Senior Manager, Internal Controls

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

**What You Can Expect**:
The Senior Manager of Internal Controls and Compliance is responsible for overseeing and leading the implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of internal controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements to address key finance, IT and compliance risks across the Company. This position is responsible for the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance function and reports to the Internal Audit Director.

**How You'll Create Impact**:

- Oversees the company's internal controls over financial reporting and Information Technology.
- Ensures management's testing policies, procedures and evaluation process meet the requirements of the Act and SEC guidance.
- Develop and execute robust program to comply with requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) through effective risk assessment, control documentation and testing, deficiency reporting, and identifying areas of improvement
- Coordinates and assists process owners with efforts to remediate internal control deficiencies. Ability to assess deficiency impact at the aggregated level and communicate risk exposure. Reports status, deficiencies and progress of compliance to senior management.
- Develop and implement strategy to address internal controls at local site level including self-assessments, continuous monitoring, and aligning internal control strategies with the broader objectives of the organization.
- Monitor changes in regulatory requirements and industry best practices to ensure the organization remains compliant. In addition, collaborate with process owners to strengthen the governance, risk, and control environments of the organization by anticipating issues, providing advice and best practices to management.
- Provide guidance, training, and coaching on SOX compliance requirements and internal control best practices to management and internal audit team.
- Evaluate internal audit observations for internal control considerations and SOX compliance.
- Serves as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, including external auditors, acting as the liaison between the internal controls function and executive leadership.
- Partner with external audit teams to ensure timely and efficient testing approach and issue resolution.
- Collaborate with external auditors to facilitate the annual audit of internal controls and financial statements.

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This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act._**

**What Makes You Stand Out**:

- Proven ability to coach and develop a team of audit professionals.
- Ability to perform job responsibilities with mínimal oversight.
- Thrives in a fast-pace and continuously changing environment.
- Must have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal), strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Must have the ability to lead cross-functional teams for policy implementation.
- Must have demonstrated ability to function at varied levels including “hands-on” detail work as well as strategic thinking.
- Excellent analytical skills, including collecting data and interpreting analysis to draw valid conclusions.
- Must have a high degree of integrity and be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and ability to learn other software packages as required.
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and SOX compliance software tools

**Education and Experience**:

- English proficiency is required (B2 or C1)
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting, or non-US equivalent, required
- CPA strongly preferred
- Big 4 experience preferred.
- Experience in Life Sciences industry preferred.
- Experience managing contract resources.
- A minimum of 8-10 years of related work experience
- A minimum of 5 years of audit or internal controls related experience or similar professional experience, including direct experience with the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley
- Prior experience with SAP and AuditBoard preferred

**Travel Expectations**:

- Up to 20%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

Expected Compensation Range: $128,150 - $160k, plus target bonus