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About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

Key Responsibilities

Month-End Close & Accounting Operations

• Perform core month-end close activities, including trial balance reviews, final sales calculations, SG&A analysis, accruals, reclassifications, account reconciliations, and journal entry preparation.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial results.

Shipment, Demand & Backlog Coverage

• Support commercial forecasting through detailed analysis of shipment performance, backlog coverage, and order activity.
• Participate in weekly cross-functional demand calls to understand market conditions and operational execution.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reporting on backlog performance, new orders, and variance to forecast.

Management Reporting & Profitability Analysis

• Develop and distribute management reporting packages and key performance metrics for business and finance leadership.

Prepare Gross Margin reporting and customer profitability analysis.

• Manage functional cost reporting and provide detailed expense analysis to departmental leaders.
• Support financial consolidation and reporting activities utilizing corporate financial systems and reporting tools.

Organizational Partnership & Process Improvement

• Collaborate with Sales Operations, Accounting, Finance, and other business functions to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting support for business initiatives and leadership requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, enhance data quality, and increase reporting efficiency through automation and standardization.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years of experience in Financial Analysis, Accounting
• 2 + years of experience in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP functions.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience supporting month-end close, financial reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting processes.
• Strong analytical, detail-oriented, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with financial reporting and ERP systems (e.g., HFM, JD Edwards).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced month-end close environment.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $64,500.00 - $129,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 15 October 2026

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Use of AI

Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.