Senior Finance Manager, Group Controller

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Your Role at Baxter

As a Senior Finance Manager Group Controller at Baxter you have the opportunity to serve as a critical bridge between commercial and operations teams supporting supply chain planning capital planning and operational execution for Baxters U.S. Care and Connectivity Solutions business. Youll manage a small team of controllers and finance professionals collaborate with cross-functional partners in manufacturing and commercial finance and contribute to strategic initiatives such as S&OP meetings and financial forecasting. Long-term this role offers significant growth potential including opportunities to expand responsibilities rotate into other areas of finance and build a career within Baxters global organization.

This position is located in Batesville Indiana with the expectation that this person will work in person 4 days a week.

Your Team

The Group Controller for North America Care and Connectivity Solutions (CCS) assumes the leadership across a group of manufacturing plants. This role will play a critical role leading a group of plant controllers and their supporting teams. The scope of the role is end-to-end supply chain. Reporting directly to the Healthcare Systems & Technologies (HST) - Global Integrated Supply Chain Finance Leader.

This role is responsible for an annual budget of $400M in value of production $30M in capital spend $140M of inventory. The group of plants has a workforce of 550 direct and 472 indirect employees.

What youll be doing

As a member of the ISC Finance Extended Leadership Team the Group Controllers primary responsibilities include:

• Provides relevant accurate and timely communication of financial performance (past present and future). Includes oversight of the month end close the submission of weekly pulses the preparation of quarterly forecasts and the preparation of the budgets (annual and long-range plans)

• Provides oversight of all plant related GAAP SOX and Baxter policy requirements. The Plant Controller has ultimate responsibility for their plants financial records (P&L and B/S)

• Achieves financial results for critical metrics including manufacturing variances operating income cash flow capital investments and value improvement projects (VIP)

• Identifies trends and opportunities for continuous improvement (both financial and operational)

• Responsible for development & management of a team of controllers (3) across multiple sites

• Financial Leadership: Supervision culture engagement and talent development of the plant finance staff across the group.

• Act as ISC finance business partner to various cross-functional teams

What youll bring

• Bachelors degree required with a preference in finance or accounting. MBA or equivalent preferred

• 7 years experience in manufacturing or supply chain finance preferred

• Background in standard costing budget management and capital analysis and control

• Consistent track record of identifying and implementing change

• Experience effectively communicated at all levels of the organization in both formal and informal environments

• Experience in a global diverse matrixed organization preferred

• Capable of delivering a case for change by analyzing and demonstrating effective strategies

• Maintains a strong presence with the ability to lead indirect reporting relationships

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter we are committed to equitable pay for all employees and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $136000.00 to $187000.00 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one as well as insurance coverage for basic life accident short-term and long-term disability and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts educational assistance programs and time-off benefits such as paid holidays paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service family and medical leaves of absence and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits the Employee Discount Program the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits Baxter

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