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A Day in the Life

The job provides the candidate with continuous training and long-term career growth development opportunities with a leading global medical device and technology company. Medtronic Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing emerging regions in the Medtronic. The role provides the successful candidate with unique professional experience and tremendous exposure to the

1) Medtronic Southeast Asia business areas and support functions
2) Medtronic SEA, regional, and global controllership as well as other global finance functions
3) Other Medtronic internal and external stakeholders

As the cluster Financial Controller, you will provide leadership and oversight for financial reporting, internal controls, statutory financials & audits, finance policy and tax compliance for Medtronic SEA inland subcluster countries across Operator, Steward, Catalyst, and Strategist areas of responsibility

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

 

Operator:

• Deliver financial closing and reporting in compliance with US GAAP and SEA country statutory financial standards

• Review and sign off balance sheet reconciliations and attest balance sheet controls

• Ensure timely statutory and regulatory reporting, including financial audits and tax filings

• Lead and provide account services across value-streams to business areas with support from shared services and BPO

• Provide oversight and collaborate with regional Treasury functions for local entity banking, funding, and foreign exchange management

• Oversee local entity corporate tax, indirect tax, transfer price tax etc areas of compliance in collaboration with regional Tax

• Provide oversight and collaborate with Credit functions for credit and collection

 

Steward:

• Be the finance owner and trainer on company finance policy and internal controls

• Oversee SOX control framework and deliverables

• Support oversight on Internal Audit/Internal Control requirements

• Provide fiduciary oversight for the SEA legal entities, in support of the local entity board of directors, working closely with the company secretarial function and legal/compliance functions

• Be an active gatekeeper to provide oversight on company assets.

• Drive and support internal audit corrective and preventive actions

 

Catalyst / Strategist:

• Support SEA country initiatives ensuring sound accounting and tax compliance advice to achieve business results the right way

• Support global finance and accounting initiatives including new accounting standards implementation

• Deliver continuous process improvements and establish best practices across accounting value streams, leveraging shared services & BPO support and Lean Six Sigma, Automation/AI solutions

• Participate in cross functional initiatives with a focus on improving the control environment, collaborating with other finance functions (business finance, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Credit) and other support functions (Pricing, Indirect Sourcing, Legal, Compliance, Channel, Regulatory etc)

• Identify and contribute to working capital and free cashflow improvements

• · Proactively involved in business planning and legal/compliance reviews to identify, assess and address controllership, financial & tax risks

• Lead and develop a high-performing and inclusive team recognized by functional colleagues and stakeholders

• Be a role model in supporting and driving inclusion, diversity, equity and ethics initiatives

  

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• University degree in accounting or finance or relevant discipline, and/or Accounting qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA etc)

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a managerial role within multinational companies and/or in overseeing operations across Southeast Asian countries

• Extensive knowledge about financial and management accounting. US GAAP and/or IFRS exposure will be important.

• In-depth understanding of SEA countries’ Financial Reporting Standards and other relevant regulations as well as experience in dealing with statutory tax and audit requirements

• Handson experience in dealing with SEA country direct, indirect tax, transfer price compliance subjects, statutory auditors, and regulatory agencies

• Experience in working with shared services/BPO to driving end to end value-stream process improvements

• Effective interpersonal, influential, collaboration and presentation skills

• Strong data analytical and reporting skills

• Proven people and team development and leadership skills

• Strong technical experience preferably in SAP FI modules with deep process knowledge across various finance and accounting value streams (R2R, P2P, EE, OTC, Fixed Assets, Inventory/intercompany)

• Experience in internal/SOX control framework implementation and improvement

• Proven records in process improvements and ability to establish process excellence / best practices

• Strong ability to partner with sales and commercial teams and business in the areas of accounts receivable/DSO management, credit risk control, and collections

• Strong partnership ability in supporting business area initiatives providing sound accounting and compliance advice to commercial and cross functional business partners

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.
 

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

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