Assistant Finance and Accounting Manager

About the role

Champro, a private manufacturer of sports articles and apparel with more than 30 years of experience, is looking for an Assistant Finance and Accounting Manager in the Dominican Republic. The role supports the Finance Manager in executing, controlling and keeping the accounting cycle running smoothly and in delivering the monthly financial close. It carries direct responsibility for key accounting activities and a strong financial and operational analysis component, with regular communication with the US-based Corporate Finance team, so professional English is needed every day.

Key responsibilities

• Execute and review the monthly, quarterly and annual accounting close, including journal entries, accruals, provisions and reclassifications.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, following up open items until resolved.
• Analyse the General Ledger and investigate unusual transactions and fluctuations.
• Support the preparation of financial statements and closing packages.
• Perform actual versus budget versus forecast analysis and investigate significant variances.
• Develop and monitor financial and operational KPIs, including manufacturing, labour cost and production efficiency indicators.
• Prepare management reports for the Finance Manager, the Controller and Corporate Finance.
• Support internal and external audits and ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports and analytical processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
• Postgraduate education or specialised training in Accounting, Finance or Cost Accounting (an asset).
• 4 to 6 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with proven month-end close and reporting experience.
• Manufacturing experience (highly desirable) and multinational company experience (an asset).
• Native or fluent Spanish; English at upper-intermediate to advanced level (B2-C1).

Required skills

• Full accounting cycle, General Ledger and financial statements under IFRS / IFRS for SMEs.
• Cost and manufacturing accounting knowledge.
• ERP systems; NetSuite experience highly desirable.
• Advanced Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, large data sets); Power Query and/or Power BI (an asset).