Responsibilities:

• Oversight of all accounting operations for the Venezuelan company including day-to-day accounting/office duties, budgeting and cash flow management/forecast.
• Ensure timely and accurate transaction processing
• Maintain, analyze and summarize general ledger accounts
• Prepare and submit the monthly financial translation
• Ensure compliance with local statutory audit and financial reporting requirements
• Month end closing activities including journal entries, reconciliation of accounts, analysis, verification and preparation of supporting schedules
• Work with the project manager to track the actual and forecasted cost of the project
• Update costing schedule to ensure proper cost of the project
• Insures compliance with POC Accounting Standards and Insures compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Ability to access information from a database environment
• Direct the implementation of key cost accounting methods and activities
• Support internal/external audits and special projects
• Escalates issues to management
• Oversees the establishment and adherence to Company’s policies and processes
• Requires knowledge of general business management principles
• Advanced knowledge of accounting methods, procedures and principles
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% travel
• Assistance with the preparation of the Venezuelan tax provision for US GAAP purposes

Skills:

• Required to be bilingual with English and Spanish
• Ability to solve complex problems and use sound judgment and decision making
• Solid attention to detail to ensure completeness and accuracy of information
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA preferred
• Public accounting experience preferred
• 6+ years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Understanding of POC accounting