Accountant

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
As Accountant you will be part of the Shared Services Center team based in Bogotá supporting teams and processes in other Medtronic locations

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepares internal and external financial reports.
• Maintain or oversees the control of accounts and records in such areas as disbursements, expenses, tax payments and income.
• Compile and analyzes financial information to record transactions, prepare reports, and review and verify accuracy. Prepare balance sheet, profit and loss and cash flow statements, prepares and consolidates financial statements, and other accounting schedules and reports.
• Design, modifies, install, and/or maintains accounting systems to ensure an adequate recognition of financial transactions.
• Responsible for the adherence to and communication of accounting and auditing policies and procedures and internal controls.
• Participate actively in the knowledge transfer process, transition and go live of work done at the local level in Americas (North America, Canada and LATAM) and transitioning to Bogotá.
• Communicate actively with our clients and other members of the team promoting standardization of process and continuous improvement for the activities.

Required Knowledge and experience:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or any other related
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in General Accounting
• Experience in financial analysis reporting.
• Excellent communication, analytical and teamwork skills
• Advanced level of English
• Proficiency level of Excel and SAP

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity
her

• Apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepares internal and external financial reports.
• Maintain or oversees the control of accounts and records in such areas as disbursements, expenses, tax payments and income.
• Compile and analyzes financial information to record transactions, prepare reports, and review and verify accuracy. Prepare balance sheet, profit and loss and cash flow statements, prepares and consolidates financial statements, and other accounting schedules and reports.
• Design, modifies, install, and/or maintains accounting systems to ensure an adequate recognition of financial transactions.
• Responsible for the adherence to and communication of accounting and auditing policies and procedures and internal controls.
• Participate actively in the knowledge transfer process, transition and go live of work done at the local level in Americas (North America, Canada and LATAM) and transitioning to Bogotá.
• Communicate actively with our clients and other members of the team promoting standardization of process and continuous improvement for the activities