Remote Accountant - Team Lead

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Executes consolidation, analysis and reporting for regular (monthly, quarterly, and annual) financial statements and keeps abreast of changes in internal guidelines and external accounting standards.

Accountant- Team Lead

US – Remote 

Role Overview

As Accountant Team Lead specializing in General Accounting at Varian, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the financial health of our organization. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) while managing a variety of accounting functions that drive our business forward. This role ensures accurate and timely accounting operations, including account reconciliations, journal entries, and support for internal and external audits.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Month-End Close: Lead the month-end close process for assigned entities, including review of journal entries, accruals, and adjustments prepared by two staff accounts, as well as preparation of journal entries, accruals, and adjustments.
• Ensuring Accuracy and Compliance: Oversee the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger, ensuring transactions are properly recorded and reconciled. Ensure accounting activities are compliant with IFRS, including preparing, reviewing, and maintaining financial records.
• Precision Review: Perform regular and ad-hoc account reconciliations, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner. Review account reconciliations of two staff accountants.
• Process Documentation: Create and maintain process documentation for tasks.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, providing financial insights and support to drive business decisions.
• Special Projects: Participate in special projects and initiatives as needed, contributing your expertise to diverse and dynamic challenges.
• Championing Innovation: Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the accounting function, implementing best practices and innovative solutions.

Core Requirements

• Expertise: A minimum of 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a strong focus in general accounting.
• Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong knowledge of accounting principles in IFRS or US GAAP.
• Language Mastery: Fluent in English, both written and oral.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Software Proficiency: Experience in applications such as Microsoft Office, including intermediate Excel skills. SAP experience preferred.
• Analytical Mindset: Possess an analytical and problem-solving mentality, with a natural curiosity about business issues, drivers, and solutions.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, managing multiple priorities with ease.

What We Offer

• Promising Career Path: Excellent career growth opportunities and competitive benefits.
• Remote Work Support: Providing IT infrastructure for remote working conditions.
• Innovative Environment: Work in a dynamic setting that welcomes new ideas, simplification, and automation.
• Global Team: Be a part of an international team in a continuously growing company.
• Inclusive Culture: Join an open, inclusive culture that encourages diversity, supports learning, and fosters collaboration.

Growth Opportunities: Numerous professional and personal growth opportunities

#LI-REMOTE

Who we are: We are a team of more than 73,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

The base pay range for this position is

Min $89,000 - Max $133,500

Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Siemens Healthineers offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.  

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