<p><b><i>What Finance Operations contributes to <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/cardinal-health">Cardinal Health</a></i></b><br><br>Finance oversees the accounting, tax, financial plans and policies of the organization, establishes and maintains fiscal controls, prepares and interprets financial reports, oversees financial systems and safeguards the organization's assets.<br><br>Finance Operations is responsible for the oversight and overall performance of the following core financial processes. This includes pricing administration, rebates, cash application, chargebacks, billing, accounts payable and employee travel &amp; expense.</p><h3><i>Responsibilities:</i></h3><ul><li>Complete monthly / quarterly processes related to the calculation and payout of customer rebates and GPO Admin Fees not limited to:<ul> <li>Calculation of customer rebates for financial statement accruals and payouts</li> <li>Preparation of audit ready documentation packages for approval submission</li> <li>Compilation of detailed external reporting for completed payouts</li> <li>Ownership of Admin Fee inquiries and issues to resolution</li> <li>Collaboration with leadership on complicated customer transactions</li> </ul> </li></ul><ul> <li>Manage the end-to-end accrual structure and overarching P&amp;L impacts for Medical Rebates and GPO Admin Fees.</li> <li>Deeply analyze and review subledgers to ensure accurate accounting, recognizing the broader accounting implications of entries, true-ups, and complex, unique incentive structures.</li> <li>Assist and oversee our offshore team with the calculation, validation, and execution of GPO admin fee payouts, ensuring absolute predictability and timeliness.</li> <li>Proactively reduce rebate true-ups and mitigate operational process risk by aggressively tracking root causes and maintaining a strict SOX internal control structure.</li> <li>Communicate complex financial concepts, including accrual true-ups and resulting process improvements, clearly and effectively to Executive Leadership.</li> <li>Bridge cross-functional communication gaps across Sales, Legal, Finance, Pricing, Accounting, and Contracting to ensure downstream alignment on complex customer transactions.</li> <li>Act as a strategic advisor during early commercial and contracting discussions to ensure non-standard incentive structures are operationally feasible.</li> <li>Serve as a catalyst for change by aggressively challenging legacy, manual Excel-based processes.</li> <li>Deploy accessible automation (e.g., advanced macros, Python) and integrate AI tools (e.g., no-code agents) to eradicate low-value tasks and streamline review cycles.</li> <li>Assist in critical system implementations for enterprise investment.</li> </ul><h3><i>Qualifications</i></h3><ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or advanced degree highly preferred).</li> <li>4+ years of proven experience in Accounting, Audit, or Finance, with a track record of h