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Senior GL Accountant

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San José, San José, Costa Rica
Full-time

Execute sensitive accounting procedures as shown below for NOs and RO with emphasis in planning, analysis and accounting close process ensuring standards of excellence through quality of the services provided according to the Field Finance Manual (FFM), and Partnership guidelines.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Cash management.

  • Manage petty cash for NO-ROs and make the respective reports for reimbursements.
  • Manage the cash flow and availability of funds in bank accounts for NOs and RO on a weekly basis.
  • Calculate monthly funding request and quarterly forecast of cash for NOs and RO keeping the days of cash target under partnership guidelines
  • Receive cash and coordinate bank deposits for NOs and RO.
  • Record and control direct funds sent by SOs to NOs/RO.
  • Perform surprise petty cash counts.
  • Pay and record local payroll to NOs whom SSC offers this service.
  • Manage and control corporate credit card portfolio for LACRO, ASSC and CRIO including bank relationship.
  • Prepare and pay employee income tax to government.

Budget and planning

  • Update Pbas records as needed by NOs/RO.
  • Reconcile My Pbas for NOs and RO.
  • Monitoring in Pbas budget changes for NOs/ RO projects
  • Review and record into Sun6 the budget changes for NOs/ROs projects.
  • Support GL lead in the annual budget for RO and uploaded into Sun6.

Month/ Year end close

  • Perform Cal - cost allocation process for NO.
  • Review and record international payroll.
  • Review, record and control RO severance pay and repatriation assistance liability.
  • Reconcile local income and direct funding.
  • Perform monthly rate calculation (as need it) and revaluation process
  • Upload Assets monthly report.
  • Prepare and post the NO-RO financial reports in the FFR database.
  • Perform and upload year end process, reports.
  • Posting journal entries.
  • Reporting and analysis
  • Support in the quarterly RO budget forecast
  • Support financial analysis to Regional Senior Leadership.
  • Support NOs with financial analysis as need it.
  • Support in the annual cashflow preparation for RO.
  • Analyze and Update NOs chart of accounts according with Field Financial Manual.
  • Perform validation codes for NO-RO core budget and projects.
  • Prepare the annual ICSAT for RO.
  • Prepare RO and ASSC tax form and declaration to government as required by local regulation.
  • Customer service.
  • Support GL lead to provide training to new RO employees about GEO, policies, procedures and financial services.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor´s degree with a major in finance, business or accounting.
Skills/Experience: 
  • Functional knowledge of accounting processes
  • Flexibility and ability to work on different aspects of the general ledger
  • A good knowledge of best practices within a project accounting environment and how to drive performance through better behaviors
  • Ability to perform and direct root cause analysis over various aspects of performance
  • Knowledge of technology; including data structure, analysis codes and business rules
  • Familiarity with multidimensional reporting concepts and structures
  • Understanding of internal control elements and best financial practices
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Highly organized
  • Ability to meet strict deadlines
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Demonstrated strong work ethic and flexible hours as needed; ability to drive results and meet strict deadlines
  • +4 or more years of experience in working in a General Ledger department.
  • Experience in interfacing with the business from a Shared Service Centre desirable
  • Broad based experience in accounting and financial systems
  • Proficient in using Finance ERP solutions
  • Good knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), NIIFs .and NIAs and Internal Control Principles.
  • Fluent in spoken and written business English and Spanish, Portuguese desirable
  • Fluent in spoken and written business Portuguese
  • 1 year of audit experience
  • Certified Private accountant.
Job Function: 

Organization Info

World Vision

Overview
Headquarters: 
Federal Way, WA, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1982
About Us
Mission: 

Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, we are dedicated to working with the world's most vulnerable people. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Our mission: World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Dec 2 2018
Active Until: 
Jan 2 2019
Hiring Organization: 
World Vision
industry: 
Nonprofit