General Accountant

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Job Summary: A prominent business group is seeking a General Accountant to lead the execution and control of accounting, tax, and financial processes, ensuring legal compliance and information quality. Key Highlights: 1. Leadership of accounting, tax, and financial processes. 2. Ensure legal compliance and the quality of financial information. 3. Coordination and supervision of the accounting team. GENERAL ACCOUNTANT Bogotá D.C. \| Indefinite-term contract Salary: $4\.200\.000 \+ statutory benefits Who Are We? A leading commercial and import-oriented business group requires a General Accountant to lead the execution and control of accounting, tax, and financial processes across its companies, ensuring proper fulfillment of legal obligations and the quality of financial information. We seek a professional with analytical capability, team leadership skills, compliance orientation, and experience in accounting and tax processes within companies engaged in commercial operations and imports. Position Objective Ensure the accurate execution of accounting, tax, and financial processes for assigned companies, guaranteeing timeliness, reasonableness, and quality of accounting information, fulfillment of tax obligations, and appropriate coordination of the accounting team. Main Responsibilities \-Accounting Management \- Coordinate and supervise the timely recording of accounting information. \- Review bank reconciliations, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. \- Analyze accounting accounts and reconciling items. \- Perform monthly accounting closings. \- Ensure the reasonableness of accounting balances. \- Prepare and review accounting vouchers. \-Tax Management \- Prepare VAT returns. \- Prepare withholding tax returns. \- Prepare ICA returns and ICA withholding returns. \- Prepare national and district-level exogenous information. \- Support fiscal closing and tax compliance processes. \- Manage requests from regulatory authorities when required. \-Billing and Electronic Documents \- Supervise electronic invoicing processes. \- Coordinate the issuance of electronic supporting documents. \- Supervise the transmission of electronic payroll. \- Monitor processes related to electronic tax documents. \-Imports and Inventories \- Review the accounting recording of import transactions. \- Validate the accounting treatment and associated taxes for imports. \- Support reconciliations related to inventories. \- Verify proper accrual of taxes associated with foreign trade operations. \-Financial Statements and Reports \- Prepare monthly financial statements. \- Draft financial annexes and reports for management. \- Participate in preparing information for financial institutions and third parties when required. \- Support the development of financial indicators and management reports. Personnel Coordination \- Lead and supervise the accounting team. \- Assign tasks and monitor adherence to schedules. \- Verify the quality of information processed by the team. \- Propose improvements to procedures and internal controls. Requirements Academic Qualifications \- Certified Public Accountant. \- Valid Professional License. Experience \- Minimum three (3\) years of experience in accounting roles. \- Experience in preparing national and local taxes. \- Experience in preparing exogenous information. \- Experience in account analysis and accounting closings. \- Desired experience in trading or importing companies. Technical Knowledge \- Proficiency in SIIGO and ALEGRA. \- Electronic invoicing. \- Electronic payroll. \- Electronic supporting documents. \- VAT, withholding taxes, ICA, and tax obligations. \- IFRS for SMEs. \- Intermediate or advanced Excel. Competencies Leadership. Planning and organization. Analytical ability. Attention to detail. Teamwork. Effective communication. Responsibility and commitment. Results-oriented compliance. Working Conditions Position: General Accountant. Location: Bogotá D.C. Work Mode: On-site. Salary: $4\.200\.000 per month. Contract: Indefinite-term. Schedule: Monday to Friday. Supervisory Responsibility: Yes. Application Interested candidates must submit an updated resume indicating salary expectations and key achievements related to accounting, tax, and financial processes. Only candidates who provide proof of a valid Professional License and experience in corporate accounting and tax processes will be considered. Workplace: On-site employment