Accounting and Finance Specialist - Experience in Second-Hand Clothing Wholesale

Location: Amatitlán, Guatemala

We are looking for a professional with solid financial and accounting experience, but with a strong operational focus, capable of working directly with the operations, warehouse, and sorting areas in a company that is in the process of growing and building its structures in Guatemala.

Main responsibilities

1. Manage and monitor cash flow and the financial needs of the operation.
2. Prepare cash flow projections and report fund requirements to HQ in a timely manner.
3. Follow up on accounts receivable, payments, suppliers, and reconciliations.
4. Control and analyze operating expenses.
5. Perform control and reconciliation of inventories, costs, and product movements.
6. Calculate and record import costs or landed costs according to the procedures established by HQ.
7. Coordinate and validate the financial and operational information generated by warehouse, sorting, and operations.
8. Prepare and maintain financial reports and operational KPIs.
9. Implement and maintain the financial processes and controls established by HQ.
10. Work directly with the accounting outsourcing, reviewing, validating, and following up on their work.
11. Monitor tax obligations, filing dates, and compliance requirements.
12. Work with the company's financial system/ERP and ensure the quality and accuracy of the information.
13. Participate in the construction and improvement of financial and operational processes during the company's growth stage.

Indispensable requirements

1. Minimum 3 years of experience in finance, accounting, or financial control.
2. University graduate in Finance, Accounting, CPA.
3. English level B2, with the ability to communicate with our international team and participate in meetings with HQ.
4. Solid knowledge of financial control, reconciliations, inventories, and costs.
5. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
6. Sufficient accounting knowledge to review, validate, and question the work of an accounting outsourcing.
7. Experience working with financial and operational information.
8. Availability to work in a hands-on and startup environment, where processes are still being built.
9. Ability to work directly with operations, warehouse, and sorting.
10. High level of attention to detail, discipline, organization, and follow-up.

We are looking for a person who is

1. Hands-on and execution-oriented.
2. Proactive and self-sufficient.
3. Capable of identifying problems and proposing practical solutions.

We are not looking for profiles that are

1. Exclusively corporate or strategic, accustomed only to completely established structures.
2. Purely operational accountants without interest in getting involved with the operation.
3. Profiles focused solely on reports and presentations.
4. People who depend on large teams or already established structures to execute.
5. Profiles that are too junior.

-Requirements-

• Minimum education: University
• 3 years of experience
• Languages: English
• Age: From 25 years onwards
• Knowledge: Bank reconciliations, Accounting, Preparation of financial reports, Financial statements, Cash flow
• Keywords: specialist, especialista, treasury, accounting, tesoreria