At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

What You Can Expect

• Responsible for the financial review and analytical support to Zimmer Biomet in core planning, forecasting, projections and budgeting. Provide timely financial information and support for business partners to make fact-based decisions of spend that drive and support the business.

• Responsible for providing plan adjustments, strategic decision support and value-added insights to business leaders within a business unit and/or country.

• The role serves as a key partner with the Controllership and FP&A functions to set the overall financial strategy, monitor/drive financial performance and maintain an effective internal controller environment.

How You'll Create Impact

• Leads development and maintenance of planning & reporting templates, standards, processes

• Leads generation/ validation of standard management reports and L1 variance commentary

• Completes L2 variance commentary for reports (i.e., “explaining the “why” behind variances) based on discussion with business leaders

• Leads generation of ad-hoc reporting and data requests from the business

• Leads validation of initial planning targets with business partnering

• Reviews initial planning targets with business and aligns on adjustments based on business trends and local knowledge

• Leads generation of planning baselines

• Reviews planning baselines with business and overlays adjustments based on business trends and local knowledge

• Lead completion of plan consolidations and restatements

• Lead communication of long-range planning guidance with business partnering

• Leads development of planning scenario models

• Leads generation of business development models/ templates

• Leads team learning sessions for capability development

• Drives process excellence and standardization across reporting and planning topics

• Leader of FP&A team (COE/Local) focused on executing core planning (AOP, Projections) and/or standard reporting activities

• Owns development and governance of reporting/ planning templates, standards and processes

• Continuously evaluates and shares business reporting/ planning needs with FP&A

• Scope of work: DACH region

What Makes You Stand Out

• Advanced understanding across all planning processes (AOP and Projections) and expertise/ mastery over select planning accounts/ processes (e.g., Sales, COGs, Opex, Workforce)

• Advanced understanding of standard reporting processes and global reporting standards

• Advanced understanding of financial data systems (i.e., data source systems), data standards

• Strong understanding of market landscape in order to support business leaders in achieving in achieving short- and long-term objectives

• Encourages teams to think differently

• Actively looks for avenues of process improvement and optimization

• Strong communication skills

• Accountability and ownership of results (e.g., COE role must meet Service Level Agreements)

• Challenges leadership when appropriate

• Brings forth new ideas, diverse perspectives, and solutions

• Critical thinking and strong analytical skills

• Ownership of work

• Independent, self-starter, team player

Your Background

• B.S. in accounting/finance or related field required

• 6 plus years of experience in an analyst or accounting role, or 5-7 years of experience with successful graduation from the ZB Finance Development Program and strong performance required.

• MBA/CFA preferred

Travel Expectations

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability