Accounting Manager

This role is for an Accounting Manager responsible for performing and managing daily accounting and bookkeeping, issuing invoices for the local entity, and implementing and managing the AP process. The position involves overseeing monthly closing procedures, ensuring necessary calculations are done and posted, including monthly accruals, and performing balance sheet account reconciliations. The Accounting Manager will also be responsible for group reporting in the Cognos consolidation tool and ensuring that daily accounting operations are processed in accordance with local legislation, IFRS, and best practices. Assistance in audits, providing necessary documents and information, and preparing reports for auditors are also key duties. The role includes managing the fixed asset register (specific groups) and low-value stock accounting, processing purchase documents, and maintaining the register. Furthermore, the Accounting Manager will maintain a list of vendors and timing relevant for reconciliation, review, advise, and authorise payment proposals, and submit payment requests to the bank. Cooperation with the payroll accountant and management of the payroll process, as well as control and approval of payments (payroll, invoices, taxes, and others), are also part of the responsibilities. Cash flow management, including monthly cash flow forecasts for the group, is essential to ensure the company has sufficient resources to pay invoices in due time.

• Performing and managing daily accounting and bookkeeping.
• Issuing invoices for local entity.
• Implement & manage AP process.
• Monthly closing procedures: ensuring that month is closed properly – necessary calculations are done and posted including (Monthly accruals).
• Balance sheet accounts reconciliations.
• Group reporting in Cognos consolidation tool.
• Ensuring that daily accounting operations are processed in accordance with the local legislation, IFRS and best practices.
• Assistance in audits, providing all necessary documents and information, prepare reports required by auditors.
• Fixed asset register (specific groups); Low value stock accounting – processing purchase documents, maintaining of register.
• Maintains a list of vendors and timing relevant for reconciliation.
• Reviews, advises and authorizes payment proposal as well as submits payment request to the bank.
• Cooperation with payroll accountant and manage the payroll process.
• Control and approve payments (payroll, invoices, taxes and other).
• Cash flow management: monthly cash flow forecast for group Financial Manager, ensure that company has sufficient resources to pay invoices in due time.

• At least 5 years of experience as an accounting manager or senior accountant in an international company with a strong control environment (required).
• Professional Accounting education (required).
• Excellent knowledge in local tax and accounting legislation and has worked with complex finance systems (required).
• Experience with MS Navision / Business Central will be a plus especially with implementation projects (preferred).
• Fluent in Spanish and English languages (spoken and written) (required).
• Analytical skills and multi-tasking (required).
• Adaptability, flexibility (required).
• Advanced computer skills, Microsoft excel skills and other relevant applications (required).