Accounting Director

McKesson • Alpharetta, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. Current Need: The Director of Accounting (individual-contributor role) is responsible for overseeing the accounting operations of a Business Unit within the Oncology & Multispecialty (O&M) segment. This includes ensuring accurate financial reporting, reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, validating intercompany transactions and related agreements, performing financial statement analysis, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, and the integrity of internal controls. This role provides strategic leadership to the accounting team and partners cross-functionally to support business objectives.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Ability to communicate with influence both verbal and written
• Ability to collaborate cross functionally within a matrix organization
• Strong understanding and implementation of US GAAP
• Knowledge of all aspects of the COSO framework and comfort leading system/process change
• ERP (SAP) proficiency
• Close automation tools (e.g., BlackLine)
• BI/Reporting (e.g., Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Period Close & Financial Reporting: Lead monthly/quarterly/annual close for O&M, including GL completeness, accruals, reconciliations, IC eliminations and flux analysis.
• Internal Controls, SOX & Risk Management: Serve as key point of contact for the EFC team, leading discussions around the design of controls, identification of gaps, remediation plans and maintaining a quality and effective SOX control environment (RCMs, walkthroughs, testing support) by driving preventive/automated controls per COSO framework. Working to ensure audit‑ready processes.
• Intercompany Accounting and Agreements: Own interpretation and application of intercompany agreements (pricing, allocations, shared services). Ensure transactions are recorded completely and accurately; maintain documentation, settlement processes, and dispute resolution. Partner with Corporate/Tax on transfer pricing compliance.
• Acquisitions and Integration Support: Support accounting readiness and control integration for new O&M practices; assess gaps, implement scalable onboarding, and harmonize to McKesson standard
• Business Partnering & Decision Support: Collaborate with FP&A, Operations, Pricing, Tax, and Controllership to translate business drivers into financial impact; provide accounting assessments for initiatives (new programs, contracts, integration). Serve as trusted advisor to leadership on accounting risk, compliance, and process improvement
• External Audit Coordination: Coordinate planning, PBC lists, sample selections, and issue resolution with external auditors; represent the BU in status reviews and ensure a smooth audit cycle with minimal disruptions to operations.
• Systems, Data, and Process Excellence: Champion system/process improvements (e.g., SAP, S4Hana, BlackLine, etc.) that enhance accuracy, speed, and standardization. Implement exception‑based controls, data lineage checks, and automation; track ROI via effort saved and error reduction

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees