Staff Accountant

The Staff Accountant position reports to the Accounting Supervisor. The position performs various senior and mid-level accounting tasks on a daily and monthly basis, including processing of journal entries, support to the month-end close, key account reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and support to the reporting package. The following is a high level overview of the activities to be performed for this function. This position might require travel to client sites that are located outside of Costa Rica area.

• Financial package production of associations (property management)
• Journal Entry Processing.
• Preparation of accruals in GL.
• Chart of Account maintenance.
• Bank & General Ledger reconciliations.
• Systems/Modules reconciliations (i.e., ERP).
• Fixed Asset administration.
• Daily batch upload to ERP systems.
• Intercompany processing.
• Monitor cash balance with company bank accounts.
• Analyze data and take action when out of balance conditions occur.
• In addition, the Staff Accountant supports the Senior Accountants in gathering data and reporting on the department's processing metrics including determining relevant statistical data to measure.
• This position requires a mid-level of communication to internal and external customers, proposals to management for process improvement solutions, ad-hoc report development for special projects.

• 2 – 4 years’ experience working in general accounting area, preferably for a company with US operations.
• English Level B2.
• Knowledge of and experience of the complete accounting cycle.
• Technical Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel).
• Knowledge of SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle or other comparable ERP system is highly desired.
• Continuos improvement knowledge is a plus.
• USGAAPS. IFRS Knowledge (Desired).