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This is where your insights influence change. As a member of the Baxter Finance team, you have the critical thinking and analytical mindset that allows you to translate data into meaningful, actionable insights that help teams learn and adapt along the way. We guide our internal partners to understand financial opportunities or realities that move Baxter forward and closer to our mission to save and sustain lives. While you often work independently with your cross-functional team, you always have the greater finance organization to lean on for support and career mentoring.
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Senior Accountant, AR & Revenue Recognition
Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy
Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.
At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.
*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.
About Baxter:
Our products and therapies touch the lives of millions of people around the world every day, which is why we are passionate about ground-breaking innovations that bring more personalized care to all of us. For 87 years and counting, we have been at the critical intersection where the ideas that save and sustain lives meet the providers who make it all happen. And now, we are determined to realize our boldest opportunities to transform global healthcare for years to come.
Responsible for the recording of manual journal entries, preparing and approving account reconciliations, and completing month-end close accounting primarily related to Revenue Recognition processes for the America’s region (UCAN and LATAM). In addition, this role will provide accounting reports and information to business partners, will provide information for internal and external audit support, and will aid in statutory accounting. This position will also support various ad-hoc accounting assistance and related projects, as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Perform month end close activities, including creation and posting of manual and recurring journal entries, account reconciliations and other ad-hoc support required during month-end close.
Work closely with accounting team, partners, and Local Country Business Leaders to accurately account for Revenue and AR transactions in accordance US GAAP.
Drive standardization and process improvement/process efficiencies in AR and Revenue. accounting areas, including tracking of tasks and responsibilities, maintaining job aids and other documentation to ensure process execution is adequately detailed and maintained.
Ensure accounts are accurately reconciled, including appropriate documentation to support balance and to quickly address balancing differences.
Compliance of S-Ox controls.
Maintain accurate monthly task list and complete according to the task list; own accounting conclusions and proper US GAAP accounting for all owned tasks.
Timely address all audit requests.
Propose, develop, and implement process efficiency improvements.
Proactively work with supervisor/managers to ensure proper prioritization and completion of all tasks.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree Accounting and/or Finance (with accounting experience) or similar background.
3-5 years experience in an accounting or finance-based EPR/ledger-using role
English knowledge (B2+)
Continuous learner with a positive approach to learning
Attention to detail and ability to understand end-to-end transactional/process flows
Work experience with general accounting processes and implementation projects (all stages)
Proven record to prioritize work, with strong analytical skills required
Self-starter, proactive learning will to be a standout colleague and have excellent interpersonal skills
Strong ERP knowledge (JDE, SAP, Oracle), JDE highly preferred
Sophisticated MS Excel skills (pivot, vlookup, index match and short cut key use)
Use of reporting tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, etc.) is a strong plus
Equal Employment Opportunity
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