Accounting Specialist

Position:
Accounting Specialist

Company:
Wildlife

Location:
Brazil, São Paulo

Employment type:
Not specified

Work Arrangement:
Not specified

Short Summary:
We're looking for an Accounting Specialist to play a key role in our Controllership team, owning the monthly financial close for multiple entities and contributing to the accuracy, reliability, and continuous improvement of Wildlife's financial reporting.

Responsibilities:
- Own and coordinate the monthly financial close for multiple entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and quality.
- Anticipate blockers, raise risks early, and balance competing timelines and shifting inputs without overcomplicating the process.
- Oversee the preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations, investigating variances and unusual transactions, and connecting findings to business impact.
- Support the Accounting & Reporting manager in preparing status reports for CFO review.
- Assist in drafting and maintaining accounting policies, technical memos, and procedures (US GAAP/ IFRS).
- Partner with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Business teams to ensure proper accounting treatment of complex transactions.
- Identify and quickly implement process improvements and automation opportunities in the closing cycle.
- Analyze financial data using key metrics and dashboards to evaluate results and connect accounting outcomes to business impact.
- Communicate proactively: share progress, surface blockers early, and adjust tone and vocabulary to the audience.

Requirement:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
- Solid experience in Accounting and Financial Reporting.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.
- Proven experience owning timely monthly close processes end-to-end across multiple entities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to engage and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits:
Not specified