Finance, Sr Manager

Baxter • Bellevue, WA

13d • $136,000 - $187,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your Role at Baxter This is where your insights influence change. Your belief in hard work, critical thinking, and analytical approach is important in understanding the big picture as well as collaborating on solutions. Though your talent is needed across a wide array of work environments, your preference is working at a large, stable company. One that appreciates your skills and actively invests in your career. This position is based onsite at Baxter’s Bellevue, Washington office on a hybrid schedule, in alignment with our flexible workplace policy. As the finance leader for Baxter’s fast‑growing Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring (ACM) division, you’ll partner directly with senior leadership and play a visible role in shaping the future of connected cardiac care. This position will be a critical voice of finance for the business, leading budgets and forecasts, preparing executive presentations, and serving as a trusted partner to commercial, R&D, IT, and operations leaders. In your first year, you’ll establish yourself as the onsite finance presence in Bellevue, building business cases for new projects and driving strategic growth initiatives. Longer term, this role offers clear advancement potential while contributing to a division expected to grow more than 30% in the coming years. Your Team Baxter is a large, global company that provides rich opportunities to develop professionally and learn from one another. Our mission to save and sustain lives is backed by a strong business model and over 90 years of success and growth. As our company's mission comes to life, it brings vast amounts of data with it. The finance organization has the responsibility and privilege of translating this data into relevant, practical insights to help teams learn and adapt along the way. Our Finance team enables leaders and partnering groups to understand the financial implications that their business decisions are projecting to be or are resulting in. We guide these partners to understand financial opportunities or realities that help move Baxter forward and closer to the overall mission. As we work toward our common purpose, we lean on our colleagues for their expertise and collaborate to get work done. As an internal partner to the business, the finance team establishes relationships and functions as a thought partner, providing expertise and reliability along the way. This function is friendly and helpful, largely due to the cross-collaborative nature of the roles. While you often work independently with your partner, you always have the greater finance organization to lean on for support or guidance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of finance experience demonstrating strong business acumen, judgment, and understanding of complex business environments.
• Proven ability to influence and drive consensus across diverse stakeholders while managing multiple, competing priorities.
• Strong skills in negotiation, interpersonal communication, collaboration, and presentation, with a track record of partnering effectively with senior leadership.
• Experienced in assembling and managing teams, including ongoing staff and cross-functional groups, fostering accountability and performance.
• Decisive leadership style with the ability to generate ideas, evaluate alternatives, make timely decisions, and drive implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in key finance competencies: business performance management, financial analysis and decision support, business process and data management, and risk management.
• Educational background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; MBA or CPA preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with third-party reimbursement or the health insurance industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of long-range plans, annual budgets, and monthly/quarterly forecasts (covering operating expenses, headcount, capital investments, and one-time costs).
• Provides proactive leadership for forecast updates throughout the year, including the annual operating plan and strategic plan.
• Offers financial decision support to all functions of the Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring (ACM) division—commercial, marketing, Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs), research & development (R&D), quality, regulatory, and operations—supporting over 600 employees across five U.S. facilities.
• Responsible for finance integration of BDx (Bardy Diagnostics – acquired by Baxter in 2021) into Baxter.
• Partners with Revenue Cycle Management to strengthen reimbursement processes and with IT/Bardy Diagnostics teams to develop short and long-term IT strategies.
• Plays a critical role in supporting new product launches and major projects.
• Develops business cases to ensure financial viability and alignment with strategic goals.
• Develops and monitors key measurements (daily, weekly, monthly) to measure business and integration success.
• Ensures adequate financial controls over consignment inventory and supports adherence to company policies (travel, delegation of authority, fixed assets, procurement card, credit, and software capitalization).
• Identifies and assesses relevant business risks, leads risk assessment processes, and drives implementation of mitigation plans to safeguard division performance.
• Builds strong teams by motivating, directing, and holding individuals accountable.
• Provides challenging work opportunities and cultivates professional growth.

Benefits

• Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees