Senior IT Technologist

As a Senior IT Technologist at Medtronic, you will serve as a highly skilled SAP Finance Functional Analyst, leveraging your extensive expertise in SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Central Finance. You'll play a crucial role in translating complex business requirements into robust SAP finance solutions, supporting various finance capabilities from Record to Report to Treasury, and ensuring seamless systems integration. Your work will directly champion healthcare access and equity by optimizing Medtronic's financial operations.

A Day in the Life

You will drive financial system excellence by:

• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translating them into SAP finance solutions.
• Configuring, customizing, and maintaining SAP finance modules, including but not limited to FI (Financial Accounting), CO (Controlling), and AA (Asset Accounting).
• Providing expertise in SAP finance best practices and advising on system optimizations and enhancements.
• Leading and participating in end-to-end implementation projects, covering requirements gathering, design, development, testing, training, and support.
• Performing system integration activities with third-party systems such as Blackline, Vertex, ReVal, OneSource, CorpTax, Paymetric, and Ariba, ensuring seamless data flow and process alignment.
• Conducting thorough testing of configured solutions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and reliability.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues related to SAP finance modules and integrations.
• Providing user training and support during project implementations and post-go-live phases.
• Staying updated on SAP finance trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve processes and systems.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 7+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Hands-on experience as an SAP Finance Functional Analyst, with a focus on SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Central Finance.
• Proven experience in SAP support/implementations, with a focus on Finance and integrated modules.
• Strong understanding of financial processes, including Record to Report, Operations Finance, Asset Accounting, Accounts Receivable, FPA, Controllership, Intercompany transactions, Tax, Treasury, Audit, Accounts Payable, and Travel and Expense Management.
• Strong understanding of SOX compliance and risk management practices.
• Hands-on experience in configuring and customizing SAP finance modules to meet business requirements.
• Experience with Global rollouts.
• Strong virtual communication skills across all levels of Finance and IT organizations.
• Problem-solving mindset and ability to troubleshoot complex integration issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues and propose effective solutions.
• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• A working knowledge of accounting principles and processes.

Nice to Have

• Prior project experience with moving a client from ECC to S/4HANA.
• Prior Pharma and/or Medical Device experience.
• Familiarization with automation tools and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. We're committed to our employees, recognizing their contributions and offering a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

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.