RTR, Senior Analyst (NACR)

at  The Este Lauder Companies

About the Estée Lauder Companies!
ELC (Estee Lauder Companies) is a global leader in prestige beauty that delights consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. They are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in 150 countries. Infused throughout their organization is a passion for creativity and innovation; a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected.
From a position of strength, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), the leader in prestige beauty products, embarked on the Leading Beauty Forward program, chartered to fuel product innovation and enhance market agility. A key element of this strategy was the design of a new way to support its suite of 30 brands globally. The company chose Panama as being best suited to establish its new Global Business Services (GBS) operation center. This new center will initially deliver Finance, Human Resources and Legal services to ELC employees across several geographies and time zones. Through a new innovative service minded approach, this center will redefine service standards globally at ELC. This new GBS team will provide a one-stop-shop solution for the ELC businesses, supported by new customer engagement insights, new systems, and new reporting. In addition to delivering exceptional service to the ELC businesses each day, the GBS team will also be responsible for continuously streamlining work in pursuit of growing its service offering in support of achieving ELC’s strategic and business objectives. New site, new team, new opportunity.

POSITION OVERVIEW

This role is critical in providing financial support for the North American Record to Report (RTR) team, responsible for the execution of closing processes, financial reporting, and ad-hoc analysis. Demonstrating a ‘customer first’ attitude, the individual will partner with other functional areas to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of financial services. This includes the oversight of a Third-Party Provider in the completion of deliverables supporting several North American Corporate Accounting departments. The candidate will need to demonstrate a strong financial skillset in order to analyze complex business transactions and understand their impact on end financial statements.
Qualifications

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Administration preferred
• Minimum Years of Experience: +5 years
• Working knowledge in SAP and Blackline knowledge desired.
• Fully bilingual in English and Spanish

Additional Details

• Work shift: Monday to Friday – Business hours.
• Contract-type: Full-Time Permanent.
• Location: Costa del Este, Panamá.

Job: Finance & Accounting
Primary Location: Latin America-PA-8-Panamá
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 24914

• Support delivery of financial services, partnering with Third Party Provider in the execution of RTR processes for the North America Region, providing guidance and assistance for day to day financial closing and reporting activities
• Partner with various departments across the company to develop a deeper understanding of all transactions that impact the North American Region processes and reporting
• Maintain required reporting for the region, with a focus on Balance Sheet reporting
• Foster environment of integrity, monitoring adherence to applicable SOX and Operational controls
• Support brand finance teams, Third Party Provider, and other key stakeholders on control changes related to process enhancements for the North America Commercial Region
• Ensure creation of and regular updates to appropriate process documentation to improve understanding and drive operational consistency
• Participate in Process Transformation efforts, working with Regional leadership to improve RTR processes and remove work outside of month end close cycle
• Facilitation of Audit Control & Testing to ensure quality with focus on Balance Sheet reconciliations