Accounting & Reporting Specialist

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Job Summary: Responsible for period-end closing, accounting activities, account reconciliation, and financial analysis for Mars Pet Nutrition. Key Highlights: 1. Period-end closing, accounting, reconciliation, and financial analysis. 2. Submission of quarterly and annual corporate reports. 3. Continuous process review to identify efficiency opportunities. **Job Description:** **Accounting \& Reporting Specialist \- Your new challenge at MARS?** =================================================================== At Mars Pet Nutrition, for our site in Mercedes, Buenos Aires, we are seeking an **Accounting \& Reporting Specialist**, who will be responsible for period-end closing, as well as accounting activities, account reconciliation, and financial analysis. This role will also ensure that specific information aligns with data in ERP systems and is reported accurately. **In this role, you will work on...** ================================= * Performing month-end accounting close activities. * Reconciling general ledger accounts with quality, ensuring compliance with practices required by the Finance Manual. * Managing the CFIN period-end closing process to ensure timely and accurate submission of period-end financial statements. * Responsible for all CFIN and One Stream submissions, including quarterly and annual corporate reports. Lead completion of required information. * Continuously reviewing CFIN and One Stream closing processes to identify opportunities for implementing efficiencies. * Periodically reconciling the profit-and-loss account and balance sheet across SAP, CFIN, and One Stream (a key ICE control). * Documenting workflows, procedures, checklists, and policies for assigned tasks. * Supporting external and internal audit requests. * Responding to ad hoc requests. **What are we looking for in you?** ================================ * Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related disciplines; * 3+ years of experience in similar roles within Accounting or Finance, involving closing and reporting activities; * Advanced proficiency in Excel and intermediate-to-advanced user-level knowledge of SAP; * Intermediate English proficiency, used to present information to international teams; **The benefits of being a Mars Associate?** ====================================== * Competitive salaries within our industry, including an annual bonus; * Medical plan for you and your family; * Supplementary life insurance, in addition to statutory coverage; * On-site lunch; * Discounts on Mars food products; * Amenities such as fresh fruit in the office, coffee, and vending machines; * Working for a global company with talented and diverse Associates, all guided by our Five Principles culture, building the world we want tomorrow—today. **About Mars:** Mars is a family\-owned business with more than $50 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best\-loved brands: M\&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™.Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 150,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow. **Commitment to Equal Employer Opportunities:**Mars is an equal opportunity employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. **Note to Search Firms/Agencies:** Mars, Incorporated and its subsidiaries and affiliates (Mars) do not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Mars and the requisition is position\-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position\-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Mars will be deemed the sole property of Mars and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Mars.