Principal Financial Analyst - R&D Finance Center of Excellence

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Nov 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

The Research & Development (R&D) Finance Center of Excellence (COE) provides financial leadership, analytics, and decision support across Medtronic’s R&D organizations. The team partners with R&D, business, and finance leaders to support investment decisions, portfolio management, resource allocation, forecasting, and long-range planning while promoting consistent financial practices and scalable capabilities across the enterprise.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

As a Principal Financial Analyst, you will serve as a strategic finance partner supporting R&D portfolios, programs, and enterprise initiatives. You will provide financial planning, forecasting, investment analysis, and decision support to help leaders evaluate priorities, allocate resources, and improve visibility into R&D performance and investments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and Finance leadership to support portfolio, program, and investment decision-making.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and long-range planning activities for assigned R&D organizations and portfolios.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting program assumptions, development timelines, resource requirements, milestones, and investment scenarios.
• Analyze financial and operational data to identify risks, opportunities, trends, and performance drivers across R&D investments.
• Provide scenario modeling and business insights to support resource allocation, investment choices, and portfolio prioritization decisions.
• Deliver financial reporting, key performance indicators (KPIs), and analytics to improve visibility into R&D performance and investment outcomes.
• Drive forecasting accuracy, variance analysis, governance activities, and process improvements that enhance financial transparency and decision support.
• Collaborate across Finance and business functions to establish consistent financial standards, methodologies, reporting practices, and scalable capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of finance or accounting experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of finance or accounting experience.
• Experience in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, and financial analysis.
• Experience developing financial models, scenario analyses, and long-range plans to support business decisions.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to support investment or resource allocation decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience supporting R&D, product development, engineering, clinical, technology, or innovation-focused organizations.
• Experience with portfolio management, investment analysis, resource planning, or large-scale R&D programs.
• Experience within the medical device, healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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