embecta is a global diabetes care company that is leveraging its 100-year legacy in insulin delivery to empower people with diabetes to live their best life through innovative solutions, partnerships and the passion of more than 2,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit embecta.com or follow our social channels on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.
A career at embecta means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that empowers you to bring your authentic self to work. Here our employees can fulfill their life’s purpose through the work that they do every day.
You will learn and work alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture. Our Total Rewards program – which includes competitive pay, benefits, continuous learning, recognition, career growth and life balance components – is designed to support the varying needs of our diverse and global employees.
Why Join embecta?
A career at embecta is more than just a role—it’s a chance to do meaningful work that improves lives while growing alongside people who value your voice, expertise, and individuality. Here, you’re empowered to bring your authentic self to work and to connect your professional skills to a larger purpose every single day.
You’ll collaborate with inspirational leaders and engaged colleagues who are deeply committed to building an inclusive, growth-driven, and rewarding culture. Our Total Rewards program reflects that commitment, offering competitive compensation, robust benefits, continuous learning, meaningful recognition, career advancement opportunities, and flexibility to support life balance—because we know great work happens when people feel supported.
Make Your CPA Expertise Matter
Reporting to the Associate Director of Accounting, the Accounting Operations Manager role puts you at the center of embecta’s financial integrity and operational excellence. This is a high-impact opportunity for a CPA who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to shape how a global organization operates.
In this role, you will:
- Lead day-to-day accounting operations across North America with strict adherence to the Close calendar
- Manage and develop a team of offshore consultants by fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and a strong service mindset
- Own and strengthen SOX-aligned internal controls, including journal entry reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, and quarterly fluctuation analyses
- Apply US GAAP rigor while identifying and remediating control gaps when needed
- Build analytical tools that inform leadership decisions and advance key business priorities
But this role goes far beyond “closing the books.”
Drive Operational Excellence—Globally
As a central resource for month-end close success, global reconciliations, and payroll activities, you’ll serve as a trusted subject matter expert across regions. You’ll influence how finance work gets done—owning systems and processes, training users, resolving issues, and continuously improving efficiency through standardization, automation, and smart workload design.
You will:
- Lead process improvement and automation initiatives that elevate accuracy, speed, and scalability
- Evaluate and realign workloads across the team to meet evolving business needs
- Conduct and enhance annual operating procedures, with potential global impact
- Partner cross-functionally and communicate with confidence at all levels of the organization
Why This Role Is Special
This is a role for a proactive, self-motivated CPA who wants to leave things better than they found them. You’ll operate at the intersection of accounting operations, internal controls, and global technology—making real, visible contributions that strengthen embecta’s financial foundation.
If you’re energized by leadership, passionate about process excellence, and motivated by the opportunity to make a difference at scale, this is a role where your expertise won’t just be valued—it will shape the future of how finance operates at embecta.
This role will sit hybrid in our Parsippany, NJ office 2-3 days a week
Responsibilities:
Month-End Close & Accounting
- Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and analyses for Fixed Assets, Payroll, and other GL accounts during month-end close.
- Schedule and facilitate close meetings, maintain the calendar, and track completion of close tasks.
- Collaborate with Consolidations and finance partners to resolve close issues and communicate priorities.
Global SOX Controls Coordination, in partnership with the Associate Director of Accounting
- Operate as the main liaison between Finance and Internal Audit collaborating to coordinate and track SOX controls submission and testing globally.
- Drive continuous improvement through implementation of enhancements to processes and controls based on internal audit feedback.
- Support compliance testing, self-assessments, and documentation reviews.
- Provide training and communications on SOX requirements.
Global Travel and Expense Accounting, in partnership with the Sr. Manager of Accounting
- Manage and oversee global Concur expense reconciliations.
- Ensure data integrity and compliance in Concur system, including monitoring of past due activities and communications for expense reports outside of policy.
- Serve as the primary contact for global Concur reconciliation support and process improvements.
Global Payroll SME (Dayforce)
- Support in Dayforce implementation in all regions during the Go Live rollout to ensure global standardization.
- Act as the subject matter expert for Dayforce payroll accounting system globally.
- Provide expertise, troubleshooting, and support for payroll processing issues.
- Deliver Dayforce training and maintain best practices documentation for users worldwide.
- Ensure global standardization of payroll reconciliations and support for SOX compliance.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Manage workload allocation across offshore team ensuring the right resources are available for peak demand periods – including determining what additional headcount is required or can be transitioned to other teams.
- Take a lead role in implementing, testing and facilitating projects to completion as deemed necessary.
- Train & mentor department staff and ensure appropriate prioritization of day-to-day responsibilities.
- Identify potential issues and proactively develop effective resolutions, applying analytical and problem-solving skills to maintain smooth operations.
Basic Requirements:
- BS/BA or higher in accounting from an accredited university.
- CPA required.
- 2+ years of managing or supervising a team, including peer reviews.
- 5+ years of accounting experience in a global company.
- S4 (or a version of SAP) experience.
- Knowledge and experience with Blackline.
- Strong internal controls experience.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Preferred Requirements:
- Efficient communication, interpersonal skills and superior business acumen.
- Potential travel equating to no more than once per quarter.
- Blackline for various modules – key for reconciliations.
- Dayforce payroll reporting platform.
- Concur travel and expense platform as an administrator.
Competitive base salary based on experience and qualifications: $109,600 - $145,250 (subject to variation depending on physical location).
Posted salary ranges are provided in good faith. embecta reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, external market conditions, and internal equity considerations.
Base pay is one component of the Total Rewards package at embecta, which also includes eligibility for an annual bonus. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement savings plans, and paid time off. More details about our benefits programs can be found on our Careers page.
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embecta is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.
