Senior Director, Finance & Accounting—Strategy & Systems

Medica; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Medica seeks a Senior Director Accounting/Finance to provide strategic and operational leadership across accounting, financial close, statutory reporting, and financial systems for multiple ledgers and entities. The role partners with actuarial, operations, treasury, technology, FP&A and business leaders to evaluate results, resolve complex issues, and support informed decision‑making.

The position leads and develops the finance team, implements major platform initiatives, and ensures

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a closely related field.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible accounting or finance experience.
• 5+ years in a leadership position in a large accounting team. Health insurance industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close process and coordinate close calendars, task lists, cutoffs, accruals, actuals loads, and multi-ledger activities.
• Oversee recurring and manual journal entries, reconciliations, consolidations, eliminations, and intercompany settlements.
• Review financial results, flux and variance analyses, issue logs, and remediation activities to maintain accurate reporting.
• Own Medicare Cost Reports, supplemental schedules, statistical reporting, and other regulatory deliverables.
• Direct financial-process design, testing, data validation, reconciliations, and post-implementation improvements.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a closely related field

Tools

Workday ERP

Job description

Medica seeks a Senior Director Accounting/Finance to provide strategic and operational leadership across accounting, financial close, statutory reporting, and financial systems for multiple ledgers and entities. The role partners with actuarial, operations, treasury, technology, FP&A and business leaders to evaluate results, resolve complex issues, and support informed decision‑making.

The position leads and develops the finance team, implements major platform initiatives, and ensures