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Senior Accountant, AR & Revenue Recognition

Req #: JR - 127078 Location: Heredia, Provincia de Heredia, Costa Rica Job Category: Finance Date posted: 04/01/2024

Overview

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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  • Paid Time Off

  • 2 Days a Year to Volunteer

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What makes a successful Finance team member at Baxter? Take a look at some of the top traits we’re looking for and see if you’re a fit.

  • Adaptable
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  • Detail-oriented
  • Easygoing
  • Results-driven
  • Team player

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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

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Hear from Our Employees

Our company is enriched by a diverse population of individuals in more than 100 countries that work to solve, innovate, manufacture and drive better healthcare options for patients around the world.

Meet Monica Weber, Senior Analyst, Finance, Singapore

“Though Finance is often referred to as a support function, I find finance to be a critical aspect of Baxter operations. The finance community is one of the most connected across the globe and, from my experience, highly regarded among business partners. Every project I support or initiative I'm involved in I try to look at the total Baxter picture and understand how it relates to the business and patients. Having that level of insight behind my work drives motivation.”

Meet Serge Vandermotten, COE Controller, Benelux

“My job has always fascinated me at Baxter. After 33 years of service, this is where I want to continue my career. I have stayed because it is a large company grounded in sound ethics and provides countless opportunities for development and innovation. It is a company that lives, progresses, and constantly develops with time. I have great pleasure in forming professional relationships with my colleagues as we learn from each other’s experiences.”

Meet Joselyn Alvarez, Senior Analyst, Costa Rica

“It is impossible to be a part of Baxter and not learn and grow. I've had the opportunity to learn valuable skills from coworkers and enjoy the relationships we have built as professionals. As a global company, Baxter always looks towards automation and improvement. I know that my work helps us be more efficient and precise in ensuring that our products are consistently available to patients.”

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