Senior Financial Analyst - EP R&D

Senior Financial Analyst

At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing whatever your ambitions.

About the Role

The Senior Financial Analyst will support the EP Research & Development function, partnering closely with business leaders to lead forecasting, month-end reporting, variance analysis, and financial planning activities. This role supports R&D expense management with an emphasis on development and regulatory areas and partners with the PMO portfolio team on project reporting and related financial analysis.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Lead forecasting, month-end close, reporting, and variance analysis for R&D expense categories.
• Partner closely with R&D stakeholders to deliver financial insights, challenge assumptions and support informed decision support.
• Collaborate with the PMO Portfolio Team to enhance financial visibility into development programs, project investments, and portfolio tradeoffs.
• Analyze project financials, including headcount resources, variable spend, and key cost drivers and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Support core financial planning processes, including quarterly forecasts, annual operating plan, and long-range planning.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.
• Prepare, analyze and deliver consolidated reporting on R&D spend, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare journal entries and assist in month-end close, as needed, to ensure proper accounting at the functional and departmental level.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and analytics.
• Document and maintain work instructions.
• Drive continuous improvement and identify opportunities for efficiency and effectiveness of the systems and internal processes.
• Keep the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.

Key Competencies

• Ability to build effective cross-functional partnerships and work collaboratively across teams.
• Strong analytical mindset with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to senior stakeholders.
• Proactive, curious, and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Highly developed customer relationship skills with strong service orientation.
• Holds self-accountable to a performance metric culture building performance excellence.
• Team-oriented.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or a similar finance role.
• Proven experience supporting close, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong financial analysis, communication, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and PowerPoint; experience with systems such as SAP, Hyperion, and Access preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective collaboration, stakeholder management, and ability to influence without direct authority across a matrixed organization.
• Quick learner with a proactive, customer-focused approach.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or a similar finance role.
• Experience in the medical device, healthcare, or other related industries.
• Experience with Hyperion or similar financial planning and reporting systems.
• Strong financial modeling and data analysis skills.

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company's policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.