Staff Accountant

**Job Title**: Staff Accountant - International
**Location**: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
**Type of Role**:Direct Hire
**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The Global Edge is a global staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, IT, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, the Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.
Our relationships are built on trust, top quality recruitment, and service excellence. We have an unwavering commitment to integrity and a strong global team in place that allows us to continue our mission to redefine excellence within recruitment.
Our team is currently looking fora **Staff Accountant.**
The Staff Accountant has primary responsibility for ensuring the integrity of all accounting information for the Global Edge Group of companies by maintaining reliable and accurate accounting records. The Staff Accountant will assist in the development & maintenance of superior internal accounting controls, handling items of a highly confidential nature and demonstrate superior stewardship skills.
**RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES**:
- Ensure accurate entries for the preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules
- Facilitate and complete monthly close procedures for multiple foreign entities
- Analyze AP, AR, revenues and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis
- Enter and translate multi-currency transactions
- Prepare monthly operating expense and balance sheet accruals, reconciliations and variance analysis
- Prepare monthly cash flow reports
- Assist in preparation of the annual budget and revised forecasts
- Assist in the completion of regulatory filings and other compliance reports, including international
- Manage inter-company account reconciliations
- Periodic interaction with all functional management and foreign office personnel within the Global Edge Group of companies
- Assist in the enhancement & maintenance of an efficient and productive accounting function
- Provide back-up support to the Payroll processing function
- Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time, quite often on short notice, by the CFO/CEO/Controller/VP
**QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS)**:
**Education and Certifications**:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
- CRC is preferred
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & QuickBooks
**Experience**:
- Minimum of 3 years of previous accounting experience required for consideration, preferably in the staffing / recruiting business
- Payroll processing & global mobility / international experience a plus
**Personal Characteristics**
- Hands-on
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and strong organizational skills, especially in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
- Demonstrate responsiveness, tact, diplomacy, good judgment, and confidentiality in communications with all levels of personnel, clients, and outside vendors.
- Demonstrated success in problem-solving with an emphasis on customer satisfaction.
- Immediate team player
- Ability to get things done and be accountable for actions
**The Global Edge Consultants, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Consultants, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.**
Pay: From R$1.00 per month
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Rio de Janeiro - RJ: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

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