Join a team where your expertise in inventory accounting drives global impact. As a Senior Manager within our Global Inventory Center of Excellence (COE), you’ll lead critical technical accounting processes across diverse regions and systems, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement. This is a high-visibility role that offers the opportunity to shape global inventory practices and develop a high-performing team. **What You Will Do** + Lead technical accounting for key inventory topics including Gross Inventory, GRNI/GIT, E&O reserves, Costing/Revaluation, UPI, PPV, and Loaner Instrumentation + Oversee month-end close activities, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries and reconciliations across divisions and systems + Ensure compliance with corporate policies and internal controls related to inventory valuation and reporting + Manage and develop a team of accounting professionals, setting objectives and conducting performance reviews + Collaborate with Divisional Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Global Finance Service Centers to align accounting practices + Support internal and external audits, including SOX-related activities, and ensure documentation meets audit standards + Drive process improvements and contribute to system implementations, transitions, and integrations + Provide strategic input for forecasting and planning processes within the Inventory COE **What You Will Need** Required + Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent + Minimum 8 years of experience in Audit, Accounting, or Finance + Minimum 5 years of experience in a people management role + Fluent in English + Strong knowledge of US GAAP + Experience with inventory accounting topics + Familiarity with SOX compliance requirements Preferred + Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance + CPA certification + Experience with Oracle ERP systems + SAP experience + Additional language skills (Polish or Dutch) Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.