Finance Analyst - FAS, BES

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Job Description

Your Opportunity

The Finance Analyst is responsible for supporting the Finance Manager on the day-to-day finance and accounting activities in the cluster including Management and Statutory Reporting as well as effective Internal control and compliance with policies, procedures local government and legislation.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have to live our values and cultural pillars, Fearless, Founders and Family, and demonstrating high Learning Agility will be fundamental not only for success in this role, but also for potential growth to other roles across Bacardi in the future.

About the Role

Reporting into the Finance Manager, this role focuses on providing administrative and analytical support and reporting for the cluster business unit and internally to the different stakeholders, driving a culture of value hunting across the business.

* The role will provide support with the obligations of the local authorities, such as the tax agency, the city halls, Social Security, etc.
* Also, will have responsibilities during the monthly close activities.
* You will provide ongoing support with accounting such as balance sheet accounts reconciliation, PO and Rebates management.
* Provide help with Internal and External Audit requests.
* You will support the Finance Manager on the controls & administrative activities related to Structure Costs.
* Provide support to the Finance Manager on the reporting activities to be delivered to the Region and Global Finance.

Responsibilities

With our Consumer at the heart, your key focus will be to:

* Perform Manual Journal Entries for NSV and Structure Costs
* Review the local Government mailboxes (Tax Authorities and City Halls), and coordinate the requests
* Manage of local taxes and litigations
* Support with follow-up for local team on advanced and urgent payment requests
* Complete mandatory questionnaires from the National Institute of Statistics and other organizations
* Management of Transfer Price
* Manage Purchase Orders for Finance Department vendors
* Support the Finance Manager on controls & compliance management
* Support the Finance Manager on preparing reports for the Region and Global Finance
* Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliation
* Support ongoing support to the Finance Manager on the P&L control
* Support the Finance Manager coordinating BES point of contact activities
* Help developing a control & compliance mindset across de organization
* Ad hoc support for management reviews and presentations

Skills and Experience

The Skills & Experience needed to create your legacy

* 2 years of Finance experience demonstrating technical and accounting skills.
* Strong analytical skills, able to take complex ideas and summarize into concise insights and recommendations.
* Proficiency in French and English languages. (Spanish desirable)
* IT literate, MS Excel knowledge.
* University Degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar, desirable.

Personal Qualities

* Open to work in a dynamic environment with frequently changing priorities
* Analytical and able to quickly identify and analyze risks and impacts and define alternatives
* Strong sense of accountability, proactive, problem-solving skills
* Highly organized, motivated, detail oriented, a sense of urgency, and an ability to prioritize tasks