Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed sale of Vantive to funds managed by the Carlyle Group is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

This position will be responsible for the recording of manual journal entries, preparing and approving account reconciliations, and completing month-end close accounting primarily related to Revenue Recognition processes for the America’s region (UCAN and LATAM). In addition, this role will provide accounting reports and information to business partners, will provide information for internal and external audit support, and will aid in statutory accounting.  This position will also support various ad-hoc accounting assistance and related projects, as needed.

 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Perform month end close activities, including creation and posting of manual and recurring journal entries, account reconciliations and other ad-hoc support required during month-end close.Work closely with accounting team, stakeholders, and Local Country Business Leaders to properly account for Revenue and AR transactions in accordance US GAAP.Drive standardization and process improvement/process efficiencies in AR and Revenue. accounting areas, including tracking of tasks and responsibilities, maintaining job aids and other documentation to ensure process execution is adequately documented and maintained.Ensure accounts are properly reconciled, including appropriate documentation to support balance and to quickly address reconciling differences.Compliance of S-Ox controls.Maintain accurate monthly task list and execute according to the task list; own accounting conclusions and proper US GAAP accounting for all owned tasks.Timely address all internal and external audit requests. Propose, develop, and implement process efficiency improvements.Proactively work with supervisor/managers to ensure proper prioritization and completion of all tasks.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree Accounting and/or Finance (with accounting experience) or similar background.3-5 years experience in an accounting or finance-based EPR/ledger-using roleEnglish knowledge (B2+)Continuous learner with a positive approach to learningAttention to detail and ability to understand end-to-end transactional/process flowsWork experience with general accounting processes and implementation projects (all stages)Demonstrated ability to prioritize work & problem solve with strong analytical skills requiredSelf-starter, proactive learning will to be a team player and have excellent interpersonal skillsStrong ERP knowledge (JDE, SAP, Oracle), JDE highly preferredAdvanced MS Excel skills (pivot, vlookup, index match and short cut key use)Use of reporting tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, etc.) is a strong plus

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