Associate Accountant General Ledger

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeYou will be working in an international healthcare company and be part of the Record to Report organization. This organization consists of various finance functions and has a growing number of specialists worldwide - including the General Ledger Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team located in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
The team offers diverse services on general ledger accounting, technical support and financial closing and reporting processes for entities in EMEA and often globally aligns on process improvements. In this role, you will participate in our monthly financial close processes, control, prepare, process and review specific journal entries, prepare financial analyses and reports, work on automation initiatives (including creating PowerBi dashboards) and be part of the team improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Execute on the monthly financial close operations and related transactional activities and review and process revenue journals
• Work with several financial systems and provide system support (e.g. SAP, Blackline, Onestream, Hyperion, Redwood, Snowflake)
• Prepare and maintain several PowerBi dashboards and to make sure processes in scope are continuously improved, simplified, standardized, automated, formalized & documented
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and pro-actively follow up on open and/ or aged balances
• Function as a business partner by liaising with both internal and external stakeholders by email, virtual meetings and in person
• Ensure compliance to US GAAP and support on various continuous improvement projects using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology
• Provide support to meet our internal and external audit obligations and remediate any risks or issues

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics
• Team player with hands-on mentality, eager to learn
• Advanced skills in Excel, PowerBi and/or other data spreadsheet programs, tech/Automation savvy
• Committed to accuracy, good communication & interpersonal skills
• Advanced level of English; written and spoken.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here