Junior Accountant

at  Knight Piesold Consulting

We are seeking a Jr. Accountant for our Mexico City office.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Excellent communication skills toward effective collaboration and client relations.
• B.S. in accounting or related field.
• +3 years of relevant experience in general accounting, project costs, or similar role. Experience in engineering consulting or construction industry is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, projects, and budget management.
• Proficiency in MS Office. Experience with NIFS (Normas de Información Financiera). Knowledge of foreign currency translation and US GAAP standards is a plus.
• Experience with ledgers, journal entries, and projects account reconciliations.
• Knowledge of electronic accounting systems. Vantagepoint experience is a plus.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate trustworthiness, common sense and a high level of ownership.
• You’re curious by nature.

• Maintain and analyze financial records for each project.
• Support with the financial records and entries for each project including timesheets, time allocations, pending billable time, among others.
• Reviewing and setting up schedules for employee reimbursements.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, processes, accounting standards and legal regulations.
• Monitor work in progress, balances, and support project managers in the billing process. Coordinate with the Accounting department from other countries/offices.
• Support daily accounting operations like preparing and reviewing expenses; follow up with corporate bank issues; prepare bank reconciliations and support other internal clients.
• Support Accounting during internal audits.
• Management of the expense process.
• Bank reconciliations