[Hiring] Senior Accountant @Fortive

Role Description

Fluke Health Solutions is seeking a motivated and customer-focused accounting professional to own key areas of our accounting and reporting processes and drive system and process improvements. The position provides an opportunity for exposure to accounting, forecasting, and financial/SEC reporting at the corporate level, and involves collaboration with both corporate functions and our operating companies. Career progression opportunities exist within the corporate finance group as well as within the finance groups of our OpCos.

This position allows for a remote work schedule, with limited travel (optional) and extended hours during month-end close as needed.

Candidate Profile and Responsibilities:

• Perform monthly consolidation of subledger activity.
• Assist in month-end closing and ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare necessary journal entries for properly stated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and company policy.
• Work with cost center owners to ensure accurate results and understand and address forecast variances.
• Communicate and summarize results through written and oral communications as needed.
• Ensure SOX compliance for assigned areas.
• Assist in the preparation of reporting packages, as required, to comply with HQ financial reporting requirements and statutory regulations.
• Prepare account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with company policy.
• Review, investigate, and resolve accounting errors, discrepancies, and reconciling items.
• Make recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
• Assist with audit requests from EY, our external audit firm.
• Identify opportunities for improving the company’s accounting processes.
• Use available tools to improve the quality, delivery time, and consistency of team processes.
• Perform special projects, ad-hoc reports, and analysis as required.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated, results-oriented, and able to perform independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to be a team player.
• BS, BA, or MS Degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• CPA is preferred.
• Enterprise ERP and financial reporting systems experience (HFM, Oracle) preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in a large international business is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (especially Excel).
• Working knowledge of GAAP and SOX.
• Must be hands-on and detail-oriented.
• Candidate must be able to work well in a cross-functional, matrixed organization.
• Must have strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Capable of operating in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.

Company Description

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.