Manager, Finance - Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance (RAQA)

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Manager is the lead finance partner to Intuitive’s Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance (RAQA) leadership teams, including Regulatory Affairs, Product Quality, Post Market Survey (PMS), Quality Systems and Compliance (QS&C), and Compliance Audits. The role oversees financial planning, strategic and economic decision support, expense and headcount management, performance reporting, and data-driven business insights for the RAQA organization. The Manager leads two Analysts and works with partners across Finance, Global Operations, Services, and other cross-functional organizations to support Intuitive’s strategic, operational, quality, and financial goals. The role leads financial planning and performance processes, supports decisions about investments and resources, and provides analysis and recommendations to RAQA leadership. It also partners with functional and regional teams on global expansion, manufacturing-site development, and Cost of Quality initiatives. The position requires working onsite in Intuitive’s Sunnyvale, California office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant finance experience, including financial planning and analysis, business partnership, or strategic decision support.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field.
Strong organizational, analytical, people-management, and leadership skills, with executive presence and the ability to translate complex information into clear business insights.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional leaders in a matrixed global organization.
Ability to lead and motivate a team and peers to deliver accurate, timely, high-quality results that positively impact the business.
Business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to learn business models, operating processes, and financial drivers rapidly.
Experience developing financial models, scenarios, KPIs, and performance reporting to support investment decisions and resource allocation.
Proficiency with financial systems and analytical tools.
Self-starter with intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to establish priorities and goals in an ambiguous and changing environment.
Ability to manage a team through ambiguity while maintaining strong controls, attention to detail, and high standards for accuracy.
Ability to work onsite in the Sunnyvale, California office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week.

Nice To Haves

MBA and/or CPA.
Experience with Anaplan, Tableau, and SQL.

Responsibilities

Lead month-end close, quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting, and related financial planning across RAQA functions.
Develop the three-year Long Range Model (LRM3), linking functional priorities, resource requirements, strategic investments, and productivity opportunities to enterprise objectives.
Advise RAQA leadership on financial implications of business priorities, resource allocation choices, risks, and recommendations.
Lead workforce and expense planning, including headcount reconciliation, hiring plans, attrition, open requisitions, and investment phasing.
Develop financial and scenario models for investment decisions, define expected outcomes, and assess return on investment and post-implementation performance.
Analyze actual spending, commitments, and remaining budgets to identify trends, risks, investment capacity, and cost or resource optimization opportunities.
Partner with Regulatory Affairs leaders on financial planning, scenario analysis, resource requirements, and investment trade-offs for global expansion and regulatory readiness.
Partner with Product Quality leadership and Global Operations Finance on new manufacturing site development.
Work with Operations Finance and Services Finance to improve transparency into Cost of Quality, identify key drivers, develop performance measures, and advance actions that reduce costs while sustaining quality and compliance objectives.
Connect functional and regional financial views to support global matrix management, clarify ownership, and reflect the full global cost and resource footprint in planning and performance discussions.
Identify and implement ways to streamline and automate planning, reporting, headcount management, and recurring financial processes.
Lead and develop Analysts, building their technical capability, business acumen, executive communication, cross-functional influence, and readiness for broader responsibilities.