Sr Analyst, Accounting

Job Description

The Role

The primary responsibility of the Record to Report (RTR) or Controller Senior Accountant is to deliver quality accounting services for Warner Bros. Discovery entities. The role will be based in Polanco, Mexico City and will report directly to the Manager – Record to Report or Manager- Controller for Argentina and Chile based in Mexico City. The RTR/Controller Senior Accountant will need to work for their respective region and report to the Accounting Managers of that region or above and work closely with the Local Entity Financial Controller, including other Business Departments, Global Business Services (GBS), the broader Finance community, Internal Audit, and external auditors, Tax team and Financial Compliance. This individual will be responsible for ensuring accounting policies are followed for their respective region, month end processes are completed accurately and on timely basis and ensure completeness of SOX documents and process related documentations.

Your Role Accountabilities
• Responsible for preparing and posting month end journal entries, reconciling GL accounts, issuing IC invoices and other month end related standard and ad-hoc activities
• Prepare by itself or act as first reviewer of complex accruals and other manual journal entries and its respective supporting documents, keeping evidence of control and approval
• Analyze the monthly activity of assigned accounts. Identify and highlight relevant variances and differences in QTD and YTD analysis. Provide preliminary explanations of the reasons for those variances and share this information with the Accounting Manager for their review.
• Analyze monthly reconciliation of assigned accounts. Identify improvement areas in the supporting files and documents used to back up those reconciliations in Cadency Certification. Implement suggested changes once approved by the Accounting Manager
• Bank Reconciliations process, bank upload, clearing of open items, follow up to clear the items
• Ensuring completeness of close for appointed entities
• Improving processes through standardization and simplification
• Responsibility to ensure all the global accounting policies are always followed and be compliant
• Lead closing process activities
• Ensuring completeness of month end accounting process as per the month end calendar
• Other duties and responsibilities as requested by his/her key Customers/Stakeholders in respective accounting region

Qualifications & Experiences:
• Degree in Accounting
• Minimum of 3-4 years of accounting experience, preferably in US GAAP environment
• Minimum 2 years of experience in SAP FI/CO
• Blackline and Cadency experience would be preferred
• Must have experience with MS Excel and advanced functions
• SOX controls experience and ability to articulate key SOX controls in General Accounting
• Bilingual (English and Spanish)

Desirable
• Big 4 public accounting background and prior exposure to work in a captive Finance Shared Service Centre
• Self-driven attitude every day, with willingness to GROW and take on more tasks
• Skills to work in a fast-paced environment that will be changing together with you

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3wxvn-52-14-157-158-42 in your application.