General Accountant

Tenneco; Puebla de Zaragoza; Presencial; MXN 670.000 - 1.004.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tenneco in Puebla, Mexico seeks a GL Senior Accountant who ensures accounting integrity across the Central Shared Service Center, the Mexican Holding company and US-Lighting ledger. You will report to the Finance Director PT-Mexico and handle end-to-end GL tasks with a focus on month-end close and audits.

Candidates should have 3–5 years in GL/AP, GAAP knowledge, ERP experience (SAP/Mfg Pro/Plex), and strong communication skills.

Formación

• 3-5 years in GL and accounts payable roles (supervisor/senior)
• Experience in financial planning: forecast, budget & reporting
• MS Office proficiency; ERP experience (SAP/Mfg Pro/Plex)
• Solid GAAP knowledge and internal control understanding
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; English (intermediate)

Responsabilidades

• Daily activities in Central Shared Service Center incl. vendor creation, payments
• Maintain general ledger; reconcile subsidiary accounts; prepare trial balance
• Prepare financial statements; support month-end and year-end close
• Ensure GAAP compliance and assist SOX testing
• Coordinate internal and external audits; data backups and confidentiality
• Assist budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes

Conocimientos

GL accounting

Accounts payable

GAAP knowledge

Internal controls

English (intermediate)

Team collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business-related field

Herramientas

SAP

Mfg Pro

Plex ERP

Descripción del empleo

About the Role

The GL Senior accountant will be directly report to the Finance Director PT-Mexico and is responsible to ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions in the Central Shared Service Center, Mexican Holding company and US-Lighting ledger.

Responsabilities:

• Daily administrative activities for the Central shared service Center, as request vendor creation, prepare payment run, and ensure on time payments
• Internal control processes and procedures for the Purchase to pay process an communicate to the Central shared service center team
• Travel expense control and HR support for fuel and travel cards.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status.
• Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process.
• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule.
• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance.
• Support month-end and year-end close process.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles.
• Assist SOX compliance plus testing for entire CSS, Holding and US-lighting entities.
• Audits and approves employee expense report submissions.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business-related field.

Required Skills

• Proven experience of 3-5 years as a GL and account payable accountant accounting supervisor, chief or senior accountant.
• With experience in Financial planning activities as Forecast, Budget and Reporting.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). MS Access experience preferred.
• System experience with SAP, Mfg Pro, Plex or similar ERP system is preferred.
• In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Internal control procedures, Planning and reporting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• English intermediate level.
• Demonstrates speed and flexibility as appropriate in responding and adapting to changes.
• Promotes cooperation within the team and between teams.
• Demonstrates the ability to adapt to a challenging and developing environment; willingness to take on new responsibilities as our business evolves.