Lead Accountant (Hybrid)

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The Technical Accounting group partners with our US-based divisions and Corporate functions (treasury, worldwide reporting, tax), providing accounting insights, general accounting review, and reporting for leases, revenue, acquisitions, and other complex accounting areas.

Who We Want

Business partners. People who build connections with other teams and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.

Enthusiastic players. People who are excited by the opportunity to be part of designing and building new processes for the future.

Relationship-builders. People who create genuine, trusting relationships with internal team members, business partners and leadership.

Strong communicators. People who clearly and proactively reach out to others to collaborate on effective solutions.

What You Will Do

• Function as an extension of the divisional teams, proactively communicating and leading meetings to resolve issues and implement improvements.
• Perform critical month-end close functions for our divisions, ensuring journal entries and reconciliations are completed timely and accurately in accordance with Corporate policy.
• Execute SOX internal controls related revenue recognition and reserves, deferred revenue, lease accounting, intangible impairment analysis, and contingent consideration
• Prepare quarterly SEC reporting schedules
• Perform and present monthly financial statement reviews
• Influence divisional leaders by effectively communicating ideas, recommendations, and insights to drive positive change and achieve organizational goals.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to ensure integrity and efficiency while driving consistency between our US-based divisions.
• Assist with GAAP research and preparation of accounting position memos, e.g., ASC 606 and 842
  
  

What You Need

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 4+ years of experience in related field
  
  

Preferred:

• Solid understanding of GAAP, experience researching and applying GAAP
• CPA / Big 4 experience
• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management and Blackline software
  
  

The candidate will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance to our Flower Mound, TX location. We are generally in office 2 days a week and work from home on the other days.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.