Senior Accountant

2 weeks ago


Newbury Berkshire, United Kingdom Stryker Group Full time

Why finance at Stryker?
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Job Title: Senior Financial Accountant, UK
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. 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.
Stryker is looking for a talented senior financial accountant to join its UK finance team. This position is responsible for proactively collaborating across the European finance community to drive quality financial reporting and statutory reporting.
You will work with our local finance team and European finance centre of excellence to proactively lead on key accounting compliance activities, including month end, statutory financial statements, tax compliance and a variety of other interesting ad-hoc finance activities. You will also have opportunity to work with our commercial organisation supporting adhoc commercial projects outside of finance.
Networks and relationships
Build/ foster/ facilitate strong relationships across our European finance community to ensure robust core processes deliver seamless accounting with minimal manual intervention, and high efficiency.
Financial Results and Reporting
Take the lead in driving quality financial reporting, accounting and tax compliance in the UK.
Key role in interacting with various senior stakeholders to deliver on our financial reporting and compliance obligations.
Review Income Statements and Balance Sheets to drive high quality of financial reporting across the UK entities
Review key balance sheet reconciliations and internal balance sheet reporting requirements
Lead statutory financial statements process across multiple entities. Collaborate with European finance centre, including review of financial statements and workings to ensure high quality financial statements are prepared and filed.
Lead local annual impairment assessment process.
Provide local technical accounting support as required, on topics such as revenue recognition and lease accounting.
Own relationships with our key internal and external accounting advisors and stakeholders
Leadership of internal and external audit processes, be a key point of escalation.
Tax compliance
Lead a variety of internal and external tax compliance activities
Drive high quality accurate external tax filings through comprehensive reviews and upskilling of internal teams. Ensure high quality compliance with all internal tax reporting requirements
Manage all external R&D tax claim processes
Other miscellaneous finance activities, including ad-hoc finance/non finance projects
Professional accounting certification (i.e. ACCA, ICAEW)
Experience leading and delivering UK statutory accounts and tax compliance activities
Practical experience of using Microsoft Excel to an advanced level
Proactive - A self-starter who can define priorities and manage the complexities of multiple tasks/projects. Planning/organisation – Understands what is needed to accomplish project objectives and establish appropriate goals and priority. Able to work under tight deadlines, multi-task and be flexible to cope with changing priorities
Attention to detail – takes pride in their work and delivers exceptional quality
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.


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