Job Description
Job Description
Position Title:
Junior Accountant
Organization:
Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR)
Department:
Finance
- Description of the Position
Responsible for accounts payable to the company, assisting the Chief Accountant with bookkeeping and reporting various finance-related transactions.
- Essential Responsibilities
- Responsible for recording transactions in SAP and ensure adherence to GAAP / IFRS.
- Responsible for Vendor / Supplier transactions.
- Reconciliation of Vendor / Supplier subsidiary ledger versus general ledger.
- Post or register incoming vendor / supplier invoices, employee reimbursements and company related obligations (debts).
- Post or register incoming fixed assets invoices.
- Process duty travel transactions i.e., advances and settlement.
- Analyze and provide explanation on vendor / supplier disputes, queries or request for payment information.
- Register invoices with discrepancies to the Invoice clarification tool including coordination with responsible process owners on corrective actions to take to resolve the discrepancies.
- Process and issue Informative Returns
- Support the General Accountants in executing payment runs in SAP.
- Support the Chief Accountant in Federal/State and Puerto Rico financial reporting such as:
- Annual State Report
- Bureau of Economic Administration
- PRIDCO / DDEC on Grant related compliance reporting
- PRPA on Lease related compliance reporting
- Support the General Accountants in the month end closing tasks.
- Support the Chief Accountant in the preparation of deliverables / reports / supporting documents to the external Auditors.
- Ad hoc analysis as may be assigned / requested by the Chief Accountant or Head of Business Services.
- Other responsibilities
- Maintains working area clean and organized.
- Comply and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, local and federal regulations.
- Perform other tasks and projects, as requested.
- Ensure adherence to compliance culture requirements.
- Education, Skills and Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant Finance and Accounting field
- Minimum of 1 year job experience and/or experience related to business, finance and accounting besides the study with internships.
- Experience in financial institution, invoicing process, budget & forecasting, asset management and customer service in an industry handling product.
- Very good knowledge in MS Windows, Word, Excel, SAP skills (FI/CO-module) desirable
- Good communication skills at all levels of the organization
- Very good analytical skills
- Fluent in English and Spanish (both written and spoken)