Accounting Specialist

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Additional Locations: Mexico City (MEX) + More - Less

Dow has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Accounting Specialist. The preferred work location is in Mexico City or São Paulo (BRA)

About you and this role - What you would do in this role

You will ensure accounting activity recorded within the company’s records and books are accurate and complete. Responsible for budgeting, product costing, recording, reporting, analyzing and communicating functional/business activity results. Assists the function/business management teams in financial analysis necessary for decision-making. In this role, you will require understanding of key business drivers for your discipline and function. You will need to be able to expand conceptual and working knowledge related to your discipline or functional area. You are expected to provide informal guidance to new team members and be able to explain complex information to others.

It is your responsibility to use technical experience, established practices, and personal judgement to analyze and resolve straightforward problems. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work and your team’s work and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies.

This position plays a key role in ensuring the overall accuracy and integrity of the financial statements and supports the management Financial and Statutory Accounting.

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the Legal Entities located in Mexico
2. Preparation of financial statement footnotes and supporting schedules
3. Accountable for monthly, quarterly, and yearly accounting closing
4. Provide accounting advice for project studies, M&A projects, and contract analysis building white papers with a technical basis to assure the transaction will be properly recorded.
5. Responsible for general accounting records, analysis of Balance Sheet and P&L variances
6. Follow internal processes, policies, and procedures
7. Attending Internal and External Statutory Financial Statement Auditors. Comply with all accounting obligations before the government agencies, including SIPRED ancillary obligation
8. Providing technical support for operational accounting problems that have a broad impact across multiple teams
9. Ensure internal controls required by SOX will be properly maintained
10. Partnership with Corporate Controllers to connect the experts in unusual or special transactions.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required
2. 5 years of relevant experience in accounting is required
3. Strong Technical Accounting skills – IFRS, US GAAP and Mexican GAAP
4. Experience in preparation and review of general ledger posting and account reconciliation.
5. Knowledge of FASB, SEC requirements, SOX
6. Knowledge in accounting records of Mexican tax and requirements (IMSS, SISUB, INFONAVIT, ICSOE, STPS, SAT, REPSE, FONACOT)
7. Knowledge of payroll accounting
8. Fluent English and Spanish
9. Human Skills: Teamwork; hands-on; collaborative; proactive; analytical thinking
10. Three or more years of relevant work experience preferred in the manufacturing sector.

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Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.

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About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career.

As a Accounting Specialist, you will live and work around Sao Paulo (BRA), São Paulo, Brazil: