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

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for solving complex challenges and driving impactful results? We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping our financial operations. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of responsibilities, from preparing and consolidating financial statements to leveraging cutting-edge data analytics tools like Power BI to optimize reporting processes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, embrace a continuous improvement mindset, and are excited about contributing to high-impact projects that enhance operational efficiency and decision-making, this role is perfect for you. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth!

This role will cover multiple key financial processes including Statutory and Corporate Income Tax reporting and Audit coordination and is a hybrid role, located in Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Apply accounting principles to analyze financial data and prepare comprehensive internal and external financial reports.
• Prepare and consolidate financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and accompanying financial notes.
• Leverage data analytics tools to automate workflows, optimize reporting processes, and deliver actionable insights to support decision-making.
• Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to identify process inefficiencies and implement solutions that enhance accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Coordinate or contribute to complex accounting projects and initiatives across various functions.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with 5–8 years of relevant experience in financial accounting, reporting, or audits.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and reporting standards (e.g., US GAAP, Swiss GAAP)
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and hands-on experience with data analytics tools such as Power BI etc.
• Proven ability to prepare and consolidate financial statements, perform financial analysis, and support audits and tax compliance.
• A continuous improvement mindset with experience in identifying inefficiencies and implementing effective solutions.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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. 

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.
 

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 95,000+ 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