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Lead the Global Close, Cost & Balance Sheet Accounting, and Revenue Recognition/Gross to Net teams both in the US, dotted line oversight of the EU global close teams, and within the Pune GCC, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and high performance. 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.

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Job SummaryThe VP of Accounting Operations & Close is a strategic leadership position that is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the global close and accounting processes. This leader will ensure the integrity and accuracy of our global accounting operations and close processes, compliance with regulatory standards, timely submission of results and balances for each close period and the sufficiency of our controls environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS accounting principles including revenue recognition and cost accounting standards, strong process improvement mindset, and a proven track record in financial reporting within a fast-paced US publicly traded company environment. 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. In this role, the VP of Accounting Operations & Close will need to develop and maintain strong partnerships across functions including FP&A, Commercial, Operations, Consolidations & Reporting, IT, and the GCC in Pune. They will lead a team of skilled professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.Job DescriptionMAJOR RESPONSIBILITIESLeadership & Management:<ul><li>Lead the Global Close, Cost & Balance Sheet Accounting, and Revenue Recognition/Gross to Net teams both in the US,  dotted line oversight of the EU global close teams, and within the Pune GCC, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and high performance. </li><li>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. </li><li>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.</li><li>Ensure team operates with effective internal controls globally.</li><li>Serve as a key contact for external auditors in facilitating completion of the Company’s quarterly reviews and annual audits.</li><li>Lead strategic, tactical and operational planning (24 + months) for the function, including direct budgetary responsibility for department and major projects or programs</li></ul>Global Close & Accounting:<ul><li>Responsible for global close process and strategy, including the establishment and alignment of a global close calendar and close best practices.  Work across global teams and cross-functionally to establish clear expectations and work to reduce time to close while enhancing quality and compliance.<ul><li>Pro-actively identify and lead efforts to simplify and automate close and accounting processes to enhance efficiency and reduce errors. </li><li>Oversee the accounting close process and controls across the balance sheet and P&L, including the gathering of relevant inputs from stakeholders, recording of financial transactions in the general ledger, reconciling of account balances in accordance with Medline standards, and ensuring records follow US GAAP standards.  This includes the accounting for all accruals and liabilities other than AP, long lived assets, inventory, other assets, revenue and contract balances, key reserves related to contracts with customers, equity accounts, etc.</li><li>Perform regular balance sheet and income statement reviews to ensure compliance with US GAAP and Medline Standards, review aged items, identify potential errors, and to understand trends and variances by entity. </li><li>Oversee the Oracle submission process, ensuring completeness and accuracy of the ledgers within the consolidation system as well as the supplementary information. </li><li>Oversee the accounting for all revenue transactions and reserves, including contract review and gross to net accounting processes and controls.</li></ul></li><li>Oversee the cost and balance sheet accounting areas, including inventory, PPE and leases.</li><li>Participate in and support the planning and forecasting activities led by the VP, Corporate FP&A.</li></ul>Compliance & Controls:<ul><li>Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards, regulations, and internal policies.</li><li>Work with GIC team to ensure compliance across accounting processes and financial records.  Pro-actively lead remediation efforts to address timely identified gaps in control design or execution.</li><li>Identify opportunities to streamline processes and controls to ensure sustainability and reduce risk of failure.</li><li>Identify and lead training opportunities and team meetings for the accounting and close team to ensure consistent awareness of understanding of accounting, controls and policy changes and expectations.</li></ul>MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS: Education:<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.</li><li>CPA or equivalent certification is required; advanced degree (e.g., Master's in Accounting) is a plus.</li></ul>Work Experience:<ul><li>At least twelve (12) years of relevant general accounting experience with a minimum of five (5) years in a managerial role.</li><li>A blend of public accounting and industry experience with a public company.</li><li>Experience in accounting for International operations, SEC reporting, and SOX compliance expertise.</li><li>Broad understanding of 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.</li></ul> Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:<ul><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>Strong process management and analytical skills.</li><li>Confident, engaging team player with strong interpersonal skills who can work across multiple functions to achieve goals.</li><li>Collaborative consensus builder who works well with others.</li><li>Analytical, detail oriented, highly organized and self-motivated.</li><li>Skill and ability to take ownership and independently handle such responsibilities in a reliable, timely and efficient manner.</li><li>Strong supervisory skills including the ability to delegate, and guide/coach as needed.</li><li>Solid planning, organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and assimilate new information quickly.</li></ul> PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS: Work Experience & Skills:<ul><li>Experience in a similar role in a complex, global, US publicly traded company with $1B+ in revenues.</li><li>External audit experience, specifically auditing complex, global US publicly traded companies.</li><li>Experience with consolidation and ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP).</li></ul>Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.The anticipated salary range for this position:$234,000.00 - $351,000.00 AnnualThe actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.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 a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click <a href="https://digital.alight.com/medline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. 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. Explore our Belonging page <a href="https://www.medline.com/about-us/belonging/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Medline Industries

