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The Senior Manager, Controls Operations & Scoping will report to the Senior Director, Global Internal Controls and lead the day-to-day management of the Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program for internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). You will lead the annual SOX scoping activities and periodically update the SOX scope, as needed for changes in the company’s risk profile. This role with also collaborate with Internal Audit, external auditors, and other SOX stakeholders to ensure efficient execution of the company’s SOX monitoring program. You will also lead control governance activities, collaborating with financial compliance and operational teams globally, to drive and maintain standardized SOX controls.

This hybrid role can be based out of our Flower Mound, TX; Portage, MI or Mahwah, NJ offices.

Who we want

Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure business goals and objective are met.

Collaborative partners. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, influence and partner with business leaders in multiple functional areas

Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.

What you will do

• Lead SOX scoping annually, to identify the areas of focus (processes, entities, and IT systems) for SOX assessment activities.

• Develop and maintain the SOX design and operating effectiveness assessment schedule, ensuring coordination with external auditors and Internal Audit, who performs independent testing of controls.

• Support Audit Board administration, collaborating with financial compliance, control owners, etc. to keep control information current.

• Prepare periodic reporting for management and external auditors on the status of SOX controls testing and results.

• Evaluate materiality of acquisitions and determine impact to the SOX program and controls integration approach.

• Stay updated on changes to SOX regulations and collaborate with the appropriate stakeholders to update the Company’s SOX program.

• Drive adoption of standard risk and control matrix (RCM) globally, assisting entities in implementing and/or modifying controls to align with requirements.

• Develop and manage control governance structure to maintain global RCM.

• Interpret financial policy changes and assess for impact to SOX controls and support any resulting control changes.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required

• CPA or other equivalent professional certification preferred

• 10+ years of professional experience required in external auditing, internal auditing, and/or internal controls

• Supervisory or project management experience required

• Public accounting experience with SEC registrant clients

• Experience in managing or evaluating the implementation of ICFR for SOX compliance at a global organization

• Understanding of IT General Controls as well as segregation of duties risks and controls

• Understanding of the COSO 2013 internal controls framework

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.