**Accounting Analyst**:
Are you passionate about the opportunity to bring your expertise to a world-class company that is a leader in both content and technology? If so, we are looking for you.
Join our team! We are looking for an Accounting Analyst to join Thomson Reuters Latin America General Accounting Operations (AO) located in San Jose (Heredia), Costa Rica. The AO is a key element of the company's strategy to leverage best practices, support future acquisitions and growth, and streamline processes and activities across the organization and the world to return value to our customers by becoming more effective and efficient. This is a growing organization where exceptional individuals can make a lasting impact on the company and develop through challenging assignments.
This position is responsible for performing accounting activities such as balance sheet account reconciliations and open item resolution for the Latin America region on a monthly basis and partners with other departments to leverage systems and resources.
**About the Role**:
In this opportunity as an **Accounting Analyst**, you will:
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
- Open items follow-up and escalation with various departments.
- Perform month-end close responsibilities with a complete understanding of the close process and the financial framework within an SAP environment to achieve complete, accurate and compliant financial statements.
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with partnering organizations by providing regular and frequent communications.
- Assist in monthly financial reporting; prepare analysis of accounts as requested.
- Assist in projects on process improvements as needed.
- Document processes.
**About You**
You're a fit for the role if your background includes:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required, OR equivalent qualification OR significant development after specialized vocational training OR substantial professional development after High School Degree.
- 3-5 years of professional accounting experience with multi-national companies in reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and month-end close activities.
- Knowledge of common accounting procedures.
- Effective written, verbal and interpersonal skills with a competence in presenting in a professional and influential manner.
- Attention to fine detail and demonstrate high-level of accuracy.
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — for example, SAP, Oracle, BEx, BlackLine.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
- Proficiency in English.
- Portuguese preferred but not required.
**Location: Costa Rica**
**What's in it **F**or **Y**ou**?**
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- ** Hybrid Work Model**: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- ** Culture**: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more
- ** Wellbeing**: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- ** Learning & Development**: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- ** Social Impact**: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact
- ** Purpose Driven Work**: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
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