Accounting Manager Jobs

Hillenbrand is looking for a Financial Accounting Manager to join our team in Batesville, IN. As the Financial Accounting Manager, you will gain a deep and thorough understanding of the Company’s various long-term incentive compensation programs including performance-based stock, stock options, restricted stock, defined benefit plans across the globe (pensions), defined contribution plans across the globe, post-retirement healthcare plans, supplemental executive defined benefit retirement plans, and any other compensation tools that the Company may add in the future. You will play a critical leadership and hands-on role ensuring that the various compensation vehicles that Hillenbrand employs are accurately accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

The Financial Accounting Manager supports the corporate closing and consolidation processes, as well as assists in the preparation of SEC reporting including the 10K, 10Q, proxy and other various financial reports. This dual role will require proactive management, effective communication, and a deep understanding of the complex compensation methods that Hillenbrand employs and the related accounting principles that apply.

What Hillenbrand Offers You:

• A robust PTO policy with 6 paid sick days, 11 paid holidays, and 20 Days of paid vacation!
• Competitive pay 
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, which includes MD Live, RX help center, Medical Advocate Program, company paid life and disability, among others. 
• Generous 401K Matching Program – 3% (base pay) automatic contribution + 50% match of the first 6% that you contribute up to 3%
• Opportunities for development and advancement 

What you’ll do:

• Keep informed of technical developments related to accounting for compensation (GAAP, FASB, etc.) pronouncements and SEC reporting requirements and provide analysis of the actual and impending effect on the Company’s financial results and reporting requirements and conclude on Company elections where applicable. Communicate applicable pronouncements and reporting requirements to company-wide business partners.
• Manage the corporate allocations and billing process (record top-side true-ups related to pension, self-insurance, and healthcare allocations), the annual participant testing for pension plans and the annual evaluation of impairment of goodwill and intangible assets (prepare any internal assessments and review those prepared by external parties).
• Support the Compensation Committee and Global Compensation in ad-hoc modeling with respect to Hillebrand’s incentive compensation plans and Assist Global Compensation with equity award, dividend and distribution transactions related to Hillenbrand’s long-term incentive equity program, including payroll tax withholding rate verification, SEC Form 4 reporting, and related general ledger journal entries.
• Manage the accounting for the short-term and long-term incentive compensation programs throughout the year including calculation of quarterly achievement and annual payout calculations, preparing monthly journal entries and related account reconciliations.
• Perform detailed review of monthly journal entries and quarterly 10Q and 10K footnote disclosures prepared by the corporate accounting staff.
• Manage the deadlines and information provided for the financial reporting portion of the Proxy, including managing calculation process for pay versus performance and change-in-control disclosures.
• Maintain shares outstanding, treasury stock, and related equity account reconciliations, including monthly calculation of EPS.
• Prepare all compensation and stock related disclosures (including Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and EPS) in SEC filings.
• Manage the development and implementation of new and improved systems for compensation-related financial processes.
• May include ad hoc management assignments in support of due diligence, internal audit, or financial reporting initiatives. Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) or equivalent from a college or university in Accounting or Business
• In-depth knowledge of analyzing and reporting corporate financial results and key financial metrics is required.
• Basic Microsoft Office experience
• 6+ years related experience and/or training

Great to Haves:

• CPA
• JDE and OneStream experience

Travel: Employee must be able to travel 5% of the time.

Physical Demands:

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

Who we are:

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.

What Sets Us Apart:

We Take Care of Our Associates: We present on-site wellness services including a clinic offering free health care & prescriptions to plan members, the revolutionary Bod Pod Assessment & Weight Management Program, and Market C – a vending management kiosk offering fresh food and convenience items when you need to grab a quick bite on the go.

We have Fun! We work hard and when it’s time to play hard, our workforce engagement team focuses on planning and promoting team events such as: our annual Associate Christmas & Children’s Parties, Summer Picnic, March Madness & Putt-Putt tournaments, Cinco de Mayo, Super Bowl and many other fun activities.

We Give Back: In addition to planning associate events, our workforce is encouraged to volunteer through our One Campaign, which helps associations within the local community. 

• These services are not available at all locations. 

EEO: At Hillenbrand we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.