Senior Manager, Finance Workforce Planning
About The Position
At Boston Scientific, we are deeply committed to transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As our Senior Manager, Workforce Finance Planning, you will lead the financial strategy, planning, and forecasting processes that support a global, integrated workforce planning function. You will partner closely with the HR Workforce Planning Lead, Finance leaders, and stakeholders to align financial planning with workforce planning processes. Together, you will ensure that headcount, labor costs, and personnel-related expenses are forecasted accurately and efficiently, enabling informed decision-making and scalable growth. This highly visible role will shape the future of workforce-related financial planning across Boston Scientific by advancing an enterprise-wide, holistic approach to headcount financial modeling, cost optimization, and long-range workforce investment planning. The Senior Manager, Finance Workforce Planning is a key resource for the build and deployment of a global, integrated, and evolving financial planning capability aligned to workforce strategy. This role enables Finance, HR, and business leaders to deliver accurate forecasts of headcount and personnel expenses in the most efficient and effective ways to invest in talent while meeting business and financial objectives. At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business field
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in a finance leadership role supporting workforce planning, FP&A, or enterprise planning in a global organization — or a Master's degree with minimum of 5 years' experience
- Demonstrated ability to design, lead, and scale enterprise-level financial planning programs in a large, global environment
- Proven ability to lead teams and drive execution of complex, interdependent programs and initiatives
- High level of financial acumen, strategic agility, and ability to influence change through data and insights
- Demonstrated experience in full-cycle enterprise program management, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Mastery of financial modeling, forecasting methodologies, and planning tools
- Ability to analyze complex data sets from multiple sources and translate insights into actionable recommendations
Nice To Haves
- Strong experience partnering cross-functionally with HR, IT, R&D, operations, and business leaders
- Experience facilitating discussions with and presenting to senior and executive leadership
- Strong change management and stakeholder engagement experience
- Ability to influence stakeholders at every level of the organization
Responsibilities
- Advancing an enterprise-wide workforce financial planning discipline by building and executing a multi-year strategy for headcount and labor cost forecasting in close partnership with the HR Workforce Planning Lead
- Leading the development of standardized financial models for workforce planning, that incorporate business inputs such as revenue forecasts, operational demand, supply chain trends, and leadership assumptions and result in headcount, compensation, benefits, and other personnel-related expenses
- Defining roles and responsibilities across Finance, HR, and business teams to support a high-performing, integrated workforce and financial planning function
- Driving alignment between financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and HR workforce planning cycles
- Leading the integration of financial, headcount, and resource planning tools, processes, and technologies, with keen understanding of upstream and downstream dependencies
- Partnering closely with HR, People Analytics, and Workforce Planning teams to ensure consistent data, assumptions, and insights across financial and workforce plans
- Supporting enterprise decision-making by translating workforce plans into clear financial implications and trade-offs
- Responsible for change management efforts across finance and in partnership with HR in support of new workforce planning processes
- Coordinate efforts and impacts of workforce planning with the EPM ecosystem, including participating in overall ecosystem governance and change control
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
