Financial Accountant - Spanish or Portuguese Speaking

Reporting to the Group Regional Accounting Manager the role will expose you to the inner workings of the wider finance team both locally and internationally and will be your opportunity to make real change. You won’t just be writing reports that will be half implemented – you will be empowered to drive these changes home.

The finance team at WiseTech aims to strike the appropriate balance to deliver effective financial control whilst allowing the business to be agile and grow. We see this role a key step in that journey.

You are a highly organized and methodical thinker, comfortable prioritizing and managing multiple deliverables. You are also proficient in identifying, establishing, and maintaining relationships with individuals on a global scale.

Key Accountabilities

• Set up and administer of entity level general ledgers to record new acquired subsidiaries.
• Establish processes for month ledger close by working with the Integration accounting team, the Transactions Services Manager and corporate accounting team.
• Deliver reconciliations for relevant controlled ledgers.
• Support development of expenditure forecasts of the acquired business
• Establish month end close processes, checklists to enable future administration of the ledger by the corporate accounting team.
• Setup and administer bank accounts for acquired subsidiaries with the Treasury Manager
• Interim management of various ad hoc tasks for acquired ledgers (Employee expense reimbursement, Fixed Asset management) as may be required until business is fully integrated to the group
• Cash flow management and forecasting for acquired business (in conjunction with the Treasury Manager)
• Contribute to appropriate cross business schedules to support acquisition accounting and intercompany cross charges.

Your Experience

• Professional Accountant with appropriate qualification (Chartered Accountant, CPA or similar) would be highly desirable.
• Previous experience in an IT or Software Company would be highly desirable.
• Ideally speak Spanish.

Before you Apply

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