The Senior Accountant, Accounting to Reporting is responsible for providing timely and accurate recording of transaction in the general ledger
in compliance with customer requirements as stipulated in the Service Level Agreement (SLA), global accounting policy with limited
supervision of the Supervisor/Manager. This includes balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, allocations, intercompany balance
confirmation, fixed assets transactional processing, reporting, and conducting month end close procedures.
Responsibilities:
• Resource who is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and delivering accurate financial reports
• Partner with the GL team to ensure accurate cutoff, journal entries, and accrual postings.
• Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and models for analysis and stakeholder reporting. Build and maintain reports,
dashboards, and models for analysis and stakeholder reporting.
• Extract and validate financial data from sources, Prepare reconciliations, and documentation required by internal/external
auditors.
• Variance Analysis- Compare month over month actuals providing insights and explain deviations on a division level.
• Dashboards & KPIs - Maintain or assist in reporting dashboards for business stakeholders
• Process Improvement - Recommend enhancements to reporting accuracy, and improvement of templates
• Accounting Standards - IFRS, US GAAP, or local GAAP depending on your organization.
• Month-End Close Processes -Deep dive into journal entries, accruals, reconciliations.
• SAP / Blackline / ERP Systems - Advanced functional knowledge (e.g., SAP FI, Blackline).
• Internal Controls & SOX - Risk assessment, control frameworks, and audit readiness.
• Financial Reporting - Preparation and review of P&L, balance sheet.
• Data Analysis & Excel Mastery - Power Query, pivot tables, VBA, macros.
• Technical Accounting Updates - Staying current with changes in IFRS/GAAP via webinars or courses
Fresenius Medical Care Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Chicago, United States
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