Gl Accountant

Guardian Glass; Santiago de Querétaro; On-site; MXN 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass in Querétaro, Mexico, seeks an organized accounting professional to help manage general ledger tasks, fixed assets, stockroom operations, and cross-functional projects in a dynamic global environment.

You will collaborate with operations, support month-end close, and contribute to process improvements while ensuring accuracy and compliance across regions. Fluency in English and proactive problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience in accounting including General Ledger: journal entries, intercompany transactions, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Experience with MS Office 365 and Excel: pivot tables, data manipulation and formulas.
• Be proactive in identifying improvements and streamlining processes.
• Proficient in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage fixed assets, stockroom operations, and leases; collaborate on cross-functional projects to improve processes.
• Perform regular General Ledger processes to ensure accurate postings, variances, and reconciliations.
• Own key accounting tasks, ensuring month-end close accuracy and partnering with the accounting team.
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and provide commentary on forecasts vs. actuals.
• Support other departments (Tax, Audit, HR) with ad hoc information and analysis.
• Seek knowledge and opportunities to standardize and improve processes; assist external auditors.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

General Ledger

Excel

Proactive

English

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Power BI

Power Apps

ERP systems

Excel (MS Office 365)

Job description

Your Job

We are looking for motivated and self-driven candidates that can manage multiple responsibilities, set priorities for themselves, meet deadlines, and who seek to improve processes along the way. If you are still growing in your accounting career, we have meaningful work to do and opportunities to contribute! This position will work across the global organization in a competitive atmosphere. Working effectively with cross-functional teams, embracing change, and being adaptable is crucial for success.

Our Team

You will be part of a diverse contribution motivated team, working within a culture that encourages entrepreneurship and challenge with respect and humility to deliver superior results for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do

• Where you’ll manage fixed assets, stockroom operations, and leases. You’ll also collaborate on projects with our operations team, contributing to continuous improvements.
• Perform regular General Ledger (GL) processes to ensure accurate and timely posting to the ledger, variance analysis, Balance Sheet account analysis & reconciliation.
• Take ownership of key accounting tasks by using critical thinking to ensure accurate reconciliations, month-end close processes, and partner with the accounting team.
• Analyze the financial statements for discrepancies and provide commentary for forecast vs actual, standard vs actual & month over month change in account balances.
• Provide ad hoc information, support and analysis to other departments (Tax, Audit, HR, etc.).
• Seek and share knowledge, create value by identifying opportunities for process improvement and standardization, challenge the status quo.
• Work with external auditors and support annual audit process; investigate and resolve audit findings, account discrepancies, and issues of noncompliance.
• Work across regions and capabilities to understand local regulations to help improve their processes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent communication, and teamwork skills.
• Strong experience in accounting including General Ledger processes - Journal Entries, Intercompany Transactions, Account Reconciliations, Variance Analysis and supporting Month-End close.
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 with MS Excel skills (spreadsheet creation/editing, pivot tables, data manipulation/analysis and formula creation).
• Be pro-active.
• Proficient in English.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Progressive accounting experience.
• Experience evaluating large data sets from multiple sources and providing analysis.
• Hands-on experience with ERP & accounting sub-systems.
• Experience in Microsoft Power Apps & Power BI.