inventory accounting)
• Performs analysis of complex data which requires manipulation and recommends alternatives courses of action by utilizing appropriate financial tools.
• Acts as Finance Project Manager and executes on improvement areas as designated by management
• Evaluate current processes and recommend improvements and the required action plan.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting is a plus.
• A minimum 5 years of related work experience in Finance and Accounting
• SAP Super User (PE1, S / 4 Hana)
• Experience with Power BI
• IFRS Experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong background in accounting and accounting systems
• Strong ability to scale from transactional details to high level strategic thinking.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with significant evidence of business partnering and leading teams.
• Exemplary communication skills and organizational skills.
• Self-starter with great attention to detail and ability to work in fast paced environment and flexibility to adapt to change.
• Drive efficiency & demonstrate continuous improvement thinking.
• Project management
• Advanced skills in Microsoft applications particularly Excel and Power BI but also proficient in Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Supervision / Management of Others :

The position does not supervise or manage other employees.

Internal and External Contacts / Relationships

• Follow up with all levels of management to include executive leadership team.
• Works with different internal and external departments.

Environmental / Safety / Physical Work Conditions

• Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions
• May work extended hours during peak business cycles
• This is a hybrid position required to work out of the Wayne, NJ headquarters approximately 3 days a week.

The base salary for the position is a minimum of $89,000 and a maximum of $122,000, plus a 10% annual bonus.

About us

Getinge is on an exciting transformation journey constantly looking for new ways to innovate together with our customers to meet the healthcare challenges of the future.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and to sustainability with a goal to be CO2 neutral by 2025. We believe in giving our employees the flexibility they need and make every effort to foster a learning culture that supports their personal development and creativity.

Our passionate people hold our brand promise Passion for Life’ close to heart.

If you share our passion and believe that saving lives is the greatest job in the world, then we look forward to receiving your application and resume.

We hope you will join us on our journey to become the world’s most respected and trusted medtech company.