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Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

CompanyMedline
LocationNorthbrook, IL, USA
Salary$79560 – $115440
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • At least 2 years of Corporate Accounting / Manufacturing Accounting experience
  • 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

Responsibilities

  • Year-end audit support including updating SAP, preparing/updating schedules, and preparing sections of our audited statements
  • Prepare and/or approve monthly close data, journal entries, and account reconciliation
  • Analyze operating financials, interpret results and recommend a plan of action to improve the accounting process
  • Perform Account Reconciliations designed to provide a Strong Control on the Balance Sheet
  • Serve as backup for key individual(s) in the Corporate Accounting Department
  • Provide Accounting (GAAP and Medline Internals) and process expertise to the company
  • Lead continuous improvement efforts across accounting function including subsidiaries
  • Act as corporate owner of a key accounting process and provide guidance and support to our subsidiaries

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • CPA, CGMA, CMA
  • Strong expertise in at least one area of GAAP – SAP, AS400, and QAD system experience
  • Financial Consolidations experience
  • RDMS (Access, FoxPro, etc.) experience
  • Change Management experience
  • Project Management experience
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) experience