Senior Accountant - Technical Accounting

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Job Summary Job Description: Job Description Summary: Medline Industries has an immediate opening for a Senior Accountant on the technical accounting team. The Technical Accounting team under the Medline Global Controllership group is responsible conducting technical guidance research and analyses, implementing new accounting pronouncements, compiling global accounting policies, and driving financial reporting process improvements for the entire Medline organization across more than 100 countries and territories. The Senior Accountant – Technical Accounting role, located in Northfield, IL, will report to the Manager of Technical Accounting. The Senior Accountant – Technical Accounting role will be primarily responsible for conducting research around complex and technical areas including but not limited to debt and equity accounting, share-based compensation, consolidation and variable interest entities, lease accounting, derivatives and hedging, etc. This role is also responsible for drafting global accounting policies, evaluating and adopting new accounting principles, and reviewing significant contracts for appropriate accounting treatment. Other responsibilities include preparin...