ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Description

Job Summary: An operational professional responsible for performing classifications, accounting and tax journal entries, supporting reconciliations, and organizing documents within the accounting department. Key Highlights: 1. Performing accounting and tax classification and journal entries 2. Supporting reconciliations of equity and bank accounts 3. Assisting with inspections and audits **Description and Responsibilities:** **Working Hours:** 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM with a 1-hour lunch break **Level:** Operational **Employment Type:** Permanent – CLT 1\. Perform classifications, accounting journal entries, and tax bookkeeping, executing tasks in accordance with documents issued and submitted by affiliated entities, under guidance from analysts and/or the area coordinator. 2\. Support equity account reconciliations, participating in the analysis of specific trial balances and the composition of equity account balances (assets and liabilities), under supervision. 3\. Support the bank reconciliation process for cooperatives, comparing statement balances against accounting records to execute journal entries. 4\. Organize relevant documents for the department, classifying and archiving (physically and electronically) them in designated locations per internal policies and procedures. 5\. Assist in closing trial balances within the timeframe established by the department’s schedule, recording all necessary accounting entries and (supporting) performing account reconciliations to ensure proper segregation of duties, verification, and task completion. 6\. Generate specific closing reports from the system as needed and required, through report extraction and analysis. 7\. Participate in expense and revenue allocation and accounting, using specific documentation provided by affiliated entities. 8\. Respond to requests from entities/institutions submitted via communication channels, providing guidance on activity execution and managing mailbag flow—organizing and distributing received and dispatched documents (from entities). 9\. Support inspections and audits by gathering and preparing accounting, equity, and tax-related data and information, as well as providing assistance upon request. 10\. Assist in fulfilling daily obligations to support monthly, semiannual, and annual closings (as applicable), meeting deadlines set for accounting closure—both for centralized Sicoob entities and affiliated Sicoob entities. 11\. Provide support to cooperative staff regarding equity matters, tax/tributary issues, and invoice adjustments in the system (tax payments), ensuring tax obligations are fulfilled within statutory deadlines and offering support for invoice entry into the integrated system. 12\. Ensure all taxes are paid and declarations submitted timely, generating tax payment slips for all centralized taxes to maintain compliance with tax authorities. 13\. Perform classification and journal entries via the accounting system, under supervision, to guarantee recording of all taxable events generated by cooperatives. 14\. Fulfill ancillary obligations, preparing tax declarations and other submissions requested by competent authorities to meet legal requirements. 15\. Monitor and inform entities of payable account registration deadlines, as determined by the Enterprise Management Platform \- SISBR and e\-mail, per received instructions. **Requirements:*** Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or currently enrolled in an Accounting program * Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; * Strong mathematical calculation skills; * Knowledge of accounting techniques and procedures. **Benefits:** Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Childcare allowance, Life insurance, Meal voucher, Food allowance, Transportation allowance