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Senior Accountant
Plata Card
Colombia6d ago
- Seniority
- Senior
About the role
<p data-start="21" data-end="458">The Finance area is responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of the company’s financial information and accounting operations across the organization. As we build a financial institution from the ground up, this role plays a critical part in maintaining strong financial governance, supporting regulatory compliance, enabling strategic decision-making, and ensuring scalable and sustainable financial operations.<br><br><strong>Challenges that await you:</strong></p>
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<li data-start="491" data-end="621">Co-building and scaling the accounting and financial reporting structure from the ground up in a fast-growing fintech environment.</li>
<li data-start="623" data-end="803">Managing and overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.</li>
<li data-start="805" data-end="959">Leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes, including reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and financial statement preparation.</li>
<li data-start="961" data-end="1098">Preparing, analyzing, and maintaining accurate financial reports, supporting management decision-making and business planning activities.</li>
<li data-start="1100" data-end="1236">Ensuring proper accounting treatment and documentation for financial transactions, operational activities, and new business initiatives.</li>
<li data-start="1238" data-end="1404">Collaborating closely with Finance, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Treasury, Product, and external stakeholders to ensure financial accuracy and operational alignment.</li>
<li data-start="1406" data-end="1574">Supporting the implementation and continuous improvement of accounting processes, controls, policies, and reporting frameworks to strengthen governance and scalability.</li>
<li data-start="1576" data-end="1703">Identifying accounting, reporting, and operational inefficiencies while driving automation and process improvement initiatives.</li>
<li data-start="1705" data-end="1872">Managing accounting records, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and financial documentation with high standards of organization, traceability, and audit readiness.</li>
<li data-start="1874" data-end="2044">Operating effectively in highly dynamic environments with evolving processes, systems, and regulatory expectations while helping formalize scalable accounting structures.</li>
<li data-start="2046" data-end="2216">Supporting audits, tax processes, regulatory reporting, financial reviews, and external reporting requirements through reliable and well-structured financial information.</li>
<li data-start="2218" data-end="2345">Balancing strong financial control standards with operational efficiency and business scalability in a high-growth environment.</li>
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<p data-section-id="1wd2k0o" data-start="2347" data-end="2377"><strong>What makes you a great fit:</strong></p>
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<li data-start="2379" data-end="2582">Over 5 years of hands-on experience in Accounting, Financial Reporting, Audit, or Controllership roles within financial institutions, fintechs, startups, consulting firms, or highly regulated industries.</li>
<li data-start="2584" data-end="2730">Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting standards, reconciliations, closing processes, and financial statement preparation.</li>
<li data-start="2732" data-end="2869">Experience managing complex accounting operations, financial analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and reporting activities.</li>
<li data-start="2871" data-end="3031">Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify accounting risks, discrepancies, and process improvement opportunities.</li>
<li data-start="3033" data-end="3184">Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems, accounting platforms, financial systems, SQL, or similar technologies are highly valued.</li>
<li data-start="3186" data-end="3287">Experience supporting audits, regulatory reviews, tax processes, and external reporting requirements.</li>
<li data-start="3289" data-end="3436">Proven ability to thrive in environments where processes are built from scratch, not inherited, and where structure evolves alongside rapid growth.</li>
<li data-start="3438" data-end="3602">Highly proactive and hands-on, with the autonomy to lead accounting initiatives and deliver results effectively in fast-paced environments with limited supervision.</li>
<li data-start="3604" data-end="3733">Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally across multiple teams.</li>
<li data-start="3735" data-end="3854">Creative, resilient, and deeply motivated to help build and scale a regulated financial institution from the ground up.</li>
<li data-start="3856" data-end="3967">Energized by financial and operational challenges and motivated by high-impact, execution-focused environments.</li>
<li data-start="3969" data-end="4043">CPA certification or equivalent accounting qualification is highly valued.</li>
<li data-start="4045" data-end="4095">Conversational English is a must-have requirement.</li>
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<li><strong>Innovative Spirit: </strong>A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions.</li>
<li><strong>Honest Feedback:</strong> valuing open, transparent communication.</li>
<li><strong>Supportive Team: </strong>a strong, collaborative community.</li>
<li><strong>Celebrating Achievements: </strong>recognizing our wins together.</li>
<li><strong>High-Tech Environment:</strong> a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances.</li>
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