JUNIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Description

Job Summary: Manage the accounts payable process, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and support for financial closing, with a focus on process optimization. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic and operational management of accounts payable 2. Serving as a technical reference and providing support for ERP projects 3. Identifying continuous improvements and process automation ### **Job Mission** Strategically and operationally manage the accounts payable process, ensuring accurate scheduling, execution, control, and reconciliation of payments, while guaranteeing compliance with internal policies, legal deadlines, contracts, and corporate cash flow efficiency. ### **Main Responsibilities** * Manage the entire **accounts payable** process, from receipt, verification, posting, scheduling, to actual payment execution. * Analyze, validate, and process **invoices, bills, bank slips, contracts, and expenses**, ensuring adherence to tax, accounting, and contractual requirements. * Schedule payments according to **cash flow, strategic priorities, and negotiated deadlines**. * Perform **bank reconciliations**, and manage advances, reimbursements, and corporate expenses. * Manage **suppliers**, including handling inquiries, clarifications, dispute resolution, and renegotiations when necessary. * Ensure **compliance with internal policies, tax and accounting regulations, and internal controls (compliance and auditing)**. * Support monthly financial closing, ensuring **accuracy of information**. * Prepare and analyze **management reports**, metrics, and KPIs for the area (e.g., average payment term, aging analysis, operational efficiency, etc.). * Identify opportunities for **continuous improvement, automation, and optimization of financial processes**. * Serve as a **technical reference**, supporting and guiding junior and mid-level analysts. * Participate in projects for **implementation or enhancement of financial systems (ERP)**. ### **Mandatory Requirements** * Bachelor’s degree in **Business Administration, Accounting Sciences, Economics, Finance, or related fields**. * Solid experience in finance, with focus on **accounts payable**. * Knowledge of **tax routines, tax withholdings, reconciliations, and cash flow management**. * Experience with **financial ERP systems** (SAP, TOTVS, Oracle, Protheus, or similar). * Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Power Query preferred).