Sr Financial Analyst

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeWe are seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to support the financial and operational rigor of our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. This role works closely with Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial teams to ensure that demand, supply, and financial plans are aligned. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capabilities, operational curiosity, modelling and data-mining skills, and the ability to translate data into meaningful insights that influence decision-making within the monthly IBP cycle.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• IBP Support & Operational Finance
  
  • Support the monthly IBP cycle (Demand Review, Supply Review, Integrated Reconciliation, Management Business Review) by preparing financial analyses and performance insights.
  
  • Maintain and improve financial planning templates used across the IBP process.
  
  • Ensure data consistency across functional inputs (demand, supply, inventory, financials).
  Analytics & Scenario Modeling
  
  • Build and update models that evaluate operational and financial trade-offs (e.g., service levels, capacity, cost-to-serve, inventory positions).
  
  • Run sensitivity and scenario analyses to support decision-making during IBP meetings.
  
  • Perform variance analysis between actuals, forecast, and plan; identify root causes and surface risks/opportunities.
  Cross-Functional Collaboration
  
  • Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to understand capacity, constraints, and cost drivers.
  
  • Work with Commercial teams to align financial expectations with demand plans.
  
  • Prepare materials for IBP and leadership reviews, highlighting insights and actionable recommendations.
  Performance Management & Reporting
  
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that connect operational KPIs to financial outcomes.
  
  • Track key performance indicators across the IBP cycle such as forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels, and cost trends.
  Process Improvement & Financial Modelling
  
  • Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis and streamline data flows. Consolidate the total business view for the Canada organization.
  
  • Recommend and implement improvements to IBP and Finance workflows, data structures, processes, and reporting.
  
  • Support planning system enhancements (e.g., Anaplan, SAP IBP) by providing functional requirements and testing support.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.
Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.

Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties .
Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product .

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have practical knowledge of project management.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree, or;

• Advanced degree.

• Completion of CPA program an asset
JOB EXPERIENCE 

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, with a bachelor's degree, or;

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, with an advanced degree. 
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

• Ability to work independently and take initiative. 

• Comfortable and articulate in presenting financial results to a large audience

• Ability to present financial information to non-financial audience

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle ambiguity

• Ability to manage several projects or tasks

• Strong analytical skills

• Attention to detail

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong influence management skills

• Advanced Excel required (macros, pivot tables)

• Ability to effectively and efficiently utilize systems/data to produce insightful analysis and drive prudent recommendations.
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DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 
KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION

• Working knowledge of SAP 

• Working knowledge of GSR (Global Sales Reporting)

• Working knowledge of Hyperion/Essbase
JOB EXPERIENCE 

• Previous Business Partnering support role

• Experience working in a Business Unit

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job 
description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully 
perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made 
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be 
independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and 
communicate with peers and co-workers. 
Medtronic Canada strives through our vision to build a culture of inclusiveness through our 
commitment to employment equity and diversity. Discrimination is prohibited on any grounds 
protected under Canadian Human Rights legislation. Employment applications are 
encouraged from all members of our community. Upon request, candidates with disabilities 
will be accommodated during the recruitment process.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here  
 

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