Senior Financial Analyst

Position: Senior Financial Analyst I
Senior Financial Analyst, UK&I page is loaded## Senior Financial Analyst, UK&Ilocations:
Newbury, United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R557455

Work Flexibility:
Hybrid
** Senior Financial Analyst, UK&I
**** Permanent Contract
**** Based in Newbury, UK
**** Hybrid: 2 Days Per Week in Office.
**** About Stryker
** Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including orthopaedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology & spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. Stryker products and services are available in over 100 countries around the world.

We are proud to be named one the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine and have been consistently recognised by Great Place To Work in the UK.Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting
** The Role
** Stryker is looking for a talented senior financial analyst to join its UK finance team. Our goal is to be a best-in-class function, comprised of ethical, talented and engaged people that support our business and customers.

This role reports directly to the UK Business Controller and requires a strong partnership with our local and European finance teams, enabling functions leaders and business partners across all commercial divisions.

This role is critical to driving meaningful financial and commercial insights, delivering valuable business support and advice, and supporting compliance aspects of finance. This includes driving the budgeting, planning and actual reporting cycles; focusing on continuously improving quality and efficiency. The goal of the role is to increasingly drive greater insight into business and customer performance through targeted analysis and involvement in deal arrangements.
** Key Activities and Accountabilities:
**** Business Partnering and Financial Analysis
*** Enhance and deliver standardized monthly/quarterly country performance reporting to key stakeholders in the organisation, including key leadership stakeholders.
* Proactively develop dashboards that deliver powerful and actionable insights to the commercial organisation. Partner with the organisation to drive adoption of these and drive financial performance.
* Provide targeted analytical support to the commercial business to gain a better understanding of market trends, customer trends, and sales channel performance.
* Develop a right sized and consistent approach to UK finance business partnering across various enabling functions and commercial divisions.
* Deliver strategic insights to our business partners by analysing financial data, identifying trends, and advising management on performance improvement and cost-reduction to drive business decisions.
* Develop a deep understanding of our business’ revenue drivers, including structured deals. Own sales and margin analysis and investigations.
* Work closely with the Business Controller and Finance Manager to ensure best and correct accounting and tax advice for deal structures.
* Respond to ad-hoc questions and requests for analysis by business and finance stakeholders
** Budgeting and Forecasting
*** Lead the UKs annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles. Coordinate across a complex matrix organisation to ensure accurate, timely and comprehensive submissions delivered alongside clear communication of known risks and opportunities.
* Collaborate with enabling functions leaders to build the Enabling Functions budget submission
* Develop comprehensive reporting and dashboards that allow clear understanding and interrogation of budget and projection assumptions.
* Collaborate with Divisional Finance Leads regarding key budgeting assumptions, aligning with local business for input.
** Financial Results and Reporting
*** Provide analysis and insights into variances between actual and expected financial results, including owning monthly commentary submissions to Europe on Sales & Margins, Opex and Cashflow.
* Review P&L and Balance Sheet information…