[Remote] Senior Accountant – Equity and Post-Retirement Benefits

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Solventum is a new healthcare company focused on solving big challenges to improve lives. The Senior Accountant will lead the company's stock-based compensation and pension accounting, collaborating with various teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance. Responsibilities • Collaborating with external service providers and Solventum’s stock administration team to produce monthly stock-based compensation journal entries, validate stock-based compensation data, review probability of awards vesting, and prepare quarterly account reconciliations to support accurate financial reporting • Coordinate global pension and post-retirement benefit accounting by collaborating with external service providers and internal Benefits, Treasury, and Global Controller teams to prepare annual and ad hoc pension remeasurements and timely submission of the related accounting journal entries • Prepare quarterly external financial reporting disclosures and monthly/quarterly/annual SOX controls related to stock-based compensation, basic and diluted shares, and pension and post-retirement benefits • Lead the preparation of audited annual benefit plan financial statements, Forms 5500, and Forms 990, working alongside the Benefits, Treasury, and Tax teams • Streamline accounting processes and procedures and build partnerships with internal departments and external service providers • Actively support other related processes including but not limited to: forecasting stock-based compensation expense, pension and post-retirement benefits expense, and share count; internal and external audits; technical accounting research and documentation; annual Proxy filing; ERP implementation; special projects Skills • Bachelor’s Degree AND seven (7) years of accounting experience • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) certification • Experience with SEC reporting and SOX controls • Knowledge and experience in accounting or financial reporting related to stock-based compensation (ASC 718), pension and post-retirement benefits (ASC 715), or basic and diluted share count (ASC 260) • Strong leadership and communication skills • Organized self-starter • Experience working in SAP, OneStream, Workiva, Workday, Fidelity, and/or Nexen • Experience working with the Big 4 firms • Experience with employee benefit plan financial statements and Forms 5500 Benefits • Medical, Dental & Vision • Health Savings Accounts • Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Disability Benefits • Life Insurance • Voluntary Benefits • Paid Absences • Retirement Benefits Company Overview • At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. We never stop solving for you. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Apply tot his job