Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting

Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicines, and trusted essential goods.

That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $4.8B global leader in essential technology solutions. Our industry-leading companies are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future. Veralto’s Product Quality and Innovation companies—Esko, Linx, Pantone, Videojet, and X-Rite—help protect the world’s food, medicine, and essentials by enabling customers to track and authenticate the billions of goods that travel the global supply chain every day.   And our Water Quality companies—Aquatic Informatics, ChemTreat, Hach, McCrometer, OTT HydroMet, Sea-Bird Scientific, Trojan Technologies, and XOS—help customers manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply, from municipal and wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds, and oceans.

Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide. Our global team of 16,000 associates is guided by the Veralto Enterprise System and united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The successful candidate will be responsible for aspects of the accounting for the company’s corporate function. This includes the closing of the books and preparation of the financial statements. The candidate will work closely with corporate personnel, and the external financial and internal audit groups, and will be a key point of contact for entity Controllers with respect to accounting.

Career progression opportunities exist within the finance groups of our Operating Companies as well as the corporate finance group in financial planning and analysis as well as controllership roles. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Corporate consolidation processes & preparation of financial statements.
• Corporate accounting systems administration.
• Prepare and analyze the monthly reporting packages used by Veralto leadership teams.
• Coordinate and support corporate activities and initiatives with finance leaders at the Veralto Operating Companies.
• Participate in and act as a resource for global finance projects and initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, increasing standard work and creating global best practice processes.
• Assist in the maintenance of a strong SOX-compliant control environment.
• Support business audits conducted by external and internal auditors, as required.
• Support, as required, the integration of acquisitions including the monitoring of purchase accounting activity as well as post-acquisition integration activities.
• Support functional areas, as required, by providing financial and business analytic support.
• Support the benefits accounting function.
• Support stock option and RSU accounting.
• Work with the Benefits Accounting Manager and Payroll to ensure proper taxation of benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Finance or Accounting Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or other relevant certification preferred. 3-5 years of relevant experience Understanding of employee compensation / pension accounting preferred. A working knowledge of US GAAP is expected.

A highly qualified candidate may also have some of the below experiences:

• Large international manufacturing industry experience
• Oracle (ERP), Alteryx, and OneStream tools experience, along with Access/Sequel databases
• Experience with pension plan audits and stock option accounting a plus.

KEY ATTRIBUTES

Analyze complicated issues and boil down to the key points. Professional with a strong work ethic; self-starter; and ability to deal with ambiguity and execute in a matrixed environment. Proven track record of performance, results, meeting deadlines, and maintaining an inspiring “can-do” attitude. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization and with many diverse individuals and cultures. Possess a very high sense of urgency. Ability to build strong rapport with associates at all levels of the organization. Demonstrate strong interpersonal and a team player. Ability to be nimble and quickly react to changing priorities. Hands-on and detail-oriented but able to see the big picture.  A continuous improvement mentality a must.

OFFICE LOCATION 

The position to be based at Veralto’s corporate headquarters, Waltham, MA with a