Accountant

What you will do

Essential duties & responsibilities:

• Responsible for assigned month end closing activities, fixed assets processes, cash, financial reporting, and other accounting related tasks.
• Performs accurate and timely preparation of journal entries and relevant supporting documentation.
• Performs general accounting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements
• Responsible to execute assigned SOX controls and other activities related to internal and external audit requirements.
• Support on deliver performance metrics (KPI´s) to Supervisor.
• Work closely with markets and local accounting teams to resolve discrepancies, issues, and queries in a timely manner by escalating to Supervisor as required.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls to guarantee timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Performs other related work to accounting cycle.

What you need  

Education & special trainings:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or related field
• MS Office Suite
• Intermediate excel level (pivot table, formulas, charts)
• Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish.
• SAP, Oracle or QAD systems knowledge is a big plus

Qualifications & experience:

• 2-3 years of relevant working experience in a finance/accounting function in matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems
• Experience of working in a shared service center across a global /large organization will be an added advantage