At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Upstream Process Integration:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate SAP ECC Accounts Payable functionalities into upstream processes, including direct and indirect procurement, travel and expense management, ad-hoc and contracted services, contingent sourcing, and any manual or automated payments.
- Ensure seamless data flow and real-time synchronization between Accounts Payable and upstream modules to optimize end-to-end business processes.
- Accounts Payable Core (SAP, ReadSoft and Kofax) Processes:
- Lead the design and implementation of efficient invoice processing workflows, balancing manual, and automated procedures.
- Support and deliver solutions for accounts payable invoice scanning and approval workflow solution systems (Kofax and ReadSoft)
- Implement payment processes in adherence to payment policies, terms, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage system processes for check and bank payments, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial protocols.
- Provide IT oversight and direction for support tickets and error handling related to Accounts Payable & EEM (Concur).
- Employee Expense Management (Concur)
- Provide backup support to the Concur Admin role (including provisioning of Concur user access and updating the Concur configuration to fulfil company Travel and Expense policy and country allowances).
- Liaise with SAP Concur to provide support, configuration changes or reporting requirements.
- Prepare Concur (Cognos) reporting to fulfil business requirements.
- Bank Integrations:
- Implement and maintain both manual and automated bank integrations to facilitate secure and timely financial transactions.
- Collaborate with IT and financial teams to troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to bank payments and integrations.
- Cash Management and Treasury Functions:
- Support the Treasury team to implement solutions for effective cash management within the SAP environment.
- SOX Compliance and Risk Management:
- Ensure systems are in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations and internal controls related to Accounts Payable system processes.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with payment processes, data security, and financial transactions.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of integration processes, configurations, and workflows.
- Coordinate requirements and design regular reports for analysis related to Accounts Payable performance, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Support the business to provide AP & EEM (Concur) Reporting.
- Training and Support:
- Provide training to end-users on new functionalities, ensuring a smooth transition and optimal utilization of SAP capabilities.
- Offer ongoing support to resolve issues, answer queries, and address concerns related to Accounts Payable and integrated processes.
SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects - from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.
Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.
Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.
Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.
Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others work product.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance or a related field.
- Proven experience in SAP support/implementations, with a focus on Accounts Payable and integrated modules.
- Strong understanding of financial processes, payment policies, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience with ReadSoft, Kofax and Employee Expense Management (Concur) Applications.
- Experience with Global rollouts.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Problem-solving mindset and ability to troubleshoot complex integration issues.
- Familiarity with payments to banks/cash management and treasury functions.
- Knowledge of SOX compliance and risk management practices.
- Analytical mindset with problem-solving capabilities.
- SQL, PowerBI and (Concur) Cognos Reporting experience.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer 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 90,000+ 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 here
