Senior Accounting Manager

 Position Description: 

This position reports to the Sr. Director, Accounting – Inventory & Revenue/AR and plays a critical leadership role within the Accounting, Reporting & Compliance (ARC) organization. The successful candidate will own complex inventory accounting operations within a dynamic shared services environment, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance across financial reporting processes with a customer service and digital mindset. 

This critical role owns multiple inventory SOX controls, manages audit coordination, and ensures high-quality execution of journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement analyses. Acting as a strategic business partner, the role collaborates closely with stakeholders and business units across North America to deliver insight, resolve issues, and support critical ARC initiatives. 

The position also oversees McKesson’s outsourced accounting team (Virtual Team) to ensure operational excellence, drive standardization, and implement process automation that enhances efficiency and strengthens internal controls. 

Beyond day-to-day operations, this role contributes to the continued transformation of ARC by leveraging technology and analytics to modernize processes through digital automation, streamline reporting, and advance McKesson’s broader finance modernization agenda. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Perform and review period-end close accounting activities under its areas of responsibility and ensure deadlines are met 

• Review journal entries prepared by the Virtual Team and supporting documentation 

• Review inventory account reconciliations and reports prepared by the Virtual Team 

• Oversee various Month-End reports 

• Coordinate tasks performed by the Virtual Team to ensure quality service delivery and mitigate risks 

• Provide feedback and support escalations raised by our Virtual Team 

• Provide monthly flux analysis explanations for specific general ledger accounts 

• Provide accounting support to various stakeholders and multiple functions across multiple BUs 

• Review applicable SOPs, work instructions and policies 

• Recommend and implement process and system improvement through standardization and automation  

• Management and development of direct reports 

• Compliance with applicable SOX requirements and policies 

• Active involvement in external and internal audits 

• Ensure that the company’s policies are respected  

• Ensure effective communication with all levels of the company 

• Interact with direct reports, outside customers, and functional peer groups at management levels 

• Conducts presentations of complex information to stakeholders and business units 

• Runs reports from various sources and conducting in depth analysis  

Minimum Requirements & Skills:

Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 9+ years of professional experience and 1+ years of supervisory and/or management experience.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance 

• Minimum of 9 years of progressive accounting experience in a large company setting, including: 

• 1–3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity 

• 3+ years specializing in Inventory Accounting 

• Strong understanding of US GAAP, internal controls, and SOX compliance 

• Experience in a large company with complex, multi-system environments 

• Proficiency in SAP  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with risk awareness and mitigation mindset 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Proven ability to lead teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines 

• Experience documenting end-to-end accounting processes and translating them into business context 

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills fostering collaboration and accountability 

• Experience with large financial systems, including SAP, Blackline, etc. 

• Experience with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) 

• Ability to interpret large datasets and translate insights into actionable business narratives 

**This is a flexible schedule with expectation to be in the office as needed, 1-2 days a month.**

• Career Level (M3)  

• Location: Irving, TX or Alpharetta, GA