Manager of Accounting for LatAm

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions: Office

Position Overview

Within our Clinical Research Group (CRG), an opportunity has arisen to manage and coordinate one or more accounting teams responsible for Latin America (LA) countries. With a keen understanding of laws, regulations, and compliance, as well as reporting requirements consistent with US GAAP, this team uses innovative financial systems and controls, data security, and robust processes to protect the company’s assets and support its short- and long-term growth on a global scale. You will build relationships with internal and external audit teams as well as key business partners to drive sophisticated business decisions. You will have the opportunity to build strong organizational alliances to understand and mitigate risk, as well as capture opportunities and provide valuable support to all business partners. This role will ensure strong financial controls, compliance, and timely and accurate financial reporting. In addition, the position holder will provide valuable decision support, identify and implement operational improvement opportunities, and develop a strong finance team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policy, and standard operating procedures; recommends changes to strengthen the control environment.
• Analyze and review monthly financial results for the LA region.
• Assist in the preparation of month-end and year-end financial statements and consolidation packages, as well as general control activities for the LA region.
• Work with the accounting team to prepare quarterly accruals.
• Complete monthly and quarterly consolidation packages.
• Review monthly account reconciliations.
• Research and recommend proper accounting treatment on technical accounting issues as they arise.
• Plan and direct appropriate responses to audit inquiries and requests, including tax audits, internal and external audits (in accordance with US GAAP and local statutory requirements).
• Coordinate and review the statutory reporting in accordance with local regulations for LA countries, including reconciling to US GAAP books.
• Coordinate and review monthly and annual tax reporting in accordance with local regulations, which include but are not limited to VAT refunds, Transfer Pricing, and Income Tax Return.
• Liaise with internal departments: Clinical, Global Clinical Supplies, Feasibilities, Site Payments, Financial Planning and Analysis, Human Resources, Legal, Facilities, Procurement, Payroll, Treasury, Tax, and Audit as the regional financial partner for various ad-hoc items.
• Coordinate and review activities with shared service center teams.
• Act as a leader in resourcing talent and diversity, involved in all parts of the hiring and development process.
• Drive continuous improvement and use systems to increase efficiency.
• Perform a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence.
• Ability to perform under stress.
• Ability to multi-task.

Requirements

• Keen understanding of laws, regulations, and compliance.
• Understanding of reporting requirements consistent with US GAAP.
• Experience with financial systems and controls.
• Experience with data security and robust processes.
• Experience building relationships with internal and external audit teams.
• Experience building relationships with key business partners.
• Experience in understanding and mitigating risk.
• Experience in capturing opportunities.
• Experience providing valuable support to business partners.
• Experience ensuring strong financial controls.
• Experience ensuring compliance.
• Experience in timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Experience in providing decision support.
• Experience identifying and implementing operational improvement opportunities.
• Experience developing strong finance teams.

Application Instructions

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Company Information

• Department: Clinical Research Group (CRG)
• Region of Focus: Latin America (LA)