Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role:

The Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting plays a key role in supporting various accounting processes and initiatives in an exciting work environment. Our team is a dynamic, high-performing group that is responsible for overseeing complex and judgmental accounting areas, implementing and maintaining global accounting policies and compliance with external reporting requirements in addition to supporting various process improvement initiatives related to core accounting concepts. 

 

A successful candidate is a self-motivated finance professional with strong core accounting skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a keen focus on internal controls to drive positive results across a global organization. This individual should demonstrate excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional and international teams. The ideal candidate has proven the ability to manage concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment and is eager to contribute to the broader success of both the team and the company.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support the review and redesign of the company’s worldwide accounting processes for business-sponsored employee relocations.  Requires working closely with the BSC Global Mobility team, the International Tax team, the Global Business Services group, third party service providers and local accounting teams worldwide to ensure appropriate accruals and expense recognition  
• End-to-end process ownership for global pension accounting, including coordination of valuation reports with third party actuaries and preparation of high-quality footnotes and disclosures for our annual SEC filing
• Complete accounting close activities and related internal controls, including preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations, for multiple benefit-related accounts
• Deliver accurate annual plan and periodic forecast estimates to our Financial Planning and Analysis team for each area of responsibility
• Perform monthly analysis and annual rate planning related to fringe benefits impacting all US sites and divisions
• Participate in preparation for future system implementations and process improvement projects
• Ensure a strong control environment and compliance with reporting standards and regulations
• Support tie out of annual proxy filing with SEC
• Manage ad hoc queries from internal customers, including senior management
• Identify and implement process improvements to gain efficiencies in the financial close process
• Foster an inclusive workplace that that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational and personal objectives

 

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting

• Minimum of 4 years of accounting or audit experience
• High level of personal and professional ethics and integrity

• Strong business acumen, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills 
• Strong interpersonal skills which provide the ability to establish and grow working relationships with individuals throughout the organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A continuous improvement, proactive and strategic thinking mindset
• Strong time management skills, including the ability to effectively manage competing projects and priorities
• Minimum 3 days per week on-site in the Marlborough office

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• CPA preferred
• SAP, Hyperion Financial Management, Tableau and/or Alteryx experience a plus
• Prior experience in a public accounting firm preferred
• Experience presenting to senior level leadership