Overview
This role supports the North America Diagnostics (DX) portfolio by ensuring accurate free cash flow and balance sheet forecasts, preparing budget presentations, performing financial consolidation and management commentary, and supporting ERP implementation.
Responsibilities
Free Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual free cash flow and balance sheet planning in alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Prepare free cash flow and operating working capital reviews by analyzing performance, identifying key drivers, and recommending actions to improve cash generation.
Budgeting & Financial Performance
- Prepare high-quality revenue and profit bridges, financial analyses, and leadership presentations for annual financial budget.
- Prepare consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial performance commentary for Diagnostics Global Commercial Leadership.
- Support forecast pre-alignment discussions with North America Diagnostics Commercial Finance and Global Commercial and Business Line organizations.
Financial Reporting & Consolidation
- Perform consolidation and reporting of financial results across the North America Diagnostics portfolio, including Core Lab Solutions, Specialty Lab Solutions, and Point of Care.
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting activities, ensuring accurate, consistent, and timely financial information across JEDOX, HOP, and FAST.
- Perform budget submission in PATH tool for global consolidation.
- Serve as a key finance contact for closing guidance, estimates, reporting packages, and financial timelines.
- Support ad-hoc financial reporting and consolidation activities.
Long-Range Financial Planning
- Prepare a five-year financial plan, clearly documenting and aligning underlying assumptions.
- Prepare impairment assessments through analysis of long-range financial plans, cash flow forecasts, and valuation assumptions in collaboration with Finance leadership and Global Business Performance Controlling.
ERP Implementation
- Perform post-go-live activities to stabilize financial processes, validate reporting outputs, and support a smooth ERP transition.
- Identify process or system issues, analyze root causes, and work with relevant stakeholders to implement effective solutions.
Digital Finance & Productivity
- Implement digitalization solutions (e.g., Power BI) to drive productivity in areas of responsibility.
- Support governance, orchestration, and management of productivity management for the DX business, including recording, reporting, and review of productivity measures and their implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, and related area(s).
- 8–10+ years in a relevant field, balanced against relevant Siemens experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of accounting and finance principles.
- Strong analytical and financial skills, with the ability to apply problem-solving techniques, creativity, and critical thinking to drive continuous improvement.
- Effective communication skills with team members and senior-level management.
- Strong interpersonal skills to interact with and influence all levels, from individual contributors to executives (including those who are more technically focused).
- Ability to build effective strategy (both with customers and internally) and couple it with execution.
- Demonstrated ownership and accountability.
- Demonstrated strong change management capability.
- Proven ability to manage projects/tasks to ensure timely delivery with high-quality results.
- Self-starter who can bring projects to a successful conclusion with minimal supervision.
- Project management and business process reengineering knowledge.
- Experience with digitalization and business process improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA/Masters in Finance and/or CPA preferred (asset).
Compensation & Benefits
Base Pay Range
Factors that may affect starting pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.
- If this is a commission-eligible position, commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the employer’s plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.
Benefits (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time
Location
- North America (Diagnostics portfolio support).