Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.

How you’ll make an impact:

Act as a system and process expert to identify, recommend, and lead the implementation of continuous improvement of process and business KPIs, finance projects in partnership with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Finance, IT, legal entities with assigned area/region) and ensure service delivery by training, supporting and coaching team members. Cooperate on daily operations of the AP Accounting team. The regional scope is EMEACLA.

• Actively participate in global finance projects and lead portions of AP specific projects, including identifying, initiating, and implementing process improvements and business KPIs in partnership with stakeholders (e.g. IT, Internal Audit, Finance Management)
• Evaluate, investigate and ensure accuracy and quality of cost booking and transparency reporting
• Evaluate, investigate and ensure timeliness of invoice processing and payments
• Create and test scenarios in system (e.g., JDE, Coupa, SimpleLegal, Clinical Trial Management System) environment and ensure smooth implementation
• Follow up on system issues – stuck invoices and PO receipts during integration, other issues
• Review work completed by AP team members
• Ensure timely and accurate invoice processing
• Complete high complexity invoice processing – JDE/TAP/SL invoices
  Ensure prepayments/proforma invoices are processed timely and accurately
• Ensure timely and accurate month-end close
• Prepare and process journal entries (including requests to change, correction, and allocation of costs from the business partners)
• Prepare AP related account reconciliations
• Partner with team members to assess impact based on findings
• Review and ensure correction of Coupa accrual account differences
• Assess AP related queries for entities
• Provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer to team members, IT, procurement, local finance teams and requestors
• Other duties as assigned by Management: preparation for internal/external audits, compliance and transparency reporting

What you'll need (Required):

• University Degree and some experience in related field e.g. finance/accounting
• Proficiency in English
   

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, predominantly Excel.
• Knowledge of any ERP systems e.g. JDE, SAP etc., and tools e.g. Coupa is a plus
• Strict attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, problem-solving skills and critical thinking
• Ability to work independently and proactive approach and ability to learn
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment