Manager, Assurance & Risk Advisory (ARA) - Remote - EST and CST preferred

Make an impact that reaches across a global, innovative MedTech organization. In this role, you’ll strengthen internal controls, elevate risk management practices, and deliver insights that shape strategic decisions. You’ll join a collaborative, mission‑driven ARA team that values curiosity, continuous improvement, and the power of proactive leadership.

What You Will Do

• Lead SOX internal audit projects from planning through reporting, ensuring effective evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Conduct end‑to‑end process walkthroughs to identify risks, assess control design, and document process‑level insights with accuracy and clarity.
• Collaborate with global finance and compliance stakeholders to align on scope, testing expectations, and audit deliverables.
• Review audit testing workpapers to ensure quality, consistency, and achievement of audit objectives.
• Assess internal control deficiencies by identifying root causes, estimating impacts, and partnering with owners to develop actionable remediation plans.
• Develop recommendations that enhance efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Prepare clear, timely SOX status reports summarizing scope, testing progress, issues, milestones, and action plans for ARA leadership and business partners.
• Coach audit team members to support high performance, collaboration, and ongoing skill development.
• Support additional non‑SOX audit projects as needed to meet organizational priorities.

What You Will Need

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• CPA certification.
• Minimum 5 years Big 4 public accounting experience supporting assurance services for global public companies.
• Experience applying US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the COSO framework.
• Minimum 5 years experience in technical accounting and financial statement audit concepts.

Preferred

• Experience using audit management software (e.g., AuditBoard)
• Experience within the MedTech or highly regulated industry.

Additional Information

• Work arrangement: To support collaboration across our teams, we are considering candidates based in the Eastern or Central Time Zones.
• Travel: May require up to 20% travel depending on project assignments.

• $102,600 - $222,300 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Posted on 2/20/2026

Posted Date: 02/20/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker 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 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.