Accountant I

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Job Summary: The Accountant will support and execute accounting routines, ensuring data reliability and supporting decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. Support and execution of accounting routines 2. Ensuring reliability of accounting data 3. Supporting decision-making and regulatory compliance The Accountant will support and execute accounting routines, ensuring account reconciliations, validation of journal entries, and organization of information—contributing to data reliability and decision-making support. The position requires attention to detail, analytical thinking, continuous updating on accounting and tax regulations, organizational skills, and cross-departmental coordination—ensuring process compliance, audit readiness, and smooth institutional operations. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts, analyzing variances and inconsistencies to ensure accounting information reliability and decision-making support; * Verify and validate accounting entries based on fiscal documents; * Support preparation of financial statements and management reports by contributing analyses and information consolidation; * Prepare and organize technical documentation and reports for internal requests, audits, and regulatory bodies; * Fulfill primary and ancillary obligations (Digital Accounting and Tax Records, CEBAS Accountability Reports); * Monitor payment and collection processes; * Identify risks and prevent non-conformities in departmental processes, staying updated on tax-accounting legislation; * Provide technical guidance to professionals at earlier career stages. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Mandatory Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting Sciences; * Proficiency in Office 365 tools; * Thorough knowledge of current accounting, tax, and philanthropic legislation; * Advanced knowledge of ERP systems and accounting/tax software; * Familiarity with internal and external audit procedures. **Additional Information** **Work Schedule**: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | On-site **Our Benefits Package:** * Health insurance; * Dental insurance; * Daycare reimbursement; * Education assistance covering up to 80% of undergraduate tuition fees and up to 50% of graduate, language, and extension course fees; * Free parking; * Complementary private pension plan; * Life insurance; * Year-end recess. *If you believe in meaningful work that creates value and positive societal and university impact,* ***JOIN PUCRS!*** At PUCRS, we believe every person can transform the world—and this belief drives us daily to become all that we can be. Here, tradition and innovation walk hand-in-hand to create a unique ecosystem integrating **education, health, research, culture, and innovation**. More than seven thousand collaborators bring to life a plural and creative community guided by solidarity, family spirit, and the conviction that knowledge transforms realities. Because of all that we can be, we open pathways to new learning opportunities, meaningful connections, and positive societal impact. **Explore the diverse areas of activity that embody who we are:** * 7 Schools (Undergraduate, Graduate, Research, and Continuing Education); * 5 Institutes (PUCRS Brain Institute, Institute of Culture, Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Pró-Mata Environmental Institute, Institute of Petroleum and Natural Resources); * PUCRS São Lucas Hospital; * Museum of Science and Technology; * Central Library; * Events Center; * Sports Park; * Scientific and Technological Park (Tecnopuc); * Labelo – PUCRS Specialized Laboratories in Electroelectronics; * And much more...