Accountant

Overview and Summary:
We are Automotive Business Scientists. We empower our clients to turn overwhelming industry data into discovery, action and measured success. We are unique market leaders because we find and examine possibilities through the clarity of a scientific lens. To solve the toughest client challenges, we need curious, creative and dedicated people to join our team.

OVERVIEW:
The Accountant will perform a variety of accounting activities in accordance with accounting principles and standards to control the organization’s financial resources and ensure that it complies with all relevant regulations, laws, and reporting requirements. This role will reconcile accounts, post journal entries, and maintain a complete and accurate general ledger in accordance with accounting principles and reporting schedules so that the organization has a full and accurate statement of its financial position. The Accountant will collect, compile, verify, analyze financial information and prepare financial reports and accounting statements to provide senior management with accurate and timely information for making financial decisions. These reports may include profit and loss statements, balance sheets, depreciation statements, cash flow, debtor and creditor lists, repayment schedules, regulatory reports and filings. This position also provides technical accounting advice within area of expertise to functional or operational area managers to support development of revenue and expense budgets, increase understanding of financial reports, and management of financial responsibilities.

URBAN SCIENCE DOES NOT AND WILL NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Balance bank statements (Post and reconcile).
- Generate journal entries.
- Process accounts receivable transactions (generate customer invoices, post and reconcile with financial information to prepare revenue entries and align with supporting documents)
- Follow up with clients and manager regarding outstanding invoices
- Process accounts payable transactions (post, initiate payment transfer).
- Review and process expense reports, as well as, perform various analysis on expenses. Provide related support to employees.
- Generate wire payments to vendors and employees.
- Complete cash flow analysis.
- Assist with running various financial reports.
- Generate reports using financial system and Excel.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts.
- Process intercompany reconciliation.
- Assist with month-end and year-end close.
- With guidance, partner with teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated, and timely.
- Work with manager to prioritize and complete other duties as assigned.
- Reporting to accounting firm in Mexico & Brazil
- Audit annual reporting
- Assist the manager in organizing the annual financial calendar to share with employees.
- Participate in monthly meetings with managers in Mexico and Brazil to review monthly revenues
- Keep track of office fixed assets and verify their correct depreciation.

Qualifications - Education and Experience:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Solid knowledge of accounting terminology and ability to understand and interpret analysis.
- Solid knowledge of financial diagnostic methodologies and ability to understand drivers of cost variance.
- Ability to collaborate and identify/resolve conflicts or barriers to effective teamwork.
- Ability to analyze problems, determine and implement appropriate solutions.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong math skills.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills required; including pivot tables and advanced formulas such as VLOOKUP and conditional formatting.
- Understanding of Regional & US GAAP differences
- Strong tax background (e.g. through experience in a tax advisor office)
- Excellent written and oral communication in English and the local language.
- Verbal Communication: Requires the ability to compose and verbally deliver information of varying levels, using appropriate grammar, tone, inflection and non-verbal cues, while also listening to and correctly deciphering verbal communication delivered by others. Must be able to present to individuals and groups.
- Written Communication: Requires the ability and capacity to communicate ideas, facts and data in writing using appropriate grammar, syntax and sentence structure.
- Analytical Thinking: Requires the ability to understand a situation by breaking it apart into smaller pieces, and/or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step causal way.
- Results Oriented: Requires the ability to strive for optimal results by taking responsibility for timeli