Accountant II

About B. Braun

B. Braun Medical Inc., a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative medical products and services to the healthcare industry. Other key product areas include nutrition, pharmacy admixture and compounding, ostomy and wound care, and dialysis. The company is committed to eliminating preventable treatment errors and enhancing patient, clinician and environmental safety. B. Braun Medical is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pa., and is part of the B. Braun Group of Companies in the U.S., which includes B. Braun Interventional Systems, Aesculap and CAPS.

Globally, the B. Braun Group of Companies employs more than 61,000 employees in 64 countries. Guided by its Sharing Expertise philosophy, B. Braun continuously exchanges knowledge with customers, partners and clinicians to address the critical issues of improving care and lowering costs. To learn more about B. Braun Medical, visit www.BBraunUSA.com.

Job Function - General:
Prepares, analyzes and reviews financial statements using accounting principles.

Keeps records of account entries by compiling and analyzing accounting activities.

Prepares reports such as balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other documents that project the

Review financial statements for completeness, accuracy and compliance.

Responsible for accounting operations and/or a complex segment of the accounting function.

Coordinates accounting matters with other departments as necessary.

The job function listed is not exhaustive and shall also include any responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.

General: It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care for safety and health of himself / herself and other person.

The targeted range for this role takes into account a range of factors that are considered when making compensation and hiring decisions; included but not limited to: skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The range provided is a reasonable estimate.

Assist or Provide Support for the following accounting functions and activities listed but not limited to:

• Assist in month end close, annual budgeting, and periodic activities for forecasting of manufacturing variance.
• Prepare accounting analysis for monthly journal entries, prepare backup, and process entries in SAP. Coordinate and track the status activities for the monthly accounting close.
• Assist in monthly preparation of analyses for Plant Production Reports. Provide analysis for monthly key performance indicators and OPEX reporting.
• Maintain plant data for cost centers, headcount, capital, and budget information.
• Assist in preparing monthly expense accruals. Periodically review open purchase orders and identify if they can be closed or adjustments are needed to resolve.
• Track utility bills. Prepare analysis so they can be evaluated and forecasted. Assist in developing and administering that actual bills are allocated based on plant allocation table.
• Assist monthly tracking of capital project status by evaluating open purchase orders for WBS or Internal Order elements related to the open projects. Provides comprehensive and cumulative report reconciling all WBS Elements or Internal Orders for each project. Review charges on each project for validity and transfer costs when it has been determined to be incorrectly posted. Provide approved vs actual spend variance report to engineering and project managers.
• Assist the asset tagging process. Perform routine fixed asset cycle counts, complete documentation for disposing assets.
• Assist in the annual inventory physical count and all cycle count activities. Perform monthly review of inventory levels, evaluate material on quality hold, and prepare analysis of reserve for disposition.
• Provide support and instruction for production floor data entry into SAP. Review manufacturing date routinely and correct reporting errors.

• Provide support for scheduling, training, and continuing to work with cost center managers on monthly review of cost center reports for their areas. Provide additional analysis to identify where costs have exceeded budget and develop remedies to account for the variance. Coordinate the estimating and collection of cost center budgets. Responsible for consolidating the cost center budgets and entry into the plant budget.

• Provide information and support of the year-end financial audit. This function is critical to the organization in that we comply with US GAAP and IAS obtain a satisfactory audit.

Desired Qualities, Skills & Capabilities:

• Honesty, integrity, initiative, determination, dedication, thoroughness, and persuasiveness
• Experience and ability to meet deadlines and reset priorities based on business needs
• Excellent organizational, communication skills, and ability to write comprehensive work instructions
• Experience with operations management reporting and variance analysis
• Knowledge of business accounting practices: reporting, depreciation, cost accounting, budgeting
• Product costing, methods, and theories, including Activity Based Costing
• Production bill of materials, activity rates, and overhead applications.
• Analytical, reasoning, and mathematical skills
• Ability to Good Organizational and Communication Skills
• High level skills Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) competency required; advanced formulations, uploading, downloading, merge and comparison of file data.
• Understanding & experience with SAP 4.6

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Education and Professional Knowledge:
Bachelor's degree required.

Experience:
02-04 years related experience required.

Certification:
Applicable industry/professional certification preferred.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:
Requires full working knowledge of relevant business practices and procedures in professional field. Uses standard theories, principles and concepts and integrates them to propose a course of action.

Supervision Given and Received:
Work under minimal supervision. Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish assigned goals. May periodically assist in orienting, training , assigning and checking the work of lower level employees. Referring only complex problems and issues

Problem Solving:
Some degree of judgment required in resolving problems based on experience.

Contacts/Cooperation:
Contacts are primarily with direct supervisor, peers and subordinates.

Additional Requirement:
N/A

Physical Requirement and Work Environment:
Attendance Requirement Regular and predictable attendance

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is expected to:

Light work - Exerting up to 20 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Pulling and Reaching:

Occasionally:

N/A

Frequently: Stand, Sit

Constantly: N/A

Activities:

Occasionally: N/A

Frequently: Finger feeling, Hearing - ordinary, fine distinction, loud (hearing protection required), Sitting , Standing, Talking - ordinary, loud/quick, Walking

Constantly: N/A

Environmental Conditions:

Occasionally: N/A

Frequently: N/A

Constantly: N/A

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Noise Intensity: Low

Occasionally: N/A

Frequently: N/A

Constantly: Office environment

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

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