We're aiming to add an Accounting Lead – Record to Report (R2R) to reinforce our finance department. Taking on this position means holding responsibility for the accuracy of accounting records, the strength of control processes, and the smooth running of operations across a wide array of entities or a vital accounting function. You'll play a central part in working through complicated accounting puzzles, driving collaborative solutions to high-priority concerns across departments, speaking on behalf of the team in audit reviews and leadership meetings, and ensuring closing cycles, control activities, and team deliverables consistently hit organizational targets.
Responsibilities
- Manage the execution of monthly closing activities across designated entities or process areas, ensuring every essential task is finished accurately, completely, and on time
- Assess and give final approval on journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, variance explanations, and other closing deliverables created by team accountants, respecting segregation-of-duties principles




- Investigate complicated accrual scenarios, prepayment entries, unusual transactions, and manually input postings, probing the reasoning behind them to validate correct accounting treatment
- Function as the primary escalation point when issues surface around posting mistakes, closing bottlenecks, system integration failures, incomplete documentation, or accounting judgment calls within your purview
- Maintain consistent adherence to internal control policies, SOX-related mandates, and formally established close procedures
- Lead reconciliation efforts between source systems and SAP, making sure significant variances are thoroughly examined and addressed
- Work together with regional controllers, local accounting professionals, accounts payable, treasury, and tax functions, plus other relevant stakeholders, on closing issues, accounting questions, and process changes
- Represent accounting operations during

📌 Accounting Lead (Colombia)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Colombia