VP Consolidations Reporting

Medline Industries, LP • Northfield, IL

1d • $234,000 - $351,000

About The Position

The VP of Consolidations & Reporting is a strategic leadership position that will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of our financial reporting, and the sufficiency of our controls environment. This leadership position will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of internal and external reporting, consolidations, and technical accounting matters. They will play a critical role in driving the strategy and design of our consolidations system and reporting framework. This role will be responsible for the global finance and accounting policies and procedures, as well as lead efforts related to M&A transactions - specifically Day-1 accounting efforts. The role will report into the Chief Accounting Officer, and requires a strategic thinker with strong problem solving and analytical mindset, robust communication skills at every level, and ability to operate and lead in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS accounting principles and SEC reporting requirements and a proven track record in financial reporting within a fast-paced US publicly traded company environment. In this role, the VP of Consolidations & Reporting will need to develop and maintain strong partnerships across functions including Tax, Treasury, IR, M&A, Legal, IT, and the GCC in Pune. They will lead a team of skilled professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• CPA or equivalent certification is required; advanced degree (e.g., Master's in Accounting) is a plus.
• At least twelve (12) years of relevant general accounting experience with a minimum of five (5) years in a managerial role.
• A blend of public accounting and industry experience with a public company.
• Experience within a global enterprise that is US publicly traded, and leading SEC reporting, consolidations and technical accounting in this environment.
• Expertise in technical accounting matters under U.S. GAAP, IFRS, and SEC requirements, along with the experience communicating effectively at multiple levels of the organization on a global basis.
• Decisive and experienced leader with strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to develop and communicate a vision, lead change, and motivate associates to realize both their own and their team’s full potential while achieving the company’s overall objectives.
• Requires a self-starter in a very dynamic environment with the ability to look for opportunities to continuously improve current processes and also provide leadership to a global team.
• Strong process management and analytical skills.
• Confident, engaging team player with strong interpersonal skills who can work across multiple functions to achieve goals.
• Collaborative consensus builder who works well with others.
• Analytical, detail oriented, highly organized and self-motivated.
• Skill and ability to take ownership and independently handle such responsibilities in a reliable, timely and efficient manner.
• Strong supervisory skills including the ability to delegate, and guide/coach as needed.
• Solid planning, organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and assimilate new information quickly.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a similar role in a complex, global, US publicly traded company with $1B+ in revenues.
• External audit experience, specifically auditing complex, global US publicly traded companies.
• Experience with consolidation, reporting and ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workiva).

Responsibilities

• Lead the Consolidations, External Reporting and Technical Accounting teams both in the US and dotted line within the Pune GCC, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and high performance.
• Develop and mentor team members, providing opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Ensure team structure aligns to business needs.
• Establish clear and achievable goals for the team and individual team members and hold each person accountable to these goals by providing thoughtful and regular feedback, identifying areas or opportunities and highlighting successes.
• Collaborate on and lead key initiatives and process improvement opportunities cross-functionally both within the controllership and beyond to drive standardization and process enhancements across the organization.
• Ensure team operates with effective internal controls globally
• Serve as a key contact for external auditors in facilitating completion of the Company’s quarterly reviews and annual audits.
• Lead strategic, tactical and operational planning (24 + months) for the function, including direct budgetary responsibility for department and major projects or programs
• Responsible for global consolidations strategy and resulting consolidated internal financial statements - overseeing the preparation and performing reviews to ensure reasonableness, completeness and accuracy.
• Responsible for the overall strategy of Oracle EPM and processes to facilitate timely, transparent and accurate closing of monthly financial statements.
• Identify and lead process improvement efforts to enhance the use and capabilities of this tool, working cross-functionally with FP&A to ensure alignment across US GAAP and management reporting needs.
• Owner of finance master data including Global Chart of Accounts and cost center structure within Oracle EPM.
• Lead process improvement efforts around streamlining the finance master data to enhance transparency in reporting, simplify the reporting process, and enhance controls.
• Responsible for timely preparation and filing of all SEC external reports and filing, including the high-quality compilation of financial statements and related disclosures and ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Support quarter and year-end reporting related to earnings calls, including generation of key reports and ownership of financial aspects of presentation.
• Present quarterly and year-end disclosures and key updates to the Executive Leadership Team and the Audit Committee periodically.
• Participate in and support the planning and forecasting activities led by the VP, Corporate FP&A.
• Lead company’s technical accounting research team to ensure that key positions under U.S. GAAP are documented, tracked and reported appropriately.
• Provide regular reporting to senior management team and to the Audit Committee as needed.
• Owner of Medline accounting policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with US GAAP, IFRS and SEC standards and leading the review and implementation of new standards.
• Drive communication and change management efforts where standards are enhanced or new – leading trainings and education efforts across the company.
• Lead M&A accounting efforts including opening balance sheet efforts and finance integration specific to consolidations and accounting policy alignment.
• Key participant in finance due diligence efforts.
• Lead finance review of key acquisitions, revenue and other contracts to ensure appropriate financial and business terms.
• Participate or lead other reporting initiatives across the company, including SEC filings other than 10Q and 10K (e.g., S1 filings related to secondary offerings) and ESG reporting initiatives, and partnering with securities counsel on Proxy filings.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.
• We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career.
• We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees