Why finance at Stryker?

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Reporting to the Travel and Expenses Associate Manager, the Travel and Expenses Lead Specialist prepares, records, verifies and pays vendor invoices for goods and services on a timely basis and responds to vendor queries. Maintains, analyzes and reconciles accounts payable ledger accounts, financial statements and reports. Develops, directs, plans and evaluates accounts payable policies and procedures, and ensures external and internal controls and policies are adhered to. May process employee expenses reimbursement requests for payment.

Who we want

• Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.

• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.

• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

What you will do

Program Administration

• Ensure all card applications are actioned on time and all card transactions are submitted for payment on time to avoid delinquency and risk

• Monitor that cardholders follow local policies, laws and regulations

• Create and work with weekly reporting, accruals and other data

• Maintains the current knowledge of applicable Stryker and American Express compliance policies and standards for card applications and cancellations.

• Collaborates with the Travel and Expense team and Disbursement Team to ensure alignment between payments, procedures, practices and investigations being done by the team.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Stryker divisions, cardholders, and card providers

• Maintain a close relationship with the Stryker Global Treasury Department to ensure for continuous input for an all-round up to date Amex procedure within Europe.

Expense Auditing

• Auditing Concur Expenses within Concur SAP; approving and rejecting reports according to company policy

• Work with the accrual reports from Concur

• Addresses customer inquiries regarding expenses; using the Service Now IS ticketing system.

• Monitor the on time posting of expenses

• Monitor posting of correct accounts and accurate business purpose of the transaction

• Manual Expense bookings for Corporate Cards and Employees

Internal Controls and Compliance

• Ensures all core processes are documented with risk and control points clearly identified

• Maintain books and records to facilitate the efficient review of transactions and financial reports

• Ensure regular monitoring of the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance processes

• Proactively identify and report any compliance issues or emerging risks and development and implement mitigation plans.

• Ensure expenses follow local policies, laws and regulations.

Technical ERP Monitoring

• Providing urgent analytical support in a professional, controlled and quick manner to avoid any backlog.

• Liaise with IS technical teams on time to ensure pending actions get resolved immediately under high pressure.

What you need

Education Requirements

• Degree in Business and Administration or Accounting preferred

• Fluent in English and Turkish

Work Experience

• Minimum experience of 2 years relevant working experience in Accounting, Travel and Expenses, Accounts Payable or Shared Services

• Minimum experience of 2 years working with Corporate Card and Employee expense auditing and processing

• Familiar with ERP systems, Concur system experience would be preferred

Core Competencies

• Advanced communication skills with a tactful communication exchange and solid sense of diplomacy

• High level of honesty, integrity, commitment and responsibility

• Accustomed to working under pressure and with deadlines

• Able to resolve problems and conflicts and a professional and tactful manner

About Stryker

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 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com. (http:)

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.