Junior Accounting Manager

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfill our purpose and realize our vision to reinvent the aluminum industry. Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with a better work-life balance and the equal opportunities that help everyone thrive. You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better.

About the Role:

An exciting and challenging role at the center of Alcoa's in-house expertise in technical accounting. The Corporate Controllership team consists of highly qualified accounting professionals with extensive experience in financial accounting and business issues. This role involves considerable ongoing interaction with a wide range of stakeholders across the company, including Alcoa's plant team in Brazil, the Financial accounting team based in Pittsburgh, PA, the Shared Services team based in Poços de Caldas, MG, as well as the Treasury and Legal teams. Situated next to Alcoa's Brazil Executive Team, this is a highly visible role.

As the Junior Accounting Manager (Financial Policy and Reporting), based in Alcoa São Paulo, SP (Hybrid Model), you will work within a world-class finance organization to consolidate the company's financial results, provide accurate and transparent internal and external financial reporting, and resolve various technical accounting matters.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Assist in the preparation of consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules and disclosures for internal and external purposes for IFRS and US GAAP.
• Provide technical accounting support in identifying and resolving accounting issues in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and IFRS, and support the recording and reporting of these transactions. Develop, implement and monitor associated accounting procedures.
• Analyze monthly financial results of legal entities and summarizing findings for the Financial Accounting Senior Manager.
• Participate in ongoing compliance initiatives related to the company's compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Provide accounting support for mergers and acquisitions by reviewing financial information and identifying financial impact of transaction terms, pricing and legal commitments, and provide integration support as appropriate to convert entity's financials to the Alcoa chart of accounts.
• Update job knowledge by staying up-to-date on new accounting pronouncements, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Participate in the activities related to the quarterly reviews and the annual audit performed by external auditors.

What you can bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (CRC certification required);
• Advanced or fluent English;
• Solid experience in finance/accounting at Alcoa (for internal candidates);
• Solid experience in public accounting - Big Four companies;
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS;
• Manufacturing experience is a plus;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

What's on offer:

• Competitive remuneration and benefits packages;
• Performance related bonus (variable);
• Flexibility First – Hybrid work agreement;
• Telemedicine and telenutrition;
• Recognition as one of the Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work;
• Recognized by Guia Exame de Diversidade as one of the companies with the best practices related to inclusion, equity, gender, ethnicity, race, People with Disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people.

About the Location

At Alcoa, we are committed to generating value in our relationships with all stakeholders in our business, communities and environment. We build inclusive and secure environments so that our people can live and express themselves as they please. With the aim of attracting and retaining diverse talent, the company maintains the inclusion groups that promote internal and external activities to value human diversity and plurality as a way of enriching one's own values.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.