Accounting Supervisor

This Accounting Supervisor will support the pharmaceutical distribution (PD) business by helping drive the successful adoption and ongoing support of a global ERP transformation.

Ideal candidate will be based in the greater Columbus area with the ability to work a hybrid schedule, coming into the Dublin, OH office one day a week. Also open to remote candidates in Eastern and Central time zones.

What General Accounting contributes to Cardinal Health

General Accounting is responsible for maintaining the financial books and records and preparing financial statements in accordance with accounting standards.

Responsibilities

•  Lead post-go-live accounting support and issue resolution by identifying, investigating, and resolving accounting and system-related issues during the Hypercare period.

• Coordinate close process reviews and validation activities to ensure transactions, postings, and financial results are processing accurately across key accounting areas, including intercompany.

• Develop and execute transaction-level and reporting-based monitoring controls to detect errors, identify exceptions, and support timely remediation.

• Partner with Accounting, IT, and Project teams to track, escalate, and drive resolution of outstanding ERP and process-related issues through completion.

• Establish sustainable long-term controls and detective reporting measures to mitigate risk, improve data integrity, and support ongoing operational effectiveness.

• Support accounting operations and special projects by partnering with various PD Accounting teams on financial analyses, account reconciliations, issue resolution, and process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.

• Build deep knowledge of accounting processes, transaction flows, and ERP functionality to independently assess accounting impacts and develop complex future-state journal entries.

• Take ownership of assigned deliverables from start to finish, including information gathering, analysis, issue resolution, documentation, and workpaper preparation.

• Proactively manage priorities and communicate status updates, ensuring deadlines are met, risks are identified early, and stakeholders remain informed of progress.

• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and execution discipline by accurately following instructions, seeking clarification when needed, and minimizing rework through thorough understanding of requirements.

• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements

• Other PD Accounting close duties as needed 

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred

• 3+ years corporate and/or public accounting experience in related field, preferred

• Prior supervisory experience

• CPA preferred

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of operations, or business support staff

• Administers and executes policies and procedures

• Ensures employees operate within guidelines

• Decisions have a direct impact on work unit operations and customers

• Frequently interacts with subordinates, customers and peer groups at various management levels

• Interactions normally involve information exchange and basic problem resolution

Anticipated salary range: $80,900-$115,500

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs