Brazil Associate Finance

**SYSTEMIQ is a systems change company that partners with business, finance, policy-makers, and civil society to make economic systems truly sustainable. We combine high-level research with high-impact, on-the-ground work.**
Our purpose is to catalyse good disruptions in critical economic systems, with a current focus that includes low-carbon energy, materials and the circular economy, and regenerative oceans and land use. These disruptions are not only vital to the future of humanity and our planet, they also open up immense opportunities for the businesses that drive them.
SYSTEMIQ connects the right people, ideas, technologies and capital to transform economic systems:
1. We convene and support coalitions of leaders to shape policies and business strategies that will rapidly transform economic activity
2. We work with pioneering companies that want to drive the change in their industry
3. We co-create and incubate the market solutions most likely to build regenerative economic systems
4. We invest our own venture capital and expertise to accelerate business innovation and drive system change
5. We direct larger pools of capital so that they are invested for long-term sustainability, and we work to accelerate the transformation to a greener, more inclusive financial system.
In order to deliver in these areas, we recruit and develop distinctive and varied individuals who strive to achieve our mission, challenge the status quo and act as change leaders.
**Position**:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to lead our Finance area. This individual will serve as the central liaison between the Global finance team and the Local office, tasked with translating business requirements seamlessly between the local and global contexts.
Main responsibilities:
- Maintain relationship with current and future local accountancy providers and ensure delivery of financial accounts and tax compliance in a timely and accurate manner
- Responsible for the preparation of the month-end reporting including preparing and posting month-end close journals, for example, payroll, accruals, prepayments, depreciation and inter-company reconciliations
- Prepare month-end reporting including Balance Sheet reconciliations and ensuring our management reporting ledger matches our statutory ledger managed by our local accountancy provider
- Reporting and talking stakeholders through financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting in Brazil, supported by the Global Finance team
- Work with the Financial Reporting team in the UK to enact any corrections and additional postings required to prepare for year-end reporting including review and clear down of all financial systems. Post year-end to prepare reporting required for the audit and statutory reporting
- Review employee expense claims to ensure they adhere to the company policies
- Prepare payment runs and weekly bank reconciliations
- Support the global accounts receivable team on all client invoicing in Brazil
- Support the team with client and project onboarding in Brazil including preparing project passports, contracts and setting up the systems accurately
- Support the global grants team in budgeting, financial monitoring and reporting and audits
- Proactively staying on top of legal and tax considerations
- Assist the wider finance team with any adhoc requests and tasks, and additionally provide support to the global payroll team
- Critically assess the existing processes and procedures to suggest ways to improve efficiency
- Maintaining a strong financial control framework for the organisation globally
**Requirements**:
Experience/Requirements:
- +4 years of experience working with Accounting (GAAP/IFRS), Tax and Compliance.
- Verbal and Written fluency in English and Portuguese
- Experience in working on project non-corporate clients and donors
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office
- Financial software and project management systems
- Ability to maintain high level of accuracy
- Ability to preserve client and firm confidentiality
- BSc degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting
**Other information**:
Based in Sao Paulo - office.

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