General Ledger Accountant with Spanish

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure timely and accurate booking of GL entries in SAP or other ERP, depending on the available IT infrastructure;
• Understand the rationale behind all GL postings, to ensure reasonableness;
• Prepare bank reconciliation;
• Perform month-end activities as required for reporting (opening/closing of SAP modules, inter-company reconciliations, currency revaluations, uploads of SAP results into One Stream, etc.) within a tight timescale;
• Prepare balance sheet and bank reconciliations, with supporting documentation according to the company’s standards and within the required time-scale;
• Follow-up of disputed/long-outstanding items to ensure integrity of the balance sheet;
• CAPEX accounting and reporting and assign tag numbers to fixed assets;
• Track company expenditures for fixed assets in comparison to the capital budget and management authorizations;
• Maintain up-to-date procedure documents in English;
• Support internal/external audit and Internal Control Office requests.

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting from Trial Balance to P&L/Balance Sheet;
• Professional accounting qualification is a plus;
• Working knowledge of SAP, US GAAP;
• Good Microsoft Office skills;
• Fluency and ability to work in English and Spanish;
• Ability to work in another foreign language is a plus;
• Good communication and time-management skills;
• Tenacious and detail-orientated working style, with a drive to resolve issues;
• Track record of continuous process improvement;
• Proactive approach;
• Flexibility during month-end closing;
• Availability to travel.