Manager, Control Monitoring Program - Remote

About the role

At Stryker, we are committed to building a culture of accountability, compliance, and continuous improvement. As Manager, Control Monitoring Program, you will play a critical role in strengthening the company’s global control environment by leading enterprise-wide monitoring programs across inventory, asset compliance, and balance sheet reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual risk assessments and develop risk-based monitoring strategies and plans for inventory, asset compliance, balance sheet reconciliations, and related financial controls.
• Direct the execution of monitoring activities and provide actionable feedback to control owners to address observations and improve compliance outcomes.
• Review monitoring results and supporting documentation to ensure accurate analysis, consistent conclusions, and adherence to established protocols.
• Analyze monitoring outcomes to identify trends, emerging risks, root causes, and opportunities to strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and reporting tools that measure program effectiveness and highlight risk areas.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level reports that communicate program performance, monitoring results, corrective actions, and recommendations to senior finance leadership.
• Partner with internal audit, external auditors, finance leaders, and global stakeholders to enhance monitoring programs and support organizational objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of analysts responsible for day-to-day monitoring activities while driving continuous improvement initiatives that increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in accounting, finance, audit, internal controls, or compliance.
• Minimum 3 years of experience evaluating internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance within a global organization.
• Minimum 3 years of direct people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active CPA or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience with a global Fortune 500 organization and/or a public accounting firm.
• Experience using SAP, BlackLine, or similar financial systems and reconciliation platforms.