Corporate Accounting Manager

Cemex•Houston, TX

About The Position

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at www.cemexusa.com/careers. For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at https://jobs.cemex.com/. The main purpose of this position is to produce accurate financial and operative information, to report monthly results to general management in the US operations, providing deep analysis of the operating results ensuring the integrity of the information. This position is also responsible to define and maintain the intercompany reporting structure with payables, receivables, and inventory between different legal USA companies. This position works extensively with the Financial Information, the General Accounting & Financial Services Team, Operative Support Team and with the Technical Accounting Team.

Requirements

Computer Literacy
Advanced Spread Sheet (Excel) skills required
SAP (ERP) Skills strongly preferred
Social/Interpersonal skills
Excellent Oral & written communication
Listening skills
Complete understanding of Legal Entity relations and intercompany accounting
Organizational skills
Able to develop and administer efficient work processes
Ability to recognize issues, present solutions, and implement action plans
Analytical approach to problem solving; not intimidated by tackling new problems
Ability to work at an appropriate level of detail
Working knowledge of statutory, financial, and management accounting
CPA or MBA (or comparable Master's Degree unless offset by extensive experience)
Excellent communication and organization skills
Strong understanding of IFRS
7+ years in back-office accounting
Data analytics/Big data
Understanding of ERP systems
Ability to dive into details while maintaining view of big picture
Capability to work extended hours as necessary
Ability to work with standard office/computer Equipment
Capable of working in an open office environment
Ability to participate in required travels as necessary (very limited)
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Big 4 Accounting firms preferred
It will be a plus to have knowledge in Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP.

Responsibilities

Owns the definition and maintenance of the management reporting structure and the impact of any changes in the business to reflect them in the management reports.
Prepare and analyze the primary P&L report for Cemex Canada operation (OCF - Operational Cash Flow /EBITDA /SG&A expenses).
Prepare and analyze net assets reports.
Produce special analysis and reports as required by management to facilitate the decision-making process. Duties can be involved in forecast, capital, inventories, operating budget, accounts reconciliations, and other month end closing activities.
Participate in management/strategy/operations meetings and financial reviews, prepare presentations: review w/ Ops, Executive audiences/ Planning/ Other teams.
Able to understand current financial reports and test/execute changes under deadlines. Must work in collaboration with the Technical Accounting, General accounting, and Financial Reporting team to manage projects.
Must ensure financial reports comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (or other relevant gaap) and global policies.
Able to understand complex corporate structures and the financial relationships between companies as pertains to statutory & management reporting.
Deep knowledge in Intercompany transactions and inventory movement between business units and legal entities.
Analyze financial information to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvements
Understanding of multi-currency companies’ management and/or currency conversion from different reporting tools
Special projects are recurring and require the ability to manage priorities at the same time; organization and prioritization are imperative.
Ability to learn new reporting technology fast and to teach it when asked. This position will be an expert in reporting software and be an on-call resource to the Cemex team.
Expert and deep knowledge in SAP ERP, Hyperion, MS office and power BI. It will be a plus to have knowledge in Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP.
Experience in process analysis and process re-design.
Help to maintain and assess the system of internal controls and actively participate in any audit requirement, both internally and externally.
Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and automation
This role includes support of an aggressive closing schedule with tight completion dates

Benefits

CEMEX offers both competitive pay and benefits. Benefits applicable to this position may include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Holiday Pay, as well as a comprehensive wellness program to help keep employees and their families healthy and well. You can learn more about CEMEX Benefits by visiting the CEMEX USA Benefits and Well-Being page. (https://www.cemexusa.com/careers/life-at-cemex/benefits-well-being).

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