Principal Accountant, Corporate Consolidations

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:

The Principal Accountant, Corporate Consolidations plays a key role in supporting the corporate financial statement close by preparing the income statement and managing key close reviews. Reporting to the Manager of Corporate Accounting and Consolidations, the Principal Accountant will work with all corporate groups and global finance teams to deliver timely and accurate financial results as the company continues to grow both organically and through acquisition. This role will be involved projects that impact global teams and will be responsible for managing the 401k audit.

A successful candidate is a self-motivated finance professional with strong core and technical accounting skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a keen focus on internal controls to drive positive results across a global organization. This individual should demonstrate excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional and international teams. The ideal candidate has proven the ability to manage concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment and is eager to contribute to the broader success of both the team and the company.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Perform the monthly worldwide consolidation of the company's 150+ legal entities within the Hyperion reporting system; including preparation of key financial statements, and footnote disclosures.

• Represent Corporate Accounting as a subject matter expert in certain core accounting areas including Transfer Price Variance (TPV), non-controlling interest, and accounting for our highly inflationary economies.

• Perform technical accounting research and documentation of conclusions/decisions for management and auditors.

• End-to-end process ownership for the annual benefit plan audit including partnering with HR, SEC Reporting, external auditors (EY), and our 3rd party vendor, Vanguard, to ensure a smooth benefit plan audit process, and preparation of timely and accurate financial statements filed with the SEC.

• Liaise with the Global Business Services Group and divisional teams to ensure timely reporting for Boston Scientific Corporation, our largest legal entity.

• Lead meetings with EY to ensure timely delivery of audit requests

• Partner with the various groups within Corporate Tax on compensating adjustments and quarterly close processes.

• Manage ad hoc queries from internal customers, including Senior Management

• Ensure a strong control environment and compliance with reporting standards and regulations

• Identify and implement process improvements to gain efficiencies in the financial close process

• Foster an inclusive workplace that that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational and personal objective.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business

• Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience

• Experience collaborating with global teams 

• Solid understanding of the relationship of internal controls and business processes with financial statements and financial statement risks and assertions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and/or CPA

• SAP, Hyperion Financial Management, Tableau and/or Alteryx experience a plus.

• Prior experience in a public accounting firm preferred; mix of public/private a plus.

• Strong time management skills; ability to effectively manages competing projects and priorities

• Strong business acumen, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills 

• Strong interpersonal skills which provide the ability to establish and build working relationships with individuals throughout the organization

• A continuous improvement, proactive and strategic thinking mindset

• Learns quickly; willing to dive deep into project details 

• Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to work through roadblocks 

Requisition ID: 605806

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!