Finance and accounting

About finance at Cardinal Health

The finance team at Cardinal Health is a strategic internal partner that helps drive value creation and quality growth for the company. The team is a consultative business partner and counselor, participating in and leading decision-making processes.

Finance is an active, dynamic department where employees have hard-hitting, meaningful responsibilities. More than a support function providing reports to decision-makers, members of the finance function are committed to providing critical analyses and innovative solutions while advising about and fostering continual performance enhancements.

Rotational program goals

The financial program's goals suppor our primary objective of developing recent college graduates into outstanding contributors who will become future Cardinal Health leaders. The program offers participants exceptional opportunities for financial and leadership skill development through diversified experiences in rotational assignments throughout the company.

Program participants will:

• Receive ongoing training and development
• Network with business leaders
• Contribute new and innovative ideas to our developing world-class finance organization
• Receive extensive support in selecting rotational assignments to help you achieve your career goals
• Continue your development through exposure to different functions and business units
• Enhance your business literacy and the company's bench strength
• Receive frequent feedback on your progress, performance and development from your manager

The Financial Rotational Program typically lasts two years. Each year-long rotation will offer you a level of opportunity and responsibility not normally afforded to recent college graduates, providing you with accelerated career development.

Technical, financial and business skills will be developed through on-the-job experiences and training, which may include the following:

• Asset management
• Corporate audit
• Corporate finance
• Cost accounting
• Credit research and analysis
• Customer and channel profitability analysis
• Distribution finance
• External reporting
• Financial modeling
• Financial planning and analysis
• Investor relations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Tax
• Treasury

During your first year in the program, you will be offered training in Cardinal Health financial systems as well as common software packages such as Microsoft^® Access and Excel. Other training and development opportunities will take place on the job. You will also participate in workshops focusing on business acumen, financial statement preparation and analysis, team building and analytical thinking. Your first year is highlighted with the chance to develop informal mentoring relationships and attend lunches with managers from multiple businesses.

In your second year, you will build on skills learned during the first year. You will complete case studies focusing less on base technical skills and more on financial management and strategic and innovative thinking abilities. You can also attend training sessions relating to career path development, leadership skills, presentation skills and interview skills

The finance program primarily recruits accounting and finance majors. In addition to this, minimum requirements for the program include:

• Nine hours of accounting coursework
• GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
• Relevant internship experinece preferred
• Strong leadership, communication and analytical skills
• Established work ethic and ambition

The candidate selection process begins with two 30-minute, on-campus interviews of pre-selected students conducted by management-level employees from Cardinal Health. For candidates who do not attend a campus which Cardinal Health recruits, an initial phone interview is conducted in place of the on-campus interview.

If you are chosen to complete additional interviews from the first-round process, you will be invited to our offices for a second round. These occur over a day and a half and focus on providing you with an orientation to Cardinal Health and our program. This process allows you to learn more about our company and culture first-hand, helping you make an informed decision about your career.