Junior Accountant

Locations Supported 🌍
Remotely in LATAM

This role will be hybrid, and will require you to spend some portion of your time in our office in one of these locations.

About the Opportunity ✍️
In this role, you will report into the Accounting Manager. You will manage monthly bank reconciliations and prepare journal entries for the month-end close process across multiple entities as well as support the Accounts Payable function.

Additionally, you will ensure compliance with accounting standards and contribute to the accuracy of the Balance Sheet through thorough reconciliations, while also supporting the annual external audit and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

What you will do...

• Support the Accounts Payable function, including vendor account reconciliations, credit card transaction recording and reconciliation, processing suppliers’ invoices, scheduling payments and responding to supplier inquiries.

• Work with the Accounts Payable team to analyze out of policy transactions in Navan (expense reporting app) and propose solutions timely.

• Own monthly bank reconciliations across several accounts.

• Prepare and maintain monthly journal entries across multiple entities in the month-end close process, including intercompany transactions, credit card and bank reconciliations, FX gains and losses, and prepaid and accrued expenses.

• Assist in VAT/GST tax filing.

• Prepare reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and substantiation of the Balance Sheet.

• Support annual external audit.

• Maintain accounting controls by documenting accounting procedures and policies.

• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. US GAAP, IFRS), rules, regulations, and systems of internal control.

• Develop and maintain working relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at various organizational levels.

• Perform any Ad-Hoc projects that are assigned.

About You 🌍
The ideal candidate for a junior accountant role should be highly committed to their tasks, demonstrating a strong sense of responsibility and reliability in their work. They must possess exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all aspects of financial reporting and reconciliations. Deadline responsiveness is crucial, as the candidate will need to manage multiple priorities and meet tight timelines consistently.
 

Independence and the ability to plan and organize their workload effectively are
essential qualities, allowing them to complete tasks with minimal supervision.

Additionally, strong oral communication skills are important for collaborating with team members and cross-functional partners, as well as for clearly conveying financial information and recommendations.

Most importantly, though, you will embody the core principles that everyone here at the MoonPay lives by. Our “BLOCK Values” are at the heart of everything we do - and they
are...

B - Be Humble
L - Lead with Empathy
O - Own It
C - Communicate with Clarity
K - Kaizen

What you will need...
- Knowledge of US GAAP or IFRS accounting
- Strong experience with Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables & other advanced
tools) to manage large volumes of financial data
- Excellent oral, written, and computational skills and a sharp attention to detail
- Basic understanding of financial reporting
- Ability to work well with all levels of the organization in a fast-paced, dynamic
environment.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task well.
- Maintains accuracy, timeliness, and consistency
- Ability to work well in a team as well as an individual contributor
- Experience with ERP system is a plus (not required)

Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative, and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel that you are only a 75% match.

Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot.