Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Senior Finance Manager

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$121K — $171K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
  • Minimum of ten years of Accounting/Finance experience (or eight years with a Master’s Degree or equivalent)
  • Complex Finance acumen (e.g., STRAP, AOP, earnings process)
  • Deep understanding of US GAAP and financial processes
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
  • MBA or other advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial planning processes for the TAVR business in alignment with strategic goals
  • Oversee accurate and timely month-end and quarterly financial reporting
  • Translate financial data into actionable insights through reporting and analyses
  • Develop and deliver high-impact presentations to executive stakeholders
  • Champion process optimization and streamline financial processes for enhanced efficiency
  • Foster a high-performance finance culture recognized as a strategic partner
  • Provide day-to-day oversight and coaching to financial analysts

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries and performance-based incentives
  • Variety of employee benefits programs
  • Flexible benefits addressing diverse individual and family needs
Full Job Description
The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for driving planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for Edwards' TAVR business. Partners with senior leadership to lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), long-term strategic planning, monthly forecasts, and financial close processes while delivering actionable insights on business performance, risks, and opportunities. Oversees financial reporting, supports executive decision-making through analysis and presentations, leads process improvement initiatives, and provides guidance to financial analysts. The ideal candidate brings extensive finance experience, strong business acumen, leadership capabilities, and a proven ability to influence stakeholders in a fast-paced, growing healthcare organization.

How you'll make an impact:
  • Lead financial planning processes for the TAVR business, partnering closely with senior business leaders to drive the development, consolidation, and alignment of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Long-Term Strategic Plan, and monthly forecasts across sales and operating expenses within the forecasting system.
  • Oversee month-end and quarterly close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial reporting, while delivering insightful variance analysis and executive-level commentary to support informed decision-making
  • Drive strategic decision support by translating financial data into actionable insights through routine reporting and complex ad hoc analyses; proactively identify and communicate key risks, opportunities, and trends impacting regional performance.
  • Influence executive stakeholders through the creation and delivery of high-impact presentations that clearly articulate financial performance, key drivers, and strategic recommendations.
  • Champion process optimization and transformation, identifying and implementing opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate financial processes to enhance efficiency, scalability, and data integrity.
  • Lead by example to foster a high-performance, accountable, and business-oriented finance culture, where Finance is recognized as a strategic thought partner to the leadership team.
  • Lead or actively participate in cross-functional or cross-BU improvement initiatives to enhance financial processes and operating effectiveness, ensuring scalable financial processes to support growth.
  • Provide day-to-day work oversight and coaching to one or two financial analyst.


What you'll need (Required):
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
  • A minimum of ten years of Accounting/Finance experience (or eight years with a Master's Degree or equivalent)


What else we look for (Preferred):
  • Ability to work across multi-regions (Out of U.S.)
  • Complex Finance acumen (e.g. STRAP, AOP, earnings process)
  • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including influence and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
  • Deep understanding US GAAP and financial processes and/or systems as pertaining to areas of responsibility
  • Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and a strong focus on results and process improvement
  • Knowledge of healthcare industry and business operations within a medical device and regulated environment preferred
  • Ability to interact professionally across all organizational levels and escalate issues appropriately
  • Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, evolving environment, with strong attention to detail, accuracy, and efficiency
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • MBA or other advanced degree


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 (CA), the base pay range for this position is $121,000 to $171,000 (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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