Sr. Accountant, Financial Services

hace 4 semanas


Heredia, Costa Rica ABBVIE A tiempo completo

This position reports into the Supervisor Central America & Caribbean Countries at FSS and is responsible to support US GAAP, Local statutory GAAP accounting and reporting processes for assigned affiliates and indirect tax filing. This position needs a person with ‘can
- do’, hands on attitude and ability to work with multiple stakeholders, planning and execution of local statutory audits or any other statutory reporting requirements.

**Statutory accounting responsibilities***
- Preparation of statutory financial statements including notes to accounts
- Participate/ review US GAAP month close process with primary focus to identify adjustments necessary for local GAAP:

- Regular reconciliation of US and local GAAP ledgers to ensure integrity of data
- Perform local GAAP adjustments
- Identify and perform adjustments needed for additional disclosures (T&E, Payroll benefits etc)
- Maintain local GAAP balance sheet reconciliations
- Conduct balance sheet reviews periodically
- Prepare and distribute reports to key contacts
- Interpret and roll out local accounting policy/standards
- Prepare Standard Operating Procedures & Flow charts to ensure local GAAP requirements are documented and necessary processes are in place.
- Co-ordinate Statutory audits:

- Support Finance Director in execution of local statutory audits
- Plan and co-ordinate audit schedule with external auditors, service providers (if any) and internal departments
- Execute audit plan by ensuring timelines are met.
- Establish escalation protocol, monitor, and report audit progress.
- Manage the Statutory calendar
- Support the process of local tax provision calculation and income tax return
- Miscellaneous reporting filings (e.g. statistical reporting)
- Identify and implement improvement opportunities in the area of direct responsibility (compliance, quality and process efficiency)
- Support integration activities

**Tax responsibilities**
- First point of communication for all direct and indirect tax matters
- Work closely with third party service providers and Tax Centre of Excellence to plan and support tax compliance activities
- Communicate compliance timetable and deliverables to all stake holders
- Ensure inputs required for tax return preparation are received, reviewed and submitted timely.
- Follow-up on any missing information, perform defined checks and reconciliations
- Track adjustments needed based on filed returns, perform journal entries to ensure ledger balances tie to returns
- Investigate issues encountered during return preparation, identify and fix process / system gaps
- Ad hoc assistance on VAT related matters (audits, questions tax authorities, tax coding questions, ad hoc checks and reconciliations)
- Oversee and track tax payments & receipts to avoid delays to avoid financial and reputational risk.
- Ensure accurate and consistent accounting of all taxes
- Review and sign off all tax related balance sheet accounts reconciliations prepared by third party provider (BPO).
- Co-ordinate with Tax Centre of Excellence of any other tax accounting related activities.
- Identify and implement improvement opportunities in the area of direct responsibility (compliance, quality and process efficiency)
- Support integration activities

**R2R Responsibilities**
- Maintain US GAAP and local ledgers including the preparation and/or review of related journal entries and reconciliations
- Prepare and review financial and accounting analysis involving complex transactions including but not limited to general accounting, fixed assets, intercompany and financial reporting activities/transactions
- Prepare and provide to Finance Director/s variance analysis between actual and planned financial data (Balance Sheet)
- Provide accounting treatment in line with Group policies for Affiliates
- Maintain Chart of Accounts in consultation with affiliates
- Serve as the key contact relating to all Record to Report activities for the affiliate or cluster of affiliates
- Produce and review management and statutory reports with affiliates
- Provide BPO with a guidance for resolution of accounting issues
- Coordinate Statutory/Fiscal Reports process with 3rd parties
- Prepare tax miscellaneous filings and maintain record of all Regulatory Filings
- Drive and co-ordinate the financial close process for the affiliate or cluster of affiliates
- Work closely with personnel in all departments to ensure compliance with company accounting and operational guidelines in accordance with local GAAP
- Work closely with the Finance Director/s of assigned affiliate/s to ensure high quality of the ledgers and full compliance with Accounting Policies
- Propose and implement initiatives aimed to improve efficiency and quality of the process
- Support integration activities
- Complete transfer pricing and costing activities in accordance with company and local requirements
- Prepare affiliate Balance Sheet, DSO and Entity plan and to provide monthly variance comment


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