We are the people who give possibilities purpose

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

The Vice President, Assistant Controller – Financial Accounting Operations is a senior Controllership leader responsible for governing BD’s global financial accounting operations under a centralized operating model. This role owns the global consolidated close process and serves as the primary operational owner for consolidated and statutory audit coordination (planning, PBC readiness, issue resolution, and close-out) in partnership with the SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controls/Governance leadership. This role reports to the SVP, Chief Accounting Officer.

The role establishes disciplined engagement and review models across corporate, regional, and business finance teams to enable consistent execution, strong two way communication, and reliable financial outcomes. In addition, the Assistant Controller oversees Accounting Centers of Excellence (ACoEs) for technical accounting domains, ensuring depth of expertise, consistency of interpretation, and scalability across the enterprise.

Global Accounting & Close Operations

• Own and govern the global monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated close process, including ledger close, intercompany accounting, eliminations, foreign currency translation, consolidation activities, and the overall accuracy of the balance sheet

• Oversee Accounting Centers of Excellence for technical accounting domains (e.g., consolidations, revenue recognition, derivatives, leasing, complex GAAP areas)

• Ensure timely, accurate, and complete consolidated financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP and BD accounting policies

• Establish and enforce global close calendars, submission standards, review protocols, and escalation mechanisms and partner with regional and country controllers to manage differences between U.S. GAAP and local GAAP frameworks

• Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across global accounting operations to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability, which includes upstream activities that impact the efficiency of the financial close process.  Establish a prioritized automation and analytics roadmap (e.g., close workflow, reconciliations, consolidation tooling, reporting automation) to recapture capacity for higher-value insights and analysis

• Establish a clear engagement and operating model between Corporate Controllership, regional controllers, GBS, and business finance teams and define structured review processes, analytical expectations, and two‑way communication protocols to ensure transparency and accountability

• Foster a global controllership mindset by improving knowledge sharing, collaboration, and consistency across regional teams that historically have operated with a primarily local orientation

• Use the centralized structure to elevate technical rigor, strengthen judgment, and align regional decision‑making with enterprise‑wide accounting and risk management objectives and provide oversight on complex accounting judgments

GBS / Regional Governance & Performance Management

• Establish a formal governance model over GBS R2R delivery (including Genpact-supported processes) with clear SLAs, KPIs, dashboards, and monthly service-management reviews.

• Define escalation pathways and decision rights for close-critical issues, including ownership for resolution timelines and documentation standards.

• Drive quality improvement across reconciliations, journal entries, intercompany, and close deliverables by implementing root-cause analytics and continuous improvement routines (Kaizen).

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