Finance Director; EPT Sales Finance), Mounds View, MN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Sep 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.

Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life Careers That Change Lives Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions. Join us for a career in Finance that changes lives. The Area Finance Leader serves as the chief financial partner and business advisor for the EPT Area organization. This leader acts as the CFO of the Area, driving strategy, commercial execution, and full P&L accountability across multiple operating units.

The role requires deep financial expertise, strong business acumen, exceptional influence, and the ability to translate insights into action within a complex, matrixed environment. This position will serve as the financial steward and strategic business partner for the Area Vice President and commercial leadership team. Deliver AOP, SGM, and commercial performance targets across each OU. Provide strategic insights and financial governance that enable sustainable growth and operational discipline.

• Drive financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for functional investments, including oversight of AOP, IBP, and in-year pacing to optimize spend effectiveness and ROI.
• Act as a trusted advisor delivering actionable insights that inform resource allocation, productivity improvements, and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure financial discipline and transparency, including governance of headcount, discretionary spend, and cross-functional allocations, while proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Lead standardization and continuous improvement of financial processes across U.S. Region enhancing reporting clarity, data integrity, and decision-support capabilities.
• Partner cross-functionally with Area Finance Leaders, Controllership, and FP&A to align functional strategies with broader Area objectives and enterprise financial targets.
• Translate corporate and U.S. Region strategy into actionable Area-level financial plans that drive profitable growth.
• Shape long-term strategic direction through analytics, insights, and market understanding.
• Serve as the trusted advisor to the Area Vice President and regional commercial leaders, influence decision-making through data-driven storytelling and robust financial framing.
• Lead Area budget cycles, forecast updates, and long-range planning.
• Maintain a forward-looking financial view and identify risks/opportunities proactively.
• Oversee the full Area P&L (~$1.5B revenue), drive performance management and corrective actions to achieve or exceed AOP targets.
• Monitor trends across revenue, margins, rebates, pricing, and capital programs.
• Convert complex financial data into clear, actionable narratives for commercial and operational leaders.
• Develop standardized dashboards, KPIs, and insights to support tactical and strategic decision-making.
• Build financial models to assess investments, hiring, resource allocations, pricing strategies, and trade-offs.
• Evaluate strategic initiatives through scenario planning and sensitivity analyses.
• Lead and coach a team of two Regional Finance Leaders (RFLs), plus potential Analysts/Field Support roles.
• Drive a high-performance culture with strong accountability and professional development.
• Partner closely with CV-wide teams such as:
  Rebates & Pricing, Contracting, Enterprise Accounts (EA), Sales Operations.
• Align Area sales strategies with OU priorities and growth initiatives.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance, and compliance.
• Ensure responsible stewardship of pricing, rebates, inventory, and capital assets.
• Champion financial process improvements and adoption of new tools/analytics leveraging AI when possible.
• Lead the Area…