Overview:
STATEMENT:
The Accounting and Reporting Manager role is responsible of supporting accounting and reporting operations for South and Central America countries supported within our general finance controllership department located at our Guadalajara GBS Center, to ensure the company's Record-to-Report (R2R) process is executed properly per the company's corporate policies and procedures, US GAAP and local GAAP frameworks, SOX compliance, as well as Service Partnership Agreements between the process stakeholders. Support local Finance Managers for SAMCAM countries, regional and corporate team in the accurate and timely preparation of financial statements via the effective execution of general accounting journal entries, balance sheet accounts reconciliations, financial statement transactional analysis and EOM close deliverables via the supervisor and staff teams in Oracle and OneStream systems for accounting and reporting per corporate procedures. Partner and liaison with the Internal and External Audit teams to ensure no findings are identified in any audit review. Establish, determine, and improve operational key metrics/goals to optimize the performance of the team. Ensuring proper workload among the team. Work on continuous process improvement for process automation and efficiency, always ensuring compliance with key controls. Ensure proper standardization is in place per process design. Management skills and Record to Report (R2R) technical acumen are critical in this role to manage the operational workload and Company's improvement efforts.
DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure the effective performance of the Accounting and Reporting (GL/R2R) team for South and Central America per agreed SPAs and KPI.
- Ensure accounting and process standardization across the regions.
- Ensure alignment and accomplishment of Service Partnership agreements.
- Ensure standard operating process and manual operations are documented and updated.
- Ensure team's proper recording of accounting records, financial statements and related analyzes.
- Partner and liaison with Internal and External Audit teams
- Accounting Subject matter expert acting as the primary point of contact for Record to Report issues.
- Establish, determine, and improve on key success metrics to optimize the performance of the team.
- Partner with other Departments to drive properly the Record to Report process.
- Ensure financial information is adequate to the Company requirements and policies (US-GAAP, Local GAAP and SOX)
- Ensure that team provides local teams with the required information on a timely manner and adequate for review, analysis, and reporting.
Job Qualifications:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
**Skills**:
- Analytical skills and the ability and proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (including Excel and Power Point)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexibility to function under varied timeframes and adapt as the external environment and organization evolve
- The ability to work under deadline pressure while maintaining a positive and professional attitude in a very fast-paced environment
Languages:
- Native in Spanish
- Advance in English
**Experience**:
Required
- 1 - 3 + years of Managerial Experience in Accounting or relevant managerial experience (2nd year Senior or Supervisor Level, 1st year Manager level from big 4 accounting firm)
- Experience in Finance/Accounting functions and GBS Accounting or a transactional accounting for transnational companies, experience in big 4 accounting firms.
- Ability to manage teams and ensure proper workload and labor environment
- Experience on Internal Controls, and Process Improvement.
**Education**:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related work experience.
- Advance English 90%
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage teams and ensure proper workload and labor environment
- Experience on Internal Controls, and Process Improvement.
- Strong orientation to client Service and meeting deadlines and results.
- Ability to interact effectively at all levels.
- Experience working in an ERP environment (Oracle)