Manager, Global Finance Services
Job Summary
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At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.
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Your Role at Baxter
The Manager Financial Systems is responsible for leading the design implementation optimization and support of financial technology platforms and processes. This role serves as the bridge between Finance IT and business stakeholders to ensure financial systems effectively support accounting reporting planning compliance and operational requirements. The manager drives continuous improvement system governance data integrity and digital transformation initiatives across the finance organization.
What Youll Be Doing
- Manage and support enterprise financial applications including ERP consolidation planning reporting and related finance systems.
- Oversee system configuration maintenance upgrades testing and release management.
- Ensure system availability performance reliability and security.
- Lead issue resolution and coordinate with internal IT teams and external vendors.
- Analyze existing finance processes and identify opportunities for automation and optimization.
- Lead finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency control and user experience.
- Standardize financial processes across business units and regions.
- Develop and maintain system documentation procedures and governance frameworks.
- Manage financial systems implementation and enhancement projects from initiation through deployment.
- Develop project plans budgets timelines and resource requirements.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure successful project execution.
- Support mergers acquisitions and organizational changes from a financial systems perspective.
- Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial data across platforms.
- Partner with Finance leadership to develop reporting and analytics capabilities.
- Support financial close forecasting budgeting and statutory reporting processes.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators related to system performance and data quality.
- Maintain strong internal controls within financial systems.
- Support SOX compliance audit requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Ensure appropriate user access controls segregation of duties and data governance practices.
- Collaborate with Internal Audit and external auditors as required.
- Lead and develop a team of financial systems analysts and administrators.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership regarding technology solutions.
- Build strong partnerships with Accounting FP&A IT Procurement and other business functions.
- Provide training and change management support for system implementations and enhancements.
What Youll Bring
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Information Systems Business Administration or a related field.
- 7-10 years of experience in finance financial systems ERP management or finance transformation.
- 3 years of experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP Oracle Microsoft Dynamics Workday or similar enterprise systems.
- Proven track record of leading system implementations upgrades and process improvement initiatives.
- Strong understanding of financial accounting reporting budgeting forecasting and finance operations.
- Experience with financial planning consolidation reporting and analytics tools.
- Knowledge of system integrations data governance master data management and automation technologies.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change within a complex global environment.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and organizational skills.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Manager
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