Accounting Supervisor

Ideal candidate will be based in Dublin, OH with the ability to work a hybrid schedule, coming into the office at least once a week!

This role is ideal for someone willing to dig into the details and is naturally curious to research transaction level data from production to warehouse to customer sale. This Medical Inventory COE supervisor is responsible for inventory valuation and reconciliation for a variety of domestic and global Medical Segment businesses. This includes preparing or reviewing a wide range of inventory reconciliations and inventory reserves, and performing special projects and financial analysis to support the business needs as requested. In fulfilling these functions, this role has the opportunity to work with local finance and inventory business partners in the US, EMEA, APAC and LATAM regions.

What Accounting Contributes to Cardinal Health

Accounting establishes and maintains accounting policies and controls, completes technical research, safeguards the organization's assets and ensures accuracy of accounting and financial records in accordance with accounting standards.

Responsibilities

• Possesses the relevant experiences and capabilities to identify, research, evaluate, conclude on, and document both technical GAAP matters and operational accounting issues.
• Is able to strategically and effectively identify improvement opportunities.  Identifies the appropriate tools, approach, and cross-functional involvement to execute on opportunities that are identified.  While doing so, remains flexible and adaptable, partners cross functionally, employs the appropriate level of professional skepticism, and effectively manages projects and related workstreams.
• Is able to communicate effectively and efficiently to all levels within the organization.  Adapts approach to the situation and audience.  Possesses learning agility and strong presentation skills.  Is adept at navigating the organization to identify the appropriate audience for communications.
• Establishes processes and mechanisms to review and monitor quality of outsourced staff work product.  Effectively partners with outsourced staff to take necessary course correcting actions and leverages both the retained and outsourced organizational structure to take action in accordance with established governance protocols.  Is sensitive to the perspective and organizational culture of both Cardinal Health and the outsourced service provider.
• Is adept at identifying and responding to internal control and financial statement risk.  Effectively responds to and mitigates risk and concludes on the effectiveness of related mitigation efforts.
• Has a level of understanding of digital tools to identify use cases and to support the design, development, and implementation of related solutions.  Supports cross-functional initiatives to implement digital tools through partnership and collaboration with internal and external project participants and other stakeholders.

• Holds self and others accountable for goals and results while bringing passion, determination and grit to deliver on results.  Owns the result rather than only the process to get to the result, exhibits big picture thinking, prioritizes appropriately, and collaborates well with others.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 3+ years of accounting experience preferred
• CPA preferred
• SAP experience preferred
• Advanced data analytics skills
• Prior supervisory experience

 What is expected of you and others at this level?

• Assists in the management of the monthly financial close process, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and performing timely review of results for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP.
• Responsible for inventory valuation for a variety of domestic and global Medical Segment businesses, including preparing or reviewing a wide range of inventory reconciliations and standard or non-standard inventory reserve calculations.
• Oversees work conducted by outsourced staff and maintains the integrity of accounting records by ensuring outsourced staff comply with accounting policies and procedures.
• Performs regular review of accounting processes and procedures to identify areas for improvement to ensure accurate, timely and efficient processing under an appropriate control environment.
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.
• Performs special projects and financial analysis to support the business needs as requested.
• Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of operations or business staff