Accountant

The position has responsibility for the day-to-day accounting for a number of timber investment companies and associated structural entities ( "Funds”). We expect the Accountant to take full ownership of Funds allocated to them, as well as perform duties supporting the Chief Accountant. The applicant should have a good understanding of balance sheets, income statements and cash flows, including the financial transactions that impact these statements. The ability to meet deadlines is vital in our fast-paced environment.


Full cycle accounting duties include:

• Daily accounting duties including payment reviews, invoice reviews and posting;
• Booking new property acquisitions, and timber and land sales;
• Monthly soft close of AP, AR and GL for assigned Funds within the department's deadlines. Closes involve full reconciliations, updates to accruals and prepayments, and preparation of monthly closing packets;
• Quarterly hard close to include fair value posting of timberland and other assets, and production of quarterly reporting templates;
• Complex journals including intercompany transactions in varying currencies;
• Consolidations with eliminations and foreign currency, where appropriate.

Related duties:

• Ability to articulate Fund performance and major factors impacting quarterly results;
• Take part in the annual budget process, and complete budget variance analysis throughout the year;
• Research issues and respond to questions on assigned Funds;
• Communication with in-country bookkeeping / accounting service providers as needed;
• Provide support initially, and ultimately lead, the independent international audit program;
• Analysis and special projects, as needed, under the guidance of managers;
• Corporate capital reconciliations;
• Financial reporting, maintenance, account reconciliation and analysis of the general ledger and books of original entry, and the maintenance and documentation of internal accounting controls;
• Reconciliation of quarterly fair market value to internal systems Power BI, MS Dynamics;
• Prepare various subsidiary and auxiliary reports for both external and internal clients;
• Focus on and adherence to all financial reporting deadlines being met

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience;
• Good understanding of US-GAAP and exposure to IFRS;
• Exposure to consolidations and eliminations, and multi-currency financial statements;
• Takes ownership of Funds and tasks, and delivers against both personal and team goals;
• Team player who shares knowledge with colleagues;
• Solid MS Office skills, particularly excel and word;
• Knowledge of MS D365-Ops accounting system a plus; and
• Spanish or Portuguese skills a plus.