Senior Accounting Manager
Irving, Texas, Alpharetta, Georgia Job ID JR0139169 Category Accounting, Accounting & Finance Post Date Nov. 14, 2025McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.
What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
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 roleowns 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 responsibilityand 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 involvementin 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 conductingin 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
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$101,600 - $169,400McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
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