Senior Finance Manager, Currency Management

About the role

DePuy Synthes is establishing a standalone Orthopaedics company, with the separation expected to be completed within 18 to 24 months of the October 2025 announcement. This Senior Finance Manager role leads the Currency Management team within Supply Chain Finance, providing financial leadership on foreign currency exposures, centralized hedging, hedge and inventory accounting, forecasting, analytics and reporting. The role is open to candidates in Cork or Dublin, Ireland, or Diegem, Belgium.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a global team of three finance professionals, and act as the first point of contact for currency questions across DePuy Synthes.
• Identify and manage foreign currency exposures, including centralized forecasting and balance sheet hedging, and set up the process to place hedges with a third-party provider.
• Ensure accurate and compliant hedge and inventory accounting in line with US GAAP.
• Calculate, analyse, report and communicate actual and forecast currency impacts across P&L lines, including driver-based variance analysis, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Provide currency analytics and recommendations to DSPO, FP&A, Treasury and senior management, and run regular currency and hedge-result reviews with business partners and senior leadership.
• Train staff on currency and hedging principles, and lead the design, build, testing and deployment of a replacement tool for currency calculations, hedging, analytics and reporting.
• Drive standardised, efficient processes using automation and analytics tools such as Power BI and Alteryx.
• Partner with DSPO, Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Technology and Project Osprey teams to ensure continuity of currency management activities through the separation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Economics or Finance; a Master's, MBA or recognised qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of finance, accounting or related business experience.
• Demonstrated leadership, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to present to senior management and work independently in a global, virtual organisation.
• Supply chain experience and proficiency with TMI, Alteryx or Power BI are preferred.
• Understanding of AI concepts and frameworks, including experience generating effective prompts, is preferred.

Required skills

• Financial analysis, budget management and financial forecasting
• Power BI and Alteryx
• US GAAP accounting

What we offer

• Base pay range of EUR 86,400 to EUR 148,350.
• Annual bonus and/or sales commissions depending on pay grade and location.
• Vacation days, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement, caregiver and volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement and health programmes.
• Service anniversary and recognition awards, and insurance plans for eligible employees and dependents.