CooperSurgical

CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (NYSE:COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. The Company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly contact lenses, all featuring advanced materials and optics. CooperVision has a strong heritage of solving the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia and childhood myopia; and offers the most complete collection of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com

Job Summary:

The position is a key point of contact for local and regional finance teams, providing the guidance, support, and direction to ensure consistent application of policies and procedures and US GAAP reporting requirements. The individual will also have oversight over a variety of strategic initiatives and special project work, liaising with key global functional leaders across FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Technical Accounting, Operations Finance, and SEC Reporting.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Directly manage the workflow of the CooperSurgical Consolidations teams; provide ongoing training and development; set goals and objectives and evaluate performance and achievements.
• Management of the consolidation process for legal entity actuals and forecast; ensures timely and accurate US GAAP and Non-GAAP financial reporting.
• Key liaison between CooperSurgical finance leadership on corporate accounting and reporting matters.
• Partner with, and support other global, regional, and local functions, including FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Technical Accounting, Operations Finance, and SEC Reporting on the execution of key global finance project initiatives.
• Support key global projects initiatives, including HFM optimizations and global accounting workflow and reconciliation software. 
• Maintenance of consolidations SOX Controls.
• Partnering with the Business Development team throughout acquisition and integration processes, including management of relevant reporting at key milestones.
• Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows and the flux analysis for CooperSurgical.
• Drive timely and accurate financial reporting throughout the organization, including driving process changes as necessary to accelerate reporting cycles, implementing standardized procedures for local financial submissions and management of issue logs through each cycle.
• Implement and maintain a timely and detailed reviews of monthly financials by country.
• Review monthly close checklists for accuracy and completeness and investigate any issues.
• Management of the intercompany recharge processes and reconciliations. 
• Investigation of material or unusual variances/fluctuations on the consolidated balance sheet and provide related explanations to management.
• Management of quarterly and annual consolidation audits with external financial auditors; preparation and review of audit schedules and requests
• Oversee Transfer Pricing arrangements and standard cost activity among CooperSurgical subsidiaries.
• Management of governmental reports and surveys submissions for CooperSurgical entities. 
• Ad hoc reporting and project management, as required.
• As business needs dictate, works extended hours to complete daily department goals or tasks to include mandatory overtime.

Travel: 

• Includes travel 5%-10% between company locations.

Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate and work with all levels within the group including senior management at the local, regional, and corporate levels. 
• Strong project management and organization skills as well as strategic and tactical planning capabilities with high-level attention to detail
• Leadership and communication skills with strong team-building and interpersonal skills
• Consolidations and global finance expertise with a background in manufacturing, distribution, and commercial environments a plus
• Flexibility in handling conflicting priorities working under strict deadlines.
• Prior experience with financial reporting for large acquisitions, including a strong understanding of, and ability to assist with related SEC reporting requirements.
• Experience supervising finance professionals both from a day to day and project management perspective.
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP

IT Systems

• Advanced level proficiency with Excel
• Direct experience with Oracle EPM (HFM, Planning, and/or Essbase) preferred
• Knowledge of Dynamics 365, Acumatica, Navision, and / or Dataworks, a plus

Work Environment:

• Typical office work environment

Experience:

• 8+ years of experience across several functions within Finance (e.g., Consolidation, SEC Reporting, Technical Accounting, etc.).

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field is required, master’s degree a plus.
• CPA or equivalent a plus; MBA a plus

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $135,416 and $193,451 and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

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