Sr Accountant (Administrative)

Job Summary

Medline Industries has an immediate opening for a Senior Accountant - External Reporting based at our headquarters in Northfield, IL. The Senior Accountant will Support the external reporting process to the highest level of quality, including deliverables for investors and lenders. Assist in certain technical accounting and reporting matters (e.g., sub-certifications, MD&A, and related party matters). Improve processes in the area of external reporting, including controls over financial reporting, entity-level controls, and related party processes.

Job Description

• Support the external financial reporting process, including preparation of the consolidated income statement, balance sheet, statement of equity, and statement of cash flows. Compile quarterly and annual financial statements, footnotes, and management's discussion and analysis of results (MD&A). Assist in enhancing the certification processes. Review deliverables in detail to ensure the highest quality standard in financial reporting.

• Assist with inquiries from external parties such as auditors, lenders, rating agencies, sponsors. 

• Prepare monthly close data, journal entries, and account reconciliation for certain technical accounting areas (e.g., equity accounting and related party balances). Analyze operating financials, interpret results and recommend a plan of action to improve the accounting process. Provide periodic monthly and quarterly schedules (to support internal and external reporting).

• Contribute to large-scale projects to implement process improvements and internal controls for financial reporting and entity-level controls. Work cross functionally to manage change and enhance communications with stakeholders.

• Support/drive new business initiatives, system integrations, and other major change management impacting financial statements and related systems. Collaborate with corporate accounting and global reporting/consolidations as needed on financial reporting matters. Assist with the implementation of an external financial reporting tool and streamline the external reporting process through automation.

• Represent Medline interests to internal and external parties through preparation of key deliverables - e.g., CFO and divisional leadership interactions, FP&A/tax/treasury partnership, and presentations/schedules for leadership, sponsors, lenders, tax authorities, auditors, and other stakeholders. Assist in enhancing the bridges for non-GAAP measures.

• Support the external audit process globally, providing project management across finance.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.

Relevant Work Experience

• At least 2 years of Corporate Accounting experience.

Additional

• Experience applying GAAP knowledge.

• Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).

• Able to work with large amounts of data.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Accounting or Finance.

• CPA strongly preferred

• At least 2 years of accounting experience with a focus on financial reporting, consolidations, or technical accounting.

• Experience at a public company with SEC reporting requirements (or public accounting experiences with listed clients).

• Experience at a multi-national manufacturer/distribution company.

• Experience at a large, global company with multiple legal entities and a complex consolidation structure.

• Experience working with a consolidation system (Oracle EPM, BPC).

• Experience applying advanced knowledge level of accounting practices, controls, and systems.

• Strong technical accounting acumen, with proven ability to perform complex accounting research and analysis.

• Experience with an external reporting tool (e.g., Workiva's Wdesk platform).

• Experience with balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement preparation/review.

• Experience executing change management.

• Experience leading projects and cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.

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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.