Accounting Lead - Record to Report (R2R)

We're aiming to add an Accounting Lead – Record to Report (R2R) to reinforce our finance department. Taking on this position means holding responsibility for the accuracy of accounting records, the strength of control processes, and the smooth running of operations across a wide array of entities or a vital accounting function. You'll play a central part in working through complicated accounting puzzles, driving collaborative solutions to high-priority concerns across departments, speaking on behalf of the team in audit reviews and leadership meetings, and ensuring closing cycles, control activities, and team deliverables consistently hit organizational targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage the execution of monthly closing activities across designated entities or process areas, ensuring every essential task is finished accurately, completely, and on time
• Assess and give final approval on journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, variance explanations, and other closing deliverables created by team accountants, respecting segregation-of-duties principles
• Investigate complicated accrual scenarios, prepayment entries, unusual transactions, and manually input postings, probing the reasoning behind them to validate correct accounting treatment
• Function as the primary escalation point when issues surface around posting mistakes, closing bottlenecks, system integration failures, incomplete documentation, or accounting judgment calls within your purview
• Maintain consistent adherence to internal control policies, SOX-related mandates, and formally established close procedures
• Lead reconciliation efforts between source systems and SAP, making sure significant variances are thoroughly examined and addressed
• Work together with regional controllers, local accounting professionals, accounts payable, treasury, and tax functions, plus other relevant stakeholders, on closing issues, accounting questions, and process changes
• Represent accounting operations during both internal and external audits, maintaining message consistency and ensuring documentation is audit-ready
• Foster the growth of junior accounting team members by assessing their deliverables and helping sharpen their technical skills and closing discipline
• Drive initiatives aimed at improving processes, establishing standardized methods, and testing new tools, reporting frameworks, and workflow enhancements

Requirements

• Bachelor's and Master's degree in Accounting, together with Colombian Public Accountant certification
• Five or more years of relevant experience across finance disciplines such as General Ledger, record-to-report, financial reporting, and audit, with a minimum of two years spent leading or supervising a team
• Hands-on experience in Corporate Finance or a comparable support role, coupled with a firm grasp of finance operations, core business functions, and operational nuances
• Solid problem-solving aptitude, including spotting issues, assigning priority levels, communicating findings clearly, and building and executing plans to resolve them
• Thorough command of US GAAP and IFRS standards, with a track record of applying them successfully to complex or unusual cases
• Established experience overseeing process governance, leading improvement efforts, and streamlining workflows
• Capable communication skills paired with English fluency at B2 level or higher, facilitating clear understanding of business needs and their conversion into agentic architecture concepts

Nice to have

• Experience gained within shared services structures or accounting functions covering operations across multiple countries or divisions
• Professional history at a Big Four firm or a comparably respected audit organization
• Hands-on background using SAP or similar ERP platforms to support financial reporting and reconciliation work