Middle Accountant

We are hiring an Accountant to help deliver reliable accounting support for our Colombian entity. The position combines daily financial processing with involvement in reporting, compliance, and close activities. You will work across finance and business functions to promote well-controlled and efficient operations. Non-routine accounting questions will be escalated to senior finance leadership as needed

Responsibilities

• Ensure ERP journals are accurately recorded by checking account mapping, departmental allocation, supporting records, and the relevant reporting period
• Validate supplier billing and book related expenses and accruals, engaging relevant purchasing, payables, and business contacts to clarify discrepancies
• Account for sales invoices and associated ledger movements while checking commercial evidence, completeness, and revenue cut-off
• Administer fixed asset records by processing capitalization, transfers, depreciation, disposals, and subledger-to-ledger reconciliations
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts each month, analyze variances, pursue aged balances, and recommend journals to resolve identified issues
• Assist with month-end and year-end activities through preparation of recurring journals, accruals, deferrals, reclassifications, account reviews, and close documentation
• Analyze financial transactions and account trends, highlighting exceptions and preparing commentary on significant fluctuations
• Assist in producing management and statutory reporting materials, including financial statements, supporting schedules, workpapers, and account disclosures
• Supply accounting details for Colombian tax compliance activities involving VAT, tax withholdings, and income tax calculations under appropriate supervision
• Maintain compliance with local accounting rules, internal guidance, and control procedures through complete and accessible documentation
• Facilitate internal and external audit work by preparing requested schedules, source documents, reconciliations, and written responses
• Work jointly with finance teams and business partners, including Treasury, Tax, Receivables, and Payables, to resolve recording and reporting issues
• Help improve finance operations by supporting automation, process harmonization, and the rollout or testing of ERP and reporting updates

Requirements

• Have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Public Accounting (Contaduría Pública) at a recognized university or institution
• Maintain a current Tarjeta Profesional issued for accounting practice in Colombia
• Offer a minimum of two years of applicable accounting experience, ideally within a large company, global organization, or shared service center
• Bring hands-on exposure to local accounting work involving invoice accruals, billing recognition, ledger maintenance, account reconciliations, and asset accounting
• Demonstrate involvement in monthly and yearly financial closes and in preparing financial reports
• Possess introductory knowledge of Colombian VAT, withholding taxes, and income tax, including preparation of documentation for tax returns
• Understand Colombian accounting regulations and core accounting concepts, while IFRS / NIIF familiarity is an advantage
• Be comfortable using intermediate Excel features such as lookup formulas, PivotTables, filtering tools, and reconciliation templates
• Demonstrate English proficiency of B2 or higher for understanding basic written materials and engaging in routine business communication

Nice to have

• Exposure to ERP applications including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar tools, especially SAP
• Prior work in a multinational business or finance shared services model