Accounting Analyst

**Accounting Analyst**

Company: Rieke de Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L.de C.V.

Primary Location: Calle Circuito Corral de Piedras, Manzana 1, Lote 16, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, 37888, MEX

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Finance

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**

**Position Summary**:
Reporting directly to Rapak’s Manager, Finance Supervisor, this role will support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, associated analysis as well as general commercial support and strategic decision making.

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement & balance sheet forecasts, operational reporting) taking into account company’s goals and financial standing.
- Develop sales and margin reporting on a company, region, plant, customer and product basis.
- Support the preparation of budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.
- Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.
- Develop robust financial analysis of historic and future performance to enable appropriate commercial and strategic decision making.
- Prepare and present financial rationale / justification for capital expenditure proposals for group authorization.
- Provide market insight and commercial analysis to identify and analyze potential strategic and operational opportunities for the group.
- Tracking delivery of business initiatives and providing insight and analysis for success criteria
- Work with divisions to assist in the preparation of long-range plans and business cases for new capital expenditure purposes and cost benefit analysis.
- Drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function.
- Support development of a business analytics/intelligent system
- Prepare and post journal entries as needed
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts
- Assist with internal and external audits, ensuring data accuracy
- Review financial transactions for accuracy and compliance
- Manage customer pricing, maintain precise records, update pricing quarterly, and perform monthly pricing audits
- Work closely with the commercial finance team to assist with pricing audits and support as needed[KL1]
- Assist in preparation of tax returns
- Examination of travel expenses (occasionally)
- Support in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with the International Standards
- Capex and RFAs
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly reporting
- Production of Management packs
- Syteline, BI, BPC and Blackline inputs
- SOX Controls and Compliance
- Prepare detailed business analysis
- Track physical inventory
- Continuous Improvement support and tracking**

**Qualifications**

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- **ACA/ACMA/ACCA/ Qualified
- Experience in the use of accounting software packages
- Strong commercial awareness
- US and GAAP accounting principles
- Previous experience or working within a manufacturing environment
- 3-5 years’ experience financial analysis, cost accounting or finance (preferred)
- Strong analytical/numeracy skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good planning & organizational skills
- Ability to manage and prioritize work effectively
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to liaise at all levels of the business
- Proactive attitude with regard to operational excellence
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
- Ambitious with aspirations for career development
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
- Personable
- Team player
- Proactive