Manager, Shared Services General Accounting and Close Process

Aspire to set new standards for excellence.

Advancing Wellness^TM through the right people and the right products. That is the vision of Hospira. One that more than 15,000 employees worldwide contribute to each day by discovering, developing, manufacturing and marketing high-quality hospital products and technology solutions.

We are a market leader dedicated to long-term performance and growth that stems from a commitment to our customers, our employees, our shareholders and our communities. We will achieve our vision and deliver on our commitment through our values of integrity, ownership, speed and entrepreneurial spirit.

Manager, Shared Services General Accounting and Close Process
In this role you will be the Monthly General Ledger Close and Accounting Reconciliation Shared Service Organizational Leader. You will be responsible for legal entity reporting to Hospira's consolidation tool and oversight of general accounting. Additionally, you will coordinate with other functional finance teams such as Tax and Treasury, as well as provide and evolve shared services to Business Support Finance teams.

Additional responsibilities and tasks include:

• Completion of Monthly Closing Checklist
• General Ledger Maintenance and Account Reconciliations
• Subsidiary Ledger to General Ledger Reconciliations
• Completion of Control Log / Reconciliation Log
• Confirm / Verify Reconciliation of Reporting Feeds - Including Ledger Mappings
• Intercompany Reconciliation Process
• SAP / HFM to Tax Stream
• Debt and Cash Reconciliation with Treasury Team
• Legal Entity Reviews - Overall Review of Legal Entity Results - Macro Level - Immediate review of results an resolution of issues that may surface - Surfacing of issues for prioritization and resolution - Hospira Policy and Procedures, HFM - Support from Commercial, Industrial, Depot and Product Development / Engineering - Maintain Issues, Control Deficiencies and Gap Log - Issue Quarterly Management Representation Letter - Complete Quarterly Policy Checklist
• Support all Corporate Functions & Corporate Officers with monthly reporting and annual budgeting
• Ensure Accurate Planning and Reporting of Corporate expenses
• Assist with monthly LBE's
• Other ad hoc inquiries as requested

To be successful in this position, you must possess:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting required
• CPA Required
• MBA Preferred
• 10+ years experience
• Familiarity with managing outsourcing/off-shoring relationships
• Assist with identifying and planning process improvements
• Experience with continuous improvement, lean accounting and Six Sigma process improvement methodologies
• Greenbelt certification preferred
• Agent for change - willing to challenge the status quo and drive continuous process improvements
• Willingness to assertively challenge those not willing to drive change in the organization
• Work to aggressively pursue process improvement opportunities
• Highly structured individual
• Able to interact with and understand the business
• Continuous improvement, lean accounting, Six Sigma and process improvement skills sets and experiences are required.

Hospira fosters a culture of respect, we value integrity above all, and we empower employees to take ownership of their ideas and be accountable for actions. We also reward performance with diverse avenues for growth, superior education and training, and the types of benefits you'd expect from an industry leader.

Aspire to lead with Hospira.

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Req #: 5903BR

As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, Hospira embraces diversity of thought and cultural perspective and fosters an environment of empowerment, fairness and respect.