Sr. Director Financial Reporting - Accounting, Reporting, Compliance (ARC)

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

The Role  

This position reports to the VP, Business Process and Quality Assurance within the Accounting, Reporting and Compliance (ARC) function and is responsible, directly, or indirectly, for Business Unit financial and ad-hoc reporting.  This role will drive the Financial Reporting area of the shared service accounting environment. This position will interact with the key accounting leadership for each BU on a frequent basis to ensure the quality, integrity, timeliness and material accuracy of financial statements and forecasting. 

This individual will provide key leadership and bench strength for the Accounting Leadership of McKesson’s shared service accounting.  It is important that you lead and motivate a large, geographically diverse team.  This position will have technical accounting competence, critical thinking, leadership capabilities and communication skills and should be able to manage the demands of a complex, global public company environment, all with the customer experience in mind.  This role will drive ongoing automation and other transformation efforts.

Key Responsibilities  

• Lead team that prepares core Business Unit financials (e.g. P/L, Balance Sheet and SCF) and all related procedures and controls
• Critical member of the ARC Leadership Team, FSS ELT, and Corporate Controllership.
• Responsible for month and quarter end close processes for accounting activities within assigned topical areas; support the Business Units to produce accurate, complete and timely financial statements. 
• Maintains key relationships with assigned process leads of the outsourced service provider and has primary oversight for accounting work within assigned area.
• Establishes relationships with the Controllers and other key finance leaders of each business unit. 
• Responsible for certain schedules that facilitate quarterly and annual SEC filings. 
• Responsible for collaboration and coordination with various Finance teams to ensure financial statements are materially accurate and reliable. 
• Design and maintain internal controls and documentation to effectively manage financial risk. 
• Collaborate and strengthen relationships with leaders of cross-functional corporate teams and business units to ensure efficient reporting processes across McKesson. 
• Support transformation which includes centralizing accounting in the shared service accounting team, outsourcing accounting, and automating where appropriate, as well as contributing to continuous process improvements by focusing on value-added activities and leveraging technology for increased efficiency and automation.  
• Implement process, system and internal control changes to ensure the month-end close processes are updated to incorporate impacts from M&A, divestitures, the adoption of new accounting standards, transformations and other changes. 
• Actively mentor and develop team members in the department and create an environment that encourages an openness to transformation. 
• Manage quarterly reviews, annual and ad-hoc audits with external auditors in the relevant areas, providing requested schedules, information and other requests.  

Qualifications  

Minimum Requirements  

• 13+ years of accounting and reporting experience.
• 6+ years of diversified leadership, team organization, and people motivation skills.

Critical Skills 

• Hands on experience leading change and business / process transformation in a Shared Service environment of a large complex public company. 
• Big-4 Firm audit or accounting advisory experience preferred. 
• Experience leading large, diverse teams in a Global Fortune 100 company setting. 
• Experience working with a global outsource provider preferred. 
• Strong communication skills