Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.

How´ll make an impact:

•  Supervise employees and oversee the daily travel and expense reimbursement activities including establishing schedules, and ensuring staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work.

• Update progress reports and metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders

• Resolve complex and/or escalated issues from travel and expense reimbursement staff• Ensure payment are processed and approved in a timely manner; transmit positive pay file to bank and resolve issues as needed

• Ensure SOX compliance over the travel and expense reimbursement area; Review and update SOX narratives annually• Lead and develop policies and procedures to streamline travel and expense reimbursement process

• Resolve complex issues to bring reimbursement to closure by collaborating with other departments

• Review and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure travel and expense reimbursement accruals are appropriate for month end close

• Participate internal and external audit requests

• Perform travel and expense reimbursement activities (including supervisor tasks within Coupa)

• • Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership.

What we look for (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in related fields, and 6 years of previous experience in travel and expense reimbursement and/or accounts payable including demonstrated track record in supervising staff.

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel and strong knowledge of accounts payable system.

• Experience working with ERPs such as Concur, JDE, among others.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives, as well as mediating and negotiating the needs of other areas to achieve consensus.

• Full understanding of procedures as it relates to assigned area of accounts payable including in-depth knowledge of assigned area of responsibility, including processes used across areas of responsibility.

• Ability to analyze and identify potential adjustments to improve efficiency.

• Demonstrated ability to supervise teams and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations.

•  Strict attention to detail.

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment.

• Must be able to work with cross-functional teams as well as with colleagues from other departments, interacting daily with subordinates and/or peers within similar and/or related functions.

• May represent the organization to outside contacts (e.g., vendors, suppliers, contractors, staffing agencies).