IT Lead – Finance Applications   We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking Finance Solution Architect to lead our organization’s financial technology initiatives. As a pivotal member of our team, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and optimizing financial systems. Your profound expertise in Blackline, Hyperion, Medius, Workiva and other finance related applications will be instrumental in shaping our financial landscape and driving efficiency.

What you will do:

• Collaboration with Build leads/ key stakeholders and drive team to perform activities following Stryker’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) framework and processes.
• Work closely with System Integrator(s) to ensure alignment of key program activities and milestones for deployment and production releases.
• Aligns on Technical Designs, Prototypes/Mock-ups, Development, Testing and Delivery of solutions for Release Cycles and/or new projects within the commercial application stack.
• Creates, coordinates and influences the deployment communication plans, including “Go Live” readiness, change management, cutover, and stabilization.
• Manages and coordinates with external suppliers and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted deliverables, agreed upon timelines, and metrics.
• Working with PMO, Delivery Leads, Process Leads, and Change management, develop standards, tools, and systems to effectively and efficiently manage the deployment of the commercial products across Stryker divisions, functions, and regions.
• Develop and build robust integration with Infrastructure, Security, Governance, Service Delivery, etc.
• Financial focus on delivering activities on budget, leveraging time on value-driven activities and ensuring external resources meet contractual deliverables.

What you will need:

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience on s/w design, development and deployment in at least one of the following systems: Hyperion, Blackline, Workiva, Concur, Coupa, Medius, Xelix
• Minimum 3 years deploying or delivering finance solutions in Procure to Pay, Invoice to Cash, or Record to Report with proven ability to quickly learn various financial and accounting solutions
• Ensure seamless integration with other systems (such as SAP S/4HANA) and data sources.
• Experienced in enterprise solution methodologies, preferably in both traditional waterfall and agile approaches preferred.
• International experience and/or exposure working in other business functions preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Excel Advanced, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Access DB, MS Project Suite (MPP/Visio/etc.).