Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Senior Finance Director

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$173K — $245K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience
  • Master's Degree in relevant field preferred
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) preferred
  • 5-7 years of relevant financial experience
  • Strong understanding of GAAP and financial compliance

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main finance advisor to Business Unit leadership
  • Shape Business Unit strategy focusing on growth and investment
  • Influence operational decisions for long-term value creation
  • Own the financial planning process, including budgets and forecasts
  • Lead performance management across financial metrics
  • Collaborate with Supply Chain to enhance cost structure and product introduction
  • Ensure compliance with financial reporting standards and internal controls

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries and performance-based incentives
  • Variety of benefits programs for employees and families
  • Opportunities for talent development and succession planning
Full Job Description

How you’ll make an impact:

Strategic Business Partnership

  • Serve as the primary finance advisor and thought partner to the Business Unit GM and leadership team.
  • Shape Business Unit strategy by evaluating growth opportunities, capital allocation, and investment trade-offs.
  • Influence commercial, operational, and portfolio decisions to optimize long-term value creation.
  • Provide financial perspective on new product development, clinical strategies and M&A

Financial Planning & Performance Management

  • Own BU financial planning process: Annual Operating Plan, forecasts, month-end performance reviews and Strategic Plan
  • Lead performance management across revenue, cost of sales, and operating expenses
  • Ensure clear visibility to risks and opportunities, with actionable mitigation plans
  • Establish and monitor key operating and financial metrics aligned to strategic priorities

Commercial & Operational Finance Leadership

  • Provide financial leadership across revenue planning, market analytics, variable compensation design, pricing strategy (non exhaustive list)
  • Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to optimize cost structure, demand assumptions, and new product introductions
  • Ensure disciplined management of inventory and revenue recognition.
  • Support data-driven decision making to improve profitability and operational efficiency

Controls & Compliance

  • Ensure integrity of financial reporting in compliance with GAAP and company policies
  • Oversee internal controls, audit coordination, and collaboration with Corporate Controllership
  • Maintain appropriate oversight of reserves, fixed assets, intangible assets, and accruals

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

  • Attract and recruit internal and external high-performing talents
  • Drive collaboration with Israel and shared service / Corporate finance teams
  • Foster a high-performance, accountable, and business-oriented finance culture
  • Develop team to build strong succession plans

Enterprise Integration & Alignment

  • Align Business Unit financial processes and systems with corporate standard
  • Collaborate and leverage other BU existing processes to accelerate integration

Key Success Outcomes (3–5 Year Horizon)

  • Finance recognized as a strategic co-pilot to the GM and leadership team
  • Sustainable revenue growth and robust scenario planning capabilities
  • Scalable financial processes supporting innovation and growth
  • Strengthened finance bench with ready successors for critical roles

What you'll need (Required):

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (Preferred):

  • Master's Degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance with previous work related experience and skill levels exceeding the requirements of the Senior Manager or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $173,000 - $245,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.  

About Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable, cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter. The company has manufacturing facilities at the Irvine headquarters, as well as in Draper, Utah; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Singapore; and is building a new facility due to be completed in 2021 in Limerick, Ireland.
Learn more about Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Size
15,700 employees
Market Cap
$45.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$823.4 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+12%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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