Accounting Manager

About Us

Automation Anywhere is a leader in AI-powered process automation that puts AI to work across organizations. The company’s Automation Success Platform is powered with specialized AI, generative AI and offers process discovery, RPA, end-to-end process orchestration, document processing, and analytics, with a security and governance-first approach. Automation Anywhere empowers organizations worldwide to unleash productivity gains, drive innovation, improve customer service and accelerate business growth. The company is guided by its vision to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential through AI-powered automation. Learn more at www.automationanywhere.com

Our opportunity:

We are looking for a Accounting Manager in Columbia to support the US Accounting and Controllership team. Come join the fun at a hyper growth company where you will get the chance to collaborate with colleagues around the globe. You will be a key contributor to the timely accounting and accuracy of the company’s financial statements. You will collaborate on process improvements and make recommendations for process automations.

Location: Based out of Bogota, Columbia.

You will make an impact by being responsible for:

• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures, i.e. account reconciliations and analysis

• Preparing journal entries based on review of supporting reconciliations and schedules

• Assisting in preparing monthly balance sheet and income statement flux variance analyses

• Assist in managing worldwide commission accounting for the company. Primarily monthly bookkeeping for commission accounting (capitalization/accrual/etc) for 75% time to get through large amount of data, analysis, calculations to complete close process.

• General Ledger responsibilities including, but not limited to Fixed Assets, Prepaids, Accruals, with focus on commissions accounting for closer (5-8 days period required to get commissions completed)

• Assisting in process improvement projects, including coordination with cross-functional teams

• Supporting annual and quarterly audits, working with external auditors, SOX compliance activities

• Assisting in ad-hoc projects, as necessary

• Support improvement of Company’s financial and operational controls and practices to reduce and streamline the close process. Perform ongoing assessment to identify opportunities to improve the internal control environment.

• Promoting continuous process improvement in all areas of responsibility

• Support manager in actively helping make month end closing deadlines in time

• Preparation, review and approval of balance sheet accounts reconciliations.

• Analysis of key P&L accounts to ensure correct accounting for accruals and spends, both OpEx and CapEx

• Handling PBC requests timely for Statutory and Tax audits and lead identified areas in the audits to interact with the auditors.

• Assist team management to gather BOT requirements to automate routine transactions and various other systems initiatives

• Support the team management on multiple accounting and finance activities for local statutory compliance and US GAAP as needed.

You will be a great fit if you have:

The ability to work, adapt and evolve in a fast-paced environment, working under deadlines, and interacting with multiple contacts in different time zones. High sense of urgency, dedication, and the ability to get things done fast is critical for this role. Additional requirements are:

• Good communication skills to keep others informed of process progress and escalations

• Strong experience in accounting following US GAAP principles; knowledge of local GAAPs of any other international regions is a plus

• Systems savvy with good understanding of ERPs like Oracle, SAP, WorkDay and SaaS Accounting Systems and how to extract, organize and analyze data (Power Point, Advance Excel, etc.).

• Ability and experience of interacting with Statutory and Tax auditors for timely audit completion

• Team player, self-motivated, ability to multi-task and prioritize.

• Flexible to change assignments as priorities are shifting

• Keen eye to evaluate automation opportunities and identifying efficiency measures

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

• 5+ years of accounting experience with significance experience in GL, financial consolidations and FX accounting

• CA / CPA / CMA is a plus and not a requirement

• R2R in US GAAP

• Advanced technical and Microsoft excel skills

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast growth environment