Junior Financial Controller (m/v/d)

Job Description

Our Finance department in Americas is looking for a Junior Financial Controller for El Salvador, who will have the following responsibilities:

• Assisting in preparation of monthly closing and reporting
• Analyzing balance sheet and profit & loss statement
• Preparing budget and forecast for El Salvador
• Analyzing variances of actual versus forecast and budget
• Reviewing risk and control and documenting any related testing
• Developing and producing operational reports and KPIs
• Enhancing processes and procedures on an ongoing basis to ensure a strong control environment
• Reporting to management on daily/monthly requirements and responding to queries in a timely manner
• Supporting other departments across the company
• Assisting in audit preparation, transfer pricing studies, compliance reports to government entities
• Implementing internal controls
• In charge of compliance with debt covenants and mandatory operational and financial reports
• Insuring relationship with lenders

Financial procedures and statutory compliance

• Applying finance, accounting, taxes, payments, and administrative procedures, in line with local requirements and Group procedures
• Coordinating financial information between local business team, group consolidation team and external accounting team
• Enhancing the accuracy of the monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and ensuring that reported results comply with local GAAP
• Ensuring proper control of local tax returns prepared by local external accountants
• Tax analysis and process optimizing for monthly and annual tax returns
• Coordinating with the external auditors for the audit processes
• Compiling, analyzing, and developing the month-end financial reports including P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, internal controls, etc.
• Ensuring proper controls of accounting operations (Invoicing of Electricity generated, monitoring of receivables, payments, etc.)

Legal/Corporate/Banking

• Assisting the leadership team with ad-hoc projects / initiatives

You will have the opportunity to gain invaluable exposure across all aspects of the finance function, as well as work alongside senior members of the team.

Profile

The candidate will need the following skills and experience to succeed in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in business and economics, management, accountancy or finance related field
• 2+ years' work experience in audit, accounting, controlling or similar financial roles
• Relevant qualification in business/accountancy
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Windows, with ability to analyze, cleanse, validate and visualize large datasets
• Reliable, results oriented, autonomous, rigorous
• Numeric skills - a strong aptitude for reviewing, assessing and coherently presenting financial and operating data
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to leverage data, AI assisted insights and business intelligence tools to identify trends, risks, opportunities and processes improvements
• Ability to automate recurring analyses, reporting processes and data workflows using modern digital tools and AI-assisted solutions
• Curiosity and willingness to continuously learn and adopt emerging technologies, including AI and large language models (LLMs), to enhance finance and business processes
• Self-motivated individual with drive, enthusiasm, and commitment
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Excellent organizational, analytical and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets within a team environment
• Excellent communication capabilities, both verbal and written
• Fluent English

Skills

• Numeric Skills
• Dataset
• Analytical skills
• Reporting