Own, develop, and maintains all accounting policies ensuring they are fit for purpose, align with U.S. GAAP and/or local statutory requirements and SEC requirements, and written in a way that feels accessible to BD associates.
Establish standard interpretation frameworks, decision trees, and implementation guidance to reduce judgment risk and inconsistency
Partner with Technical Accounting and SEC Reporting on new standards, complex transactions, and policy updates
ICFR & SOX Program Ownership
Serve as enterprise owner of internal controls over financial reporting overseeing the full population of SOX controls across all accounting and reporting activities impacting the accuracy and completeness of the financial statements.
Establish standards for control design, documentation, evidence quality, and performance expectations, and re‑evaluate control design attributes annually and recommend enhancements to improve consistency, effectiveness, and auditability.
Validate control design and operating effectiveness through monitoring, analytics, and targeted reviews and develop a governance framework for all control changes.
Owns final evaluation of control deficiencies and reviews outcomes and remediation plans with Internal Audit and external auditors.
Lead initiatives to harmonize historically decentralized controls into more consistent, enterprise‑wide approaches and drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen governance, reduce operational risk, and enhance scalability of the control environment.
Drive control maturity by embedding scalable, repeatable practices and establishing KPIs to ensure consistent execution and long-term sustainability.
Support Audit Committee and executive‑level discussions as needed
Accounting Training & Capability Development Program
Design and maintain a structured accounting training curriculum covering key accounting policies and processes, ICFR expectations, SOX fundamentals, control owner responsibilities, and use of accounting systems and tools.
Partner with leaders with Controllership, Internal Audit, GBS, and Finance to embed controls and policy expectations into day‑to‑day operations
Lead cross‑functional projects and enterprise continuous improvement initiatives spanning Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT, and Compliance.
Leadership & Talent Development
Lead, manage, and develop a global, dispersed team of risk and controls professionals, fostering consistent standards, strong execution, and collaboration across regions and functions.
Build strong partnerships across GBS, Controllership, BP&A, Tax, Treasury, IT, Internal Audit, and business finance teams.
Develop future controllership leaders by setting clear expectations, rein
Benefits
Health insurance
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BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Job Description
We are the makers of possible!
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you'll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.
The Senior Director, Accounting Policy, Process Risk, and Compliance is a senior leadership role within Corporate Controllership, responsible for establishing and sustaining a strong, scalable control environment that supports accurate financial reporting, SOX compliance, and accounting excellence across the enterprise.
This role owns the full lifecycle of accounting policy governance, enterprise accounting training and capability development, and the end to end ICFR program, including oversight of the full population of key controls, validation of control performance, and coordination with Internal Audit on risk assessment. The Senior Director serves as a key steward of BD's control environment and an advisor to finance leadership on accounting, risk, and control matters.
Becton Dickinson · - Franklin Lakes, NJ