Accountant

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

Global Business Services 

The Global Business Services (GBS) team is a function established within Boston Scientific, designed to improve the efficiency of key business processes by taking opportunities to drive standardization, leverage resources, knowledge and skills and monitor the effectiveness of service delivery against benchmarks and service level agreements. Our team has a great diversity of personalities with an international background and functional expertise.

The vision of GBS at Boston Scientific is to be recognized as a world-class Center of Operational Excellence driven by the desire for excellence in its people, processes, execution and business partnerships. GBS is designed to deliver significant business benefits to employees and customers of Boston Scientific and is championing the development of a continues improvement culture. We are developing a performance-based culture supported by tools, training and well-defined accountability, where people can build their career or prepare for a role in the wider business or elsewhere within GBS.

About the role:
This role involves a variety of medium complex duties in general accounting such as analyzing accounts, preparing reports, reconciling accounts, and performing the monthly financial close and consolidation, external and internal reporting, monitoring SOX/internal control requirements, support audits, and maintaining & performing software interfaces with SAP, Hyperion, Cadency. Measures performance against key performance indicators, and continually identifies ways to improve and streamline processes. This role supports the local finance team of the EMEA Center of Operations (Boston Scientific International BV) as well as EMEA sales entities.

Your responsibilities include:   

• Execute month/quarter/year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate close and financial reports preparation.
• Oversee financial and accounting process with a high focus on controlling balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries.
• Prepare and maintain procedures to ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
• Works closely with the local finance and operating teams to drive the monthly goals.
• Optimize current financial accounting process in coordination with stakeholders.
• Comply with KPI’s and OPIs as defined by GBS.
• Drive compliance in all finance-related matters and ensure compliance with Corporate and local policies, statutory requirements and GAAP principles.
• Support internal and external audits and audit-related accounting matters.
• Apply LEAN methodologies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of financial processes.
• Participate in implementing quality requirements in all aspects of the financial process.
• Identify and implement process improvement and standardization.
• Ensure all activities comply with legal demands, ethical standards, and the Internal Quality Management System.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Financial accounting or Business Economics (or equivalent)
• 3-4+ years’ experience in relevant field
• SAP experience, Hyperion and Cadency experience are a plus
• Fluent in English, additional language capabilities are a plus 
• Strong verbal & written communication skills and focus on building relationships 
• Self-motivated yet team player and takes ownership in all responsibilities
• Change agent that focuses on a high level of quality
• Continuous Improvement and analytical mindset

What we offer you:

• Attractive benefits package - very competitive salary (including 8% holiday pay, 13th month and yearly bonus)
• 30 days of annual leave
• A very good pension scheme
• A stock purchase program
• Excellent training/development programmes to influence your career
• Inhouse gym facility (free of charge)
• Option to lease a (electric) bicycle
• Inspirational colleagues & culture
• Fast Growing and innovative environment
• A team-oriented company culture
• International opportunities
  
   

Are you ready to take on this challenge?
Does this position sound like the next step in your career? We look forward to receiving your application! Join a team that works together to find solutions that make a difference!

Requisition ID: 632108

Minimum Salary: $43498.11  

Maximum Salary: $86346.99  

The anticipated compensation and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see --will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. 

Compensation for hourly, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for salaried, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for sales roles is governed by Sales Incentive Compensation Plan (which includes certain annual non-discretionary incentives based on predetermined objectives).

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at and follow us on  LinkedIn .