Senior Analyst, Investor Relations

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.

The Senior Analyst, Investor Relations will play a key role on the Edwards Investor Relations team, supporting high‑visibility earnings cycles, investor conferences, financial communications, and market intelligence. This role requires strong analytical judgment, executive-ready communication skills, and the ability to translate financial and market data into clear insights that support investor messaging, leadership alignment, and strategic decision-making across Investor Relations, Communications, Finance, and the Edwards Executive Leadership team.

How you’ll make an impact:

Earnings Process & Strategic Communications

• Own key components of the quarterly earnings process, including maintaining the Earnings SharePoint hub, organizing cross-functional materials, creating and editing internal earnings documents and ensuring timely, accurate dissemination of earnings content.
• Partner closely with the Director and SVP of Investor Relations to support strategic communications for select internal and external stakeholders, such as ELT, business units, and Wall Street analysts and investors.
• Develop and coordinate external earnings communications materials, including website staging content, executive quotes, and digital messaging, ensuring consistency with approved financial narratives.

Market Research, Competitor Intelligence & Narrative Support

• Analyze daily/weekly share‑price movements, analyst commentary, and competitor announcements to identify themes that may influence investor sentiment and Edwards’ positioning.
• Lead ongoing competitor earnings analysis and synthesize market insights to inform Edwards’ investor relations strategy, messaging, and external benchmarking narratives.
• Develop analyst engagement priorities and callback schedules, using investor sentiment and market context to support leadership alignment and follow-up strategy.

Modeling, Consensus Development & Executive Presentation Support

• Independently consolidate and analyze analyst models post‑earnings and support integration into the Virtua consensus framework to provide leadership with an accurate view of external expectations.
• Prepare materials and analysis for investor conferences, leadership briefings, and executive presentations, ensuring content is accurate, clear, and aligned to approved messaging.
• Manage review cycles, document key changes, and maintain strong version control across multiple stakeholder groups and executive-facing deliverables.
• Drive follow-through across draft iterations and stakeholder inputs to ensure timely, polished preparation for major investor-facing events.

Ongoing Investor Relations Operations & Strategic Projects

• Own the development and ongoing maintenance of core IR materials, including the Investor Factsheet and IR website updates, to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with current business messaging.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis for quarterly Board updates and strategic projects, leveraging tools such as FactSet to surface relevant trends, insights, and investor themes.
• Lead and support strategic projects that leverage technology tools to improve visibility, analytics, and insights around consensus modeling, analyst sentiment, and Edwards’ positioning ahead of earnings calls, Investor Conference, and Strategic Plan.

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or relevant field.
• A minimum of five years of Accounting/Finance experience (or three years of experience with a Masters).

What else we look for (Preferred):

• MBA degree.
• Experience in investor relations, corporate finance, financial analysis, equity research, or communications.
• Strong financial analysis, research, and synthesis skills, with the ability to interpret financial statements, analyst models, and market commentary.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-ready materials and translate complex information into clear, concise messaging.
• Demonstrated interest in capital markets, investor relations, corporate finance, or healthcare/medical technology industry dynamics.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SharePoint, FactSet, Virtua, or other financial data and consensus tools.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $92,000 to $130,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).  Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.  

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.