Director, Accounting

Cardinal Health•Dublin, OH

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

What Accounting contributes to Cardinal Health Accounting establishes and maintains accounting policies and controls, completes technical research, safeguards the organization's assets and ensures accuracy of accounting and financial records in accordance with accounting standards. This Director of Accounting is a key leader in the organization, specifically responsible for the GMPD Segment Inventory COE (for the US domestic and international accounting functions). Location - Ideally targeting individuals based local to Central Ohio, willing and able to come in-office on a hybrid basis (generally 3 days a week at our corporate HQ in Dublin, OH, 2 days a week work from home)

Requirements

Ideally targeting individuals with a public accounting background (Big 4 or large firm) and industry experience at a publicly traded organization, preferred
8+ years of people leadership experience, and an overall proficiency in identifying technical accounting issues, highly preferred
CPA preferred
Experience in writing technical accounting memos
Experience in assessing wide variety of business transactions for appropriate treatment under US GAAP, including Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) ASC-606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers and ASC ASC 805 – Business Combinations
Experience in assessing risk and designing controls in accordance with standards issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Experience in assessing financial statement risk arising from the interrelationships of automated and semi-automated back office computer systems
Experience in drafting, interpreting, and applying accounting policies

Responsibilities

Oversight of inventory reconciliations and finished goods inventory reserves (including analysis of lower of cost or net realizable value and recalls/quality issues)
Oversight of accounting activities for inventory capitalized variances, inventory purchase and cost change variances, annual standard cost and transfer price updates, intercompany profit in inventory calculations and eliminations, manufacturing accounting support, and SOX controls that address risks associated with purchase price variances, freight & warehouse, and manufacturing
Research technical accounting guidance and compare and contrast alternative accounting conclusions
Navigate, present to, and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including communication of technical accounting matters to non-finance professionals
Organize, lead and motivate a team of accounting professionals
Apply concepts of risk and materiality in making complex judgments related to accounting estimates and accounting reserves.
Build relationships both within and outside of his or her reporting chain in furtherance of the organization’s objectives
Support key business initiatives, including, but not limited to, M&A, tax projects, audits, system implementations.
Manage key BPO relationships
Lead process improvements
Identify, implement, and maintain key internal controls and work with internal and external auditors