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 Life

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

If you are looking for a role that provides the opportunity to lead finance improvement at one of Medtronic’s key manufacturing sites—this is it. This position offers a unique opportunity to serve as the finance lead, owning the financial performance and driving business impact across all operational areas. The role is responsible for overseeing spend, managing financial forecasts, and building strong business partnerships with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Operational Excellence, and Plant Management.

As the finance leader, you will support all financial aspects of plant operations, including programmatic savings, headcount tracking, capital forecasting, volume analysis, manufacturing variance analysis, inventory management, and cost center spend reporting. In addition to supporting core manufacturing operations, the role also provides financial oversight for R&D activities across multiple sites. This includes partnering with engineering and program management teams to ensure proper accounting treatment of R&D spending, supporting program-level. This role is ideal for a finance professional seeking to expand their impact through cross-functional collaboration, operational excellence, and strategic support of both manufacturing and innovation-driven initiatives.

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

• Serve as the finance lead, providing strategic financial support to plant leadership and driving financial performance across all areas of manufacturing operations.
• Oversee all aspects of financial planning and analysis for the site, including spend management, forecasting, budgeting, and monthly reporting.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Planning, Quality, and Operational Excellence to influence operational decisions and ensure cost-effective execution.
• Support R&D activities across sites by collaborating with engineering and program management teams to ensure proper financial oversight, accurate accounting treatment, and leverage of cost efficiencies in development efforts.
• Lead key processes such as programmatic savings tracking, headcount monitoring, capital forecasting, volume and manufacturing variance analysis, inventory analysis, and cost center spend reporting.
• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence (COEs) and provide financial modeling support, including analysis of rates of return, depreciation, working capital, cash flow, and investment performance.
• Analyze financial performance by comparing actual results against budget and forecast, providing variance explanations and actionable insights.
• Prepare and review reports of findings and recommendations to support business decisions and performance improvement.
• Consolidate and analyze financial plans to support strategic site objectives and provide financial insights to leadership.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance operational specifications for financial systems to improve information flow, reporting capabilities, and overall financial transparency.
• Support ad hoc financial analyses and business case development for site initiatives, including potential business development opportunities and performance monitoring at the unit or division level.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Requires minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

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. 

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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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
 

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.