Senior Accountant

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

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Fortive

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2016

🏢 Enterprise

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2020-03

Enterprise • Healthcare Insurance

Fortive is a global industrial technology company that specializes in delivering advanced healthcare solutions, intelligent operating solutions, and precision technologies. With a team of 18,000 employees, Fortive works on solving tough technical challenges, empowering safer, smarter, and more efficient industrial operations. The company emphasizes sustainability, integrity, and continuous improvement, striving for a future that's stronger, safer, and smarter. Fortive has been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies, demonstrating its commitment to positive social and environmental impact.

📋 Description

• Perform monthly consolidation of subledger activity. • Assist in month-end closing and ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met. • Compile and analyze financial information to prepare necessary journal entries for properly stated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and company policy. • Work with cost center owners to ensure accurate results and understand and address forecast variances. • Communicate and summarize results through written and oral communications as needed. • Ensure SOX compliance for assigned areas. • Assist in the preparation of reporting packages, as required, to comply with HQ financial reporting requirements and statutory regulations. • Prepare account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with company policy. • Review, investigate, and resolve accounting errors, discrepancies, and reconciling items. • Make recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures. • Assist with audit requests from EY, our external audit firm. • Identify opportunities for improving the company’s accounting processes. • Use available tools to improve the quality, delivery time, and consistency of team processes. • Perform special projects, ad-hoc reports, and analysis as required.

🎯 Requirements

• BS, BA, or MS Degree in Finance or Accounting is required • CPA is preferred • Enterprise ERP and financial reporting systems experience (HFM, Oracle) preferred • Five or more years of experience in a large international business is preferred • Proficient in Microsoft Office products (especially Excel) • Working knowledge of GAAP and SOX • Must be hands-on and detail oriented • Candidate must be able to work well in a cross-functional, matrixed organization • Must have strong interpersonal and communications skills • Capable of operating in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work schedule • Limited travel (optional) • Extended hours during month-end close as needed.