VP, Technical Accounting & Internal Controls - North America

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The VP, Technical Accounting & Internal Controls - North America oversees, directs and manages corporate financial reporting requirements and operations for Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA).

 The incumbent is responsible for coordinating, administering and controlling financial reporting, analyses, budgeting and forecasting operations in alignment with company goals and objectives.

 Leads the development and implementation of key initiatives in compliance with company policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and other regulatory requirements.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Provide strategic leadership of short- and long-term goals through the use of thoughtful techniques in the communication of the company's mission and core values as a means to implement positive change and/or create organizational structure within the assigned business unit(s).


* Lead operational efforts through subordinates to complete the administration of business processes and services to ensure the operations effective achievement of goals within the assigned business unit(s).


* Direct and control the broad activities of the business unit(s) through the interpretation, application and implementation of company-wide policies and processes appropriate to the functional area(s).


* Oversee financial reporting and consolidation of FMCNA including timely reporting of financial results to FMC AG. 


* Ensure that budgets and schedules are within company requirements with significant organizational responsibility for the overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, expense priority management, and recommendation and implementation changes of current methods.


* Oversee the ongoing operations of the assigned functional area(s) through the direction and coordination of financial reporting, analyses, budgeting and forecasting activities; providing supporting assumptions and analytics for senior management as necessary.


* Direct internal controls through process reviews, business process analyses and internal control testing; ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, GAAP, SOX, FACET and other regulatory requirements.


* Direct all external audit activities necessary to satisfy all requirements in compliance with GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on a routine basis; serving as the key finance representative on behalf of FMCNA.


* Collaborate with cross-divisional teams to ensure financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities of the assigned functional area(s) are in compliance with company policies and procedures, effective tax rates based on financial trends and company tax strategies.


* Collaborate with departments that provide internal control services (incl.

SOX, FACET) to FMCNA as required.


* Collaborate with cross-divisional teams to ensure the financial performance o...