Senior Manager Finance Business Partner

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.•Remote, Remote

1d•$130,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr Manager, Finance Business Partner will be a senior finance partner and trusted advisor to a country, function, or business unit leadership team. This role is responsible for supporting business performance, profitable growth, cash generation, and decision making through financial insight, planning, and analysis. This role will also partner with the Controllership and FP&A functions to execute the financial strategy, monitor financial performance, and help maintain an effective internal control environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of applicable experience is required
Strong strategic planning and problem-solving skills to develop action plans and solutions that improve business performance
Advanced financial acumen and ability to speak to standard reporting and planning processes
Ability to build confidence with key stakeholders, including commercial and functional leaders at country and regional level
Capability to work with and influence different functional groups to achieve the desired business outcome (influencing skills)
Strong leadership and prioritization skills to manage business partnering work effectively
Acts as a role model within the finance organization and promotes sound business partnering practices
Strong ability to facilitate open dialogues with business/industry leaders and finance leaders to ensure that all perspectives are being heard and respected
Has strong relationships with business leaders and is able to build and maintain new and existing relationships
Adapts approach, communication style, and priorities to match changing business needs and situations
Challenges teams and business on the notion of “we have always done it this way” and “we have tried that in the past” and drive process improvement
Motivated/results driven and self-starter with the ability to impact others
Strong understanding of financial and business modeling

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in finance, accounting, business management or equivalent and 8+ years of experience in Finance, including several years of experience as a finance business partner is preferred

Responsibilities

Serves as a key Finance partner for a specific country, business unit, or function.
Leads country/ business unit by supporting in areas such as: commercial growth strategy, sales channel optimization, working capital management, and capital related analysis and decisions.
Supports teams with significant/ ad-hoc issues at country/ BU level, that cannot be resolved through standard operating procedures.
Conducts Business Owners needs analysis: Proactively engage with Business Owners to understand their requirements, pain points, and goals. Conduct in-depth needs analysis to identify areas where Finance can add value and address their specific challenges.
Supports delivery of P&L targets by partnering with Business Owners and functional leaders to develop driver-based top-line, resourcing, financial, and ROI models and to help advance key operational initiatives.
Builds a strong understanding of the ZB Growth Model (including pricing, sales channels, working capital management, and capital decisions) and recommends how to prioritize and adapt growth levers for the business.
Works closely with FP&A function and business teams (Pricing, IBP, etc.) to forecast and manage results, improve transparency, and maintain a single source of the truth amongst all stakeholders.
Provides business recommendations by using clear and effective presentation and communication.
Creates and communicates presentations that engage and effectively story tell, to allow stakeholders to make effective decisions.
Supports accountability for business financial performance and serves as a finance advisor to key business stakeholders.
Reviews management reporting outputs with country/ cluster level business leaders (e.g., RGL, MBR, QFR, QLT, Close, Regional Reviews).
Supports the long-range plan process with the business and provides analysis and recommendations.
Analyzes monthly and quarterly results and communicate messages to senior management (finance and non/finance), including management reports packages, risks and opportunity assessment, business trends and make recommendations to help improve the business’ growth and profitability.
Continually assesses opportunities to improve BP delivery, optimize talent and leverage technology to improve efficiencies.
Brings a continuous improvement mindset, consistently evaluating current processes/procedures and seeking opportunities to improve efficiency.
Creates, tracks, and refines Finance KPIs into relevant key metrics to drive modeling and analysis, builds and maintains KPI dashboards and reports to provide insight into performance, and reviews these dashboards regularly with Business Owners and functional leadership to identify leading indicators and emerging risks.
Performs Financial scenario modeling and builds business cases for ROI, resource allocation, price volume, etc.
Stays informed about market and economic trends: Stays up to date with the latest trends, innovations, and best practices. Leverages this knowledge to anticipate market changes and provide valuable insights to Business Owners.