Sr. Director, Finance (Division CFO) - CCS

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Value Creation
• Act as a core member of the CCS Leadership Team, shaping portfolio strategy across Devices, CareComm, and Digital Health
• Drive investment decisions balancing hardware, software, and platform-based growth opportunities
• Provide financial leadership on build/partner/buy decisions in digital health and connected care ecosystems
• Understand procedure drivers and consolidate market models.
• Partner with the division president as well as other cross functional leaders to pressure-test strategic assumptions, shape long-range financial, product, go-to-market, and payment model strategies.
• Drive portfolio strategy to grow high‑value modalities and rationalize underperforming areas.
• Develop market, competitive, and multi scenario financial models for long-horizon investments.
• Understand and anticipate how near‑term decisions [will] influence immediate as well as long‑term customer and distributor behaviors, and guide the business toward sustainable growth and profitability.
• Provide forward-looking insights on market trends, M&A opportunities, and investment priorities
• Growth Acceleration & Commercial Finance
• Accountable for stewarding the full P&L encompassing top-line growth, margin management, including manufacturing and financial planning cycles (e.g. AOP, rolling, LRP).
• Strengthen commercial execution in long‑cycle capital equipment environments, indirect and direct channel management, overall go to market channel optimization.
• Continuously monitor and optimize reimbursement frameworks, pricing architecture, discounting, and tender economics with direct, indirect and Medicare/Medicaid and private insurer payment models
• Benchmark against major competitors and integrate market insights into executive decision making to guide differentiation and increased value generation.
• Financial modeling for both organic and inorganic investments, including due diligence.
• Optimize working capital for division
• Profitability, Cost Optimization & Operations Finance
• Improve scalability, standardization, and lifecycle economics.
• Deliver gross‑margin expansion through COGS reduction, footprint optimization, and supply‑chain improvements.
• Closely monitor and manage sales, pricing, margin, credit management, and productivity funnels tied directly to P&L impact.
• Support multi-year capital heavy purchase cycles - drive improvement in tender economics, deal modelling/structuring, and customer financing scenarios.
• Drive working capital performance, including DSO, DPO, and inventory turns, with clear accountability, governance, and cross‑functional execution.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial systems, reporting automation and analytics capabilities
• Forecasting & Performance Management
• Serve as the primary strategic advisor to the CCS President and Baxter CFO, synthesizing complex clinical, operational, and financial signals into strategic insights/recommendations.
• Establish world‑class forecasting, scenario planning, and KPI dashboards.
• Build advanced driver-based forecasting models spanning capital, accessory, service, and cloud connected revenue streams.
• Manage financial mix, pricing, and margi

Benefits

Additional Information

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person-regardless of who they are or where they are from-deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job-you will find purpose and pride. POSITION SUMMARY This role requires a high-acuity strategic and operational finance leader with responsibility for accelerating the performance of a global, technology‑driven, clinically essential medical devices division of Baxter. This is a capital equipment, connected devices, digital platforms, and cloud‑based workflow solutions business, requiring mastery of device economics, software‑enabled recurring revenue, and enterprise data systems. The incumbent will provide broad commercial finance leadership driving strategy, margin expansion, cost & capital efficiency, portfolio optimization, digital transformation, and operational excellence to: Enable Market‑Beating Growth: Growing share through differentiated product strategy, competitive insights, and pricing. Embed Sustainable Profitability: structural margin gains, mixed improvements, and cost optimization. Advance Operational Excellence: forecast vs. results accuracy, disciplined capital use, stronger portfolio performance, and improved execution.

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