Accountant

Accountant Position

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.