Job Summary:
Responsibilities:
Service Delivery Management
- Oversee day-to-day accounting activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and financial reporting.
- Ensure timely and accurate completion of month-end and year-end closing procedures.
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements prepared by the accounting team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and enhance financial controls, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor and analyze financial data, identify trends and recommend actions for improvement.
- Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of accountants, providing guidance, training, performance evaluations, managing performance workload distribution.
- Performs regular huddles to ensure clear goals for work assigned, clearing backlog, and team performance vs operational standards.
- Monitor Team Productivity and QA to ensure alignment with operational standards.
- Be the first level of support for assigned staff and troubleshoots exceptions as they occur.
- Complete minimum monthly 1:1 with direct reports in order to provide feedback and coaching.
- Provides training to new team members and ensures that members are ready to start production.
- Operational Management
- Acts as backup for supervisor when needed
- Prepare and present financial reports, budgets, and forecasts to management and clients.
- Ensure compliance with local accounting regulations, tax laws, and GAAP principles.
- Coordinate with external auditors during the annual audit process and address any audit findings.
- Identify opportunities for process automation, system enhancements, and efficiency gains within the accounting function.
- Ensure process documentation is kept current.
- Prepare Service Levels reports for areas in scope.
- Keep BI data and dashboard updated.
- Stay updated on industry best practices and changes in accounting standards, and implement necessary changes as required.
Skills and Experience:
📌 Accounting Lead (Bogotá)
🏢 Auxis
📍 Bogotá