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Sr Finance Director - Global Financial Planning & Analysis (Finance)



At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people around the world. Medtronic generates+$30 billion in revenues annually operates in over 150 counties and employs 95 thousand people around the world. The company is both performance and mission driven, and through its strategic imperatives, strives to drive innovation and deliver products to its customers that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.

A Day in the Life

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Finance Director to join our team in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a Senior Finance Director, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing financial operations, driving performance, and contributing to the long-term financial success of the organization. This position reports directly to the Vice President of Medtronic Global FP&A and offers a unique opportunity to influence and shape financial strategies on a global scale, working closely with Executive Committee members, and key business and functional leaders across the globe.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Strategy Development: Collaborate with the VP of Global FP&A and executive leadership to develop and implement financial strategies that align with Medtronic's overall business objectives. Plays a key role in shaping and delivering company-wide employee incentives, providing visibility and action to mitigate +$9 billion in global currency exposure, and helps drive bottom-line EPS and free cash flow visibility and growth.

Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead the financial planning and analysis function, including annual operating plan (AOP), forecasting, and long-term financial modeling, ensuring accuracy and alignment with the company's mission and performance-based directives.

Financial Reporting: Oversee the preparation of comprehensive financial reports and presentations for senior executives and the board of directors.

Strategic Decision Support: Provide financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making, including with M&A, enterprise investment opportunities, and cost optimization efforts that drive company performance.

Team Leadership: Manage and mentor an experienced finance team, including direct reports that are experts in financial modeling, currency reporting and analytics, employee incentives and free cash flow. The role also requires a leader that continuously fosters a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, and results-oriented work environment.

Performance Management: Identify financial risks and opportunities, partner with business to implement risk mitigation strategies for revenue, gross margin, spend, currency exposure, and working capital, and monitors the overall financial health of the organization.

Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including business and region CFO's, global employee rewards, tax, treasury, investor relations and controllership teams.

Continuous Improvement: In partnership with the Global FP&A Center of Excellence (COE) and Transformation team, drive process improvements that continuously enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function.

Must Have; Minimum Requirements

  • Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. • 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with 10+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum 13 years of relevant experience and 10+ years of managerial experience
  • CPA or CFA certification preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
  • Great strategic thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
  • Experience in the healthcare or medical device industry is a plus.
  • Global finance experience is highly desirable.

Nice to Have:

  • Master's degree in finance/accounting and/or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Global Finance Experience
  • Lean Six Sigma or other Operational Excellence experience and/or certification
  • Solid skills in driving large scale change management and change leadership


About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Learn more about our benefits here .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here .

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) here .

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$203,200.00 - $304,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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