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Sr Analyst, Accounting

Req # JR - 144475 Location Heredia, Provincia de Heredia, Costa Rica Job Category Finance Date posted 08/27/2024
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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.

  • Support for Parents

  • Continuing Education/ Professional Development

  • Employee Heath & Well-Being Benefits

  • Paid Time Off

  • 2 Days a Year to Volunteer

Success Profile

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

Sr Analyst, Accounting

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This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

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Your role at Baxter

You will work with the execution of recording of manual journal entries, preparing and approving of account reconciliations, and completing month-end close actives (UCAN and LATAM) entities. Prepare some additional repots loves balance sheet and PL to share with COE team. 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 for these areas. You will also support various ad-hoc projects, as needed.

Your Team

At Baxter Healthcare Corporation, we are proud of the outstanding products and therapies that touch the lives of millions of people worldwide every day. We are passionate about driving ground-breaking innovations that bring more personalized care to all individuals. With our 87 years of experience, we have successfully competed at the critical intersection of life-saving ideas and healthcare providers. Now, we are more ambitious than ever to transform global healthcare for years to come!

What you'll be doing

  • Ensure all ad-hoc accounting and month-end accounting close tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and timely.

  • Perform and support journal entry completion, posting, and preparation for pre-and-post month end close tasks, including balance sheet variance analysis, among others.

  • Successfully engage with manager and business partners key issues that arise and be able to discuss through end-to-end accounting process flows (T-accounts)

  • Proactively work with manager to discuss team and task priorities; address questions and address to manager if sophisticated or unclear.

  • Work closely with partners and Local Country Finance Leaders to understand, explain, and document key variance drivers related to Payroll and Accrued Liabilities and other such areas.

  • Drive standardization and operational improvement/process efficiencies in accounting areas.

  • Provide effective internal accounting controls, which include the correct application of procedures and adherence to Global policies, completion of accounting reconciliations, and compliance with US GAAP and S-Ox policies.

  • Maintain accurate monthly task list of self and work according to the task list; own accounting conclusions and proper US GAAP accounting for all owned tasks, and own efficiency of direct report performance

  • Ensure creation and maintenance of process documentation (i.e., job aids, SOPs, etc) to ensure the documentation is detailed and understandable.

  • Deliver all due requirements.

  • Propose, develop, participate and lead projects related to operational improvements.

What you'll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field

  • 5+ years experience in ledger based accounting

  • English knowledge (B2+), both written and verbal

  • Continuous learner with a positive approach to learning

  • Work experience in general accounting processes and implementation projects (all stages)

  • Proven track record to prioritize work & problem tackle with strong analytical skills required

  • Strong ERP knowledge (JDE, SAP, Oracle), JDE highly preferred

  • MS Excel skills (pivot, VLOOKUP, index match and shortcut key use)

  • Use of reporting tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, etc.) highly preferred

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us at Baxter Healthcare Corporation and be part of an elite team that is driven by innovation, teamwork, and the desire to make a difference in global healthcare.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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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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