Job Title – Accountant I

Location - San Diego, CA [Remote OK: must be available during PST work hours]

Duration – 12+ Months Contract

Client: Medical Device Company

Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens Or GC Holders Only)
Work hours: 8am – 5Pm
Hybrid role; remote and onsite. Ideally 1-2 days a week in office (San Diego/West Coast hrs)
Hours: Part-time ~80 hours a month. Must be able to work Close Days 1- 3 (first 3 business days of each new month in-line with our close deadline)
 

Bachelors in Accounting or Finance is required

- ERP : SAP Tahiti
The Accountant I role is responsible for maintaining the financial books and records in accordance with GAAP and the Company’s policies and procedures and will play an important role in the month-end close process. This role will be in charge of recording the intercompany profit elimination journal entries and putting together the related reconciliations and reporting to the consolidations team.

This person will run various reports from our ERP system to quantify how much intercompany markup needs to get eliminated from P&L and BS sheet accounts by running various reports, doing reconciliation, and researching any issues found. At month end, this person will book the necessary entries during the 3 day close period and will provide relevant account reconciliations to provide consolidations team on Day 6. At the beginning of the project, the person will be helping set up the accounting analysis, recon workbooks etc and creating the process flow and testing the reports created by IT team as well.

Job Description

Be part of something bigger!

Client is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. BD and its 75,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help enhance the safety and efficiency of clinicians' care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advance researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues.

About the role:

The Accountant I role is responsible for maintaining the financial books and records in accordance with GAAP and the Company’s policies and procedures and will play an important role in the month-end close process.

Duties and responsibilities:

Review intercompany elimination activities recorded by the system

Prepare month-end intercompany profit elimination journal entries for fixed assets and related accounts

Assist in creating the monthly intercompany elimination analysis process and workbook template

Prepare monthly account reconciliations for accounts related to intercompany profit elimination

Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual reporting requests to the consolidations team for intercompany profit eliminations

Provide variance and fluctuation analysis for intercompany related accounts and work closely with the FP&A team to provide business support

Assist with any internal and external audit requests relating to intercompany profit elimination related matters

Assist with any other ad-hoc requests, projects, and matters related to intercompany profit eliminations

Applies working knowledge of accounting principles and practices, financial close processes, controls, and financial statement preparation to daily work.

Skills and credentials:

Attention to detail as well as big picture view

Strong interpersonal skills and analytical skills

Ability to prioritize and meet timelines under pressure while producing accurate results

Desire to improve upon existing processes and procedures

Self-motivated and be a team player

Qualifications:

Degree in Accounting or Finance

Minimum 2 years relevant work experience

Intercompany transactions, consolidations experience a plus

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills- pivot tables and complex formulas