Senior Accountant, ATR - Inventory Accounting at Boston Scientific

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Additional Locations: N/A Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance At our company, we value diversity and believe it is our greatest strength. We are committed to empowering women, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and creating opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Our belief is that your diversity enriches our work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background. Additionally, we have a Gender Equality Policy that reflects our commitment to fairness and equality in the workplace. Hybrid Roles: Boston Scientific's hybrid workplace includes WFH and onsite. You will have the opportunity to discuss details in the interview. About the role: Provide finance and accounting technical knowledge and execution to GBS and the Finance Department in Inventory Accounting. Independently manage complex inventory accounting activities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. Your Responsibilities include: • Execute inventory journal entries including adjustments, reclassifications, and accruals . Provide technical review and guidance for complex Inventory entries, including reserves, reclasses, accruals, and other material adjustments. • Reconcile inventory balance sheet, subledger, and manual accounts, including inventory balances, reserves, and in-transit activity . Serve as the escalation point for complex reconciliation issues and subledger-to-general-ledger discrepancies. • Investigate and resolve discrepancies in inventory valuation, reserves, movements, and related accounts , identifying root causes and supporting their resolution through the reconciliation process . • Prepare, review, and analyze monthly and annual inventory reports, maintaining reporting controls and assessing trends, variances, aging, reserves, and unusual transactions . Communicate findings and recommended actions to stakeholders. • Support GBS and the Finance Department in maintaining inventory balance sheet accounts and addressing accounting matters related to inventory reporting . • Identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities for inventory accounting , standardizing processes across multiple legal entities. Own standardization across Inventory processes, lead root-cause analysis, and recommend scalable solutions that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and service delivery. • Works to deliver upon key performance metrics and service levels agreed with business partners. • Create and maintain DTPs/SOPs. Own technical documentation, accounting guidance, and training materials for Inventory processes, ensuring consistent application across entities. • Support inventory-related ad-hoc requests and projects when necessary. • Partner with GBS, Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Tax, Internal Audit, SOX control and IT to resolve complex Inventory issues and improve end-to-end inventory process outcomes. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. • 4+ years of experience including General Ledger and Inventory Accounting. Demonstrated technical expertise in Inventory Accounting is required, including experience resolving complex accounting issues and advising stakeholders. • English proficiency: 80%+. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to simplify complex accounting topics, influence without direct authority, and facilitate decisions across finance and operational teams. • Strong analytical judgment, ability to operate independently, and capacity to balance priorities across Inventory responsibilities. • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently. • Analytic thinking, high attention to details, teamwork. • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Power Platform. Preferred Qualifications • SAP experience is preferred. Experience with SAP inventory, material movements, and valuation processes is strongly preferred. • Additional languages a plus. • Experience in process migrations is a plus. • Experience working in shared service environment. • Experience applying Copilot to financial processes and using Excel queries and macros is desired. • Knowledge of process improvement methodologies is desired. Requisition ID: 636203 As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen. So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you! Benefits • Life-Work Integration • Community • Career Growth At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination, and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.

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Additional Locations: N/A
Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
Boston Scientific's hybrid workplace includes WFH and onsite. You will have the opportunity to discuss details in the interview.
Investigate and resolve discrepancies in inventory valuation, reserves, movements, and related accounts , identifying root causes and supporting their resolution through the reconciliation process .
Support GBS and the Finance Department in maintaining inventory balance sheet accounts and addressing accounting matters related to inventory reporting .
Works to deliver upon key performance metrics and service levels agreed with business partners.
Create and maintain DTPs/SOPs. Own technical documentation, accounting guidance, and training materials for Inventory processes, ensuring consistent application across entities.
Support inventory-related ad-hoc requests and projects when necessary.
Partner with GBS, Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Tax, Internal Audit, SOX control and IT to resolve complex Inventory issues and improve end-to-end inventory process outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
English proficiency: 80%+.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to simplify complex accounting topics, influence without direct authority, and facilitate decisions across finance and operational teams.
Strong analytical judgment, ability to operate independently, and capacity to balance priorities across Inventory responsibilities.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
Analytic thinking, high attention to details, teamwork.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Power Platform.

Nice-to-haves

SAP experience is preferred. Experience with SAP inventory, material movements, and valuation processes is strongly preferred.
Additional languages a plus.
Experience in process migrations is a plus.
Experience working in shared service environment.
Experience applying Copilot to financial processes and using Excel queries and macros is desired.
Knowledge of process improvement methodologies is desired.
Requisition ID: 636203
Benefits • Life-Work Integration • Community • Career Growth

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