Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Financial Controller

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The Global Supply Chain Financial Controller is a senior leader within the Controllership organization responsible for establishing and governing a unified financial control environment across Solventum’s global supply chain. The role ensures accurate, compliant, and standardized financial processes while influencing operational decision‑making through strong business partnership.This position plays a critical role in driving global consistency, leading transformation initiatives, and elevating financial governance across regions. The Controller partners closely with the Global Supply Chain Finance SVP, regional controllers (Americas, EMEA, APAC), manufacturing sites, logistics, procurement, planning, facilities & engineering, strategy and FP&A to deliver insight, reduce risk, and ensure end‑to‑end integrity of supply chain financial results.

As a(n) Sr Director, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

1. Financial Controls & Compliance

• Establish, standardize, and continuously strengthen internal controls across global supply chain processes, ensuring alignment with Controllership policies, SOX requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Lead global process harmonization efforts in areas including inventory accounting, cost of goods sold flows, manufacturing variances, logistics costs, and material accounting.
• Partner with regional controllers to ensure accurate, consistent application of policies and proper interpretation of results worldwide.
• Oversee global audits of supply chain processes, coordinate remediation plans, and drive sustainable control improvements.

2. Reporting Accuracy & Financial Integrity

• Ensure timely, accurate, and globally consistent reporting of supply chain financial results, including inventory valuations, reserves, reconciliations, and cost allocations.
• Establish global reporting standards and analytics frameworks to improve transparency, comparability, and operational insight.
• Support the interpretation of variances across regions, connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes.
• Lead annual standard cost change process, working across the organization to execute.

3. Global Standardization & Process Improvement

• Lead global design and deployment of standardized processes, systems, and policies across all regions and supply chain operations.
• Champion simplification, automation, and digital transformation initiatives, including ERP standardization, data integrity improvements, and analytics modernization.
• Evaluate process maturity across regions and coordinate with regional controllers to drive global adoption of best practices.
• Leverage continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, root‑cause analysis) to eliminate inefficiency and reduce risk.

4. Transformation Leadership

• Serve as the Controllership lead for major global supply chain transformation programs (network redesign, digital enablement, ERP deployments, etc).
• Ensure financial governance and control requirements are embedded in program design, execution, and stabilization.
• Partner with IT, Global Process Owners, and Supply Chain finance leadership to modernize systems and data structures that support financial accuracy and compliance.

5. Stakeholder & Regional Alignment

• Act as the primary Controllership point of contact for global supply chain financial governance.
• Maintain a strong dotted‑line partnership with the SVP Finance, Global Supply Chain to ensure operational alignment and improved performance management.
• Influence regional controllers and regional supply chain finance teams to drive consistency, share best practices, and elevate global standards.
• Collaborate with internal/external auditors, IT, Compliance, and functional leaders across the enterprise to ensure coordinated governance across the supply chain.
• Scope Clarification - What this position does not include:
• Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Direct supply chain cost management or cost optimization ownership, including procurement, logistics, warehousing, and inventory.
• Assess and mitigate financial risks related to global supply chain activities, including currency fluctuations, commodity pricing, and supplier solvency.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance or accounting
• 3 years in a supply chain or manufacturing environment.

In addition to the above, the following are also required:

• Demonstrated expertise in global supply chain operations, financial controls, inventory and cost accounting, regulatory compliance and multinational financial operations.
• Strong technology orientation:  ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), data quality frameworks, and advanced analytics tools (i.e. excel skills, OneStream, AI, etc.)
• Proven ability to engage with stakeholders at senior leadership level

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Lean, six sigma or similar problem solving or business process improvement certifications is a plus
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead through influence in a cross-functional, multicultural and matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management experience.
• Experience leading transformation, standardization, or large scale process redesign initiatives is highly desirable.

Key Competencies

• Global mindset & cross-regional influence
• Controllership discipline & governance
• Process excellence & standardization leadership
• Strategic thinking and operational insight
• Project management, change leadership and transformation orientation
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced global environment

Work location:

• Remote

Travel: May include up to 10%

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $211,600 - $290,950, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-Rewards

   

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