VP Accounting Operations & Close

Accounting

Accounting Close

Accounting Policies

Accounting Standards and Regulations

Accounts Payable

Alliance/Partner Management

Analysis Skills

Auditing

Balance Sheet

Best Practices

Budgeting

Coaching

Communication Skills

Continuous Improvement

Contract Review

Cost Accounting

Cross-Functional

Detail Oriented

Diversity

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

External Audit

Finance

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Financial Reporting

Financial Transactions

Forecasting

GNU C Compiler

General Ledger Accounting

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Income Statements

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

International Operations

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Maintain Compliance

Mentoring

Multitasking

Operations Planning

Operations Processes

Oracle

Organizational Skills

People Management

Performance Management

Problem Solving Skills

Process Development

Process Improvement

Process Management

Profit & Loss

Project/Program Management

Public Accounting

Reconciliation

Regulatory Compliance

Revenue Accounting

Revenue Recognition

Risk Management

SEC Filings

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Strategic Planning

Sustainability

Tactical Operations

Team Lead/Manager

Team Player

Time Management

Paid Sick Days

Performance Bonus

Professional Development

401K

Stock Options

Employee Events

Retirement / Pension Plans

Tuition Reimbursement

Work From Home

Life Insurance

On Site Cafeteria

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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Chicago, IL, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; Austin, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA.<h3>Minimum qualifications:</h3><ul><li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.</li><li>10 years of experience in quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or consultative account management at a B2B software company.</li><li>Experience engaging and building relationships with a wide range of internal teams and customer stakeholders.</li><li>Experience managing the full sales cycle (e.g., pipeline management, forecasting, reporting).</li><li>Experience selling to enterprise accounts, selling a portfolio of products or solutions at the C-level.</li></ul><h3>Preferred qualifications:</h3><ul><li>Experience qualifying leads and presenting the value proposition of cloud, data, and AI technologies against customers’ business opportunities and challenges, and showcasing current technology trends and Google Cloud differentiators.</li><li>Experience supporting enterprise organizations, expanding existing accounts, securing new customers, and accelerating consumption revenue.</li><li>Experience with agreement structuring, negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements, and supporting multi-year engagements.</li><li>Experience with business and financial acumen.</li><li>Experience leading cross-functional teams and partners in project implementation and negotiation.</li></ul><div><h2>About the job</h2>The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners. As a Key Account Executive (KAE) on the team, you will serve as the executive selling to the most strategic enterprises in Google Cloud. You will leverage existing relationships with CEOs and C-level executives, developing new relationships with business unit leaders to understand their unique company challenges and to influence their perspective of Google solutions. You will be a partner to customers, leveraging consultative value selling methodology to drive long-term revenue growth. You will do this with a deep industry understanding, communicating the business value of Google while driving shareholder value. You will lead the end-to-end sales process, from initiating customer conversations to orchestrating internal and external teams to deliver revenue commitments and increased consumption. You will advocate the innovative power of products and solutions to make organizations more productive, collaborative, and mobile.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.<div></div>Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $147000 - $205000 (USD) + 150% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.</div><div><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Develop and implement sales strategies to surpass revenue targets and build trusted, consultative relationships with customers by leveraging emerging technology trends, market analysis, and knowledge of cloud solutions to showcase how Google Cloud can transform customers' business.</li><li>Manage and track the sales pipeline, from lead to close, ensuring health and accurate forecasting for clear visibility into expected outcomes.</li><li>Manage multi-year contracts and formulate persuasive proposals that illustrate clear return on investment through customer business cases and comprehensive deployment plans.</li><li>Mobilize internal experts (Customer Engineering, Partner, Post-Sales) and external partners at the right time to drive consumption and deliver a seamless customer experience.</li><li>Oversee global account(s) with multiple opportunities across different functions, serving as the primary customer contact for all adoption-related activities.</li></ul></div>Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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