Executive Director, General Accounting Center of Excellence

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary:

The Executive Director of the General Accounting Center of Excellence (CoE) provides strategic leadership and enterprise governance over general accounting processes. This role is responsible for driving standardization, quality, efficiency, and compliance across the organization while enabling scalable growth and transformation. The Executive Director serves as a key accounting authority and partner to finance leadership, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Accounting Leadership

• Define and lead the strategy, operating model, and roadmap for the General Accounting CoE
• Serve as the enterprise owner of general accounting processes and standards
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Segment Controllers and CFOs on accounting operations
• Design and maintain a robust internal control environment for general accounting

Close, Reporting & Operational Excellence

• Oversee enterprise month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities
• Establish performance expectations, KPIs, and service-level agreements for accounting execution
• Drive consistency, quality, and timeliness of journal entries, reconciliations, and accruals

Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Lead enterprise accounting transformation initiatives, including process redesign and automation
• Champion the use of automation, analytics, and technology to improve efficiency and scalability

People Leadership & Capability Building

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing accounting teams within the CoE model
• Establish clear roles, career paths, and development plans for accounting talent
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Collaborate closely with FP&A, Treasury, and Operations to support business initiatives
• Enable informed decision-making through reliable, high-quality financial information

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership roles
• Deep expertise in US GAAP and internal controls
• Proven success leading large-scale accounting process improvements

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA is preferred
• Prior leadership of an Accounting CoE, Shared Services, or global accounting function
• ERP leadership experience (SAP, Oracle)
• Experience operating in complex, multi-entity environments

Education:

• Bachelors degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$131,500.00 - $303,195.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.  This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/11/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.