Accountant Supervisor

For the last 136+ years Coca-Cola has grown to become the most recognizable brand in the world. Today we sell thousands of products to billions of consumers in nearly every country in the world. We are proud of the legacy of our history, and we are excited about the innovation of the future!

In Liberia, Costa Rica we have our newest and most advanced manufacturing facility in the world that is leading the way for Industry 4.0. This plant is utilizing state of the art manufacturing technology to improve how our employees work and how we produce our products. We are looking for an experienced in finance, responsible for calculating, monitoring and reporting to Corporate financial results & projections and perform standard costs process for Central Zone, ensuring the accuracy of the figures and the compliance and all local and Corporte policies and requirements. Actively participates in the financial team to identify and to solve problems and issues related to accounting and financial reporting. Be involved in maintaining the integrity of the internal control structure both in and out of the Finance direct areas of influence. The products produced in this plant will reach hundreds of millions of consumers across the world. If you are looking for a technologically advanced, innovative, and challenging work environment in which you will lead, learn, and grow then we would love to speak with you!

What youll do for us

1) Region Standard Process

• Coordinate the standard cost process and consolidate the standard costs for the Central Zone.

• Prepare inventory management recovery, sales and production volume projections and coordinate and ensure proper ingredient price analysis.

• Run the standard cost release in S4 for Coca-Cola Industrias in January 1st.

2) Business Plan Process

• Coordinate, prepare and submit the Business Plan for CPS Liberia (several versions are required according with Atlanta guidelines), consolidating information from all operational areas related to key business variables (sales volume, production volume, absorption, operating expenses, usage, revenues, COGS, exchange impacts, FTEs, deferrals and manufacturing total costs).

3) Rolling Estimate Process

• Pre-validate Purchase price variance and coordinate submissions in IPA tool and rolling estimate.

• Validate, analyze actuals and rolling estimate variations, gathering information from the accounting area (actual data), and working with volume trends and budgets to estimate financial figures for the rest of the year.

• Ensure proper recording for absorption, spending, usage and PPV deferrals.

4) Month End Closing

• Prepare the consolidation of month end closing assuring the accuracy of the figures that impact CPS Liberia P&L.

• Monthly ensure accurate COGS is recorded in the Operating Unit figures according with the figures provided during Region Standard Process.

• Ensure intercompany charges had been generated to other entities

• Validate all the USGAPP Process (American Accountancy Principles) monthly in accounting records.

• Monthly submission of the financial forecasted and actual figures in the tools developed by the Company for this purpose.

• Analyze, review and submit Costa Rica Tiers financial metrics.

• Verification of Statutory Compliance in coordination with OU LEC/TAX.

• Collaboration with External/Internal Audits according with requirements (CAD, EY, etc).

• Support OU and Corporate with ad hoc requirements.

• Coordinate and support analyst deliverables.

• Provide financial support to other departments to generate value added initiatives.

• Provide financial/cost consultancy and guidance to other areas in the Company, in order to assess/ optimize the financial impact in business transactions.

• Participate and know the risk matrices in the area of work.

• Participate in the different health, environmental, and safety initiatives or programs implemented in the work.

Requirements:

• University/Bachelors Degree. CPI / CPA or MBA with major on related field are a plus.

• Must-have previous experience managing staff in charge.

• Familiar with GAAP and Local GAAP regulations

• Previous experience in similar roles (5+ years) and management of staff in charge, Knowledge and experience in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Internal Control, and related fields.

• Fluent Spanish and English

• Technical Skillis: SAP knowledge and Advanced Excel.

  Familiar with GAAP and Local GAAP regulations.

  Familiar with ERP systems and productivity/reporting software.

  Free trade zone knowledge.

Location: Liberia, Guanacaste

Skills

Accounting Finance; Accounting; Microsoft Excel; SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Finance

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to whats possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.