Chief Accountant

Pacifica Continental; Estado de México; Presencial; MXN 600,000 - 800,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading finance firm in Mexico is seeking a Chief Accountant to ensure compliance with local legislation and internal guidelines. The role requires overseeing financial reporting and managing the accounting team. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience and holds a Certified Management Accountant qualification. Strong leadership and communication skills, along with IT literacy, are essential. This position offers opportunities for professional development and a dynamic work environment.

Formación

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience in a similar organization.
• English language skills required.

Responsabilidades

• Ensures compliance with local legislation and internal guidelines.
• Maintains the fixed asset register and supervises asset accounting.
• Oversees monthly and annual closing processes and financial reporting.
• Coordinates auditing processes and ensures accurate financial statements.
• Builds and manages a motivated accounting team.

Conocimientos

Local tax regulations knowledge

Leadership skills

Effective communication

IT literacy

Teamwork skills

Organizational skills

Educación

Certified Management Accountant

Herramientas

SAP

Descripción del empleo

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

The Chief Accountant ensures that the accounting is correct, transparent, complete, and delivered on time, always guaranteeing 100% compliance with all relevant local legislation (e.g. statutory accounting standards, IFRS, tax law) and internal group accounting guidelines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Guarantees 100% compliance with all relevant local legislation and internal group accounting guidelines. Ensures that the accounting is correct, transparent (within the organization and towards HQ) and complete (including appropriate accruals / deferrals). The financial statements must present a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the reported period. Assures timely submission of accurate financial information to all stakeholders. Assists the Finance Manager in proactively managing the year end audit process and the external auditors to secure clean Early Warning Memorandums and clean Management Letters strictly avoiding an "Emphasis of Matter" or a "Qualified Opinion". While maintaining quality, continuously drives efficiency by streamlining processes and the use of available tools. Ensures that the accounting operations are fully integrated from a process, systems, and control perspective. Supports the Finance Manager in establishing an effective tax management in cooperation with the tax specialists in HQ and external tax advisors. Lead any project related to changes / updates in accounting systems and inform opportunely any accounting system that is not working properly.

BOOKKEEPING

Maintains the fixed asset register and supervises the asset accounting in the fixed asset ledger. Manages the accounts payables ledger as well as the periodic payment runs while ensuring segregation of duties. Controls the accounts receivable ledger and the dunning process. Supervises the bank statement postings as well as the reconciliation of the bank accounts. Reconciliation of all tax accounts. Guarantees the timely and accurate reporting to local authorities. Maintains the general ledger. Maintains the sanity checks in terms of master data creation, modifications, etc., identifying any potential risk, solving the situations identified. Conciliation of open items.

PERIOD CLOSING

Review and check the optimum liquidity level for the company, looking closely at the cash collection and payments, avoiding any cash risk for the company in each month. Responsible for the timely compilation of the monthly and annual closings including the communication of the closing timetable within the organization (local and with corporate teams). Carries out depreciation runs, posts all accrual and deferral as well as revaluations, write-offs and provisions. Reconciles all clearing and intern company accounts. Carries out any other period closing postings. Prepares the annual statutory financial statements. Conducts a thorough review of all monthly reports and financial statements prior to the submission to HQ or authorities to make corrections if needed. Coordinate all the tax obligations monthly and yearly with the local team and the external advisors, if required.

AUDITING COORDINATOR

The CoA coordinates all auditing processes inside the company (related to taxes, contracts, payments, etc.). Conducts a thorough review of all monthly reports and financial statements prior to the submission to HQ or authorities to make corrections if needed. Supervises the bank statement postings as well as the reconciliation of the bank accounts.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

Builds a team of highly engaged and motivated people. Develops and updates regularly the job descriptions for all accounting staff. Ensures that sufficient resources are in place and each position is held by a person with the appropriate qualification. Agrees on annual objectives and links variable pay to the achievement levels. Holds biannual performance reviews giving clear, honest and fair feedback. Promotes development, internal trainings to elevate knowledge levels within the team. Assures that all key processes are documented in writing and that checklists are being used.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

• Holds a relevant accounting qualification (Certified Management Accountant).

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience in a similar organization.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Vast knowledge of all local tax regulations, local GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Capable of communicating precisely, effectively, and convincingly based on facts with internal and external stakeholders.
• IT literate and SAP knowledge.
• Collaboration, empathy and open communication as teamwork skills.
• A structured and well‑organized individual.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Must be self‑motivated, self‑directed and be able to work under pressure in a fast‑paced team environment. English language skills.