Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of the Position:

The Senor Analyst, Corporate Accounting is a highly visible position that plays a critical role in achieving our overall objective of delivering best-in-class financial reporting and building a best-in-class finance department. The Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting drives the financial reporting process and provides accounting oversight to our global finance teams.

The Company’s operations have grown significantly over the past several years, and with it, the level of complexity our accounting organization is facing. This role offers a great opportunity to work closely with a wide range of the Company’s domestic and international accounting, FP&A, and tax groups to implement the infrastructure needed to effectively and efficiently scale the Company’s systems and financial reporting processes. 

This role will further allow you to work with a small, agile, and high performing accounting and finance department to develop a broad and deep understanding of the Company’s business and operations that are essential for strong career development and personal growth.

We are looking for individuals that can take on additional responsibility as they progress in their career, and we are committed to providing an environment that fosters career growth and development. We look to hire quality individuals with integrity, high capacity for growth, personal accountability, teamwork, and drive. If you exemplify our values and want to be part of our interesting journey in the world of robotic-assisted surgery, this is the role for you.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Drive continuous improvements in our financial reporting processes to increase the effectiveness of review and oversight, drive collaboration, and improve close quality. This includes preparing the GAAP reporting package.
• Provide guidance and monitor compliance with corporate accounting policies, procedures and controls globally.
• Lead in the preparation of the balance sheet/income statement variance analysis and collaborate with the finance teams.
• Assist the Corporate Accounting Team and other accounting and finance departments in implementing strong processes, systems, and procedures to drive efficiencies and high-quality financial reporting.
• Responsible, together with the Corporate Accounting department, to ensure that we meet our month-end/quarter-end close and deadlines.
• Identify financial reporting risks associated with OUS operations and areas involving complex accounting and/or decentralized/complex operations and propose and execute improvements to address new risks.
• Actively coordinate and communicate with the accounting/finance teams of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, or outside service providers, throughout the monthly close process.
• Support internal and external audit requests and SOX testing requests timely and accurately.
• Comply with internal controls as well as update process documentation when needed.
• Interface with external auditors of the foreign subsidiaries for statutory audit and other local requirements and assist with periodic internal and external audit requests.
• Actively identify opportunities for process improvement or operational automation and execute on process improvements within existing system infrastructure.
• Assist with other responsibilities and ad-hoc projects as needed and desired (based on your personal career and development goals).

Required Skills and Experience:

• 4 + years of relevant experience in accounting and/or audit
• Strong understanding of GAAP and accounting theory, with proven ability to interpret and document the applicability of GAAP.
• Detail oriented, organized, motivated and able to function in a fast-paced environment, especially during quarter-end reporting periods.
• Fundamental process knowledge (such as quote to cash, procure-to pay) and related internal controls.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• This role requires working onsite in our Sunnyvale, CA office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday every week

Required Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Preferred Experience:

• Big 4 public accounting experience is preferred
• CPA is preferred
• Knowledge of SAP, and EDW is preferred
• Previously experience in Corporate Accounting in large multi-national companies is a plus

 

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Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on

business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.

Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the

candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.