Manager, GSS Accounting

About the Role The GSS Accounting Manager will be part of Global Shared Services based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The role leads key Record-to-Report (R2R) activities to ensure accurate, complete, and compliant financial reporting across multiple entities and will build and develop the Accounting team during ramp-up. What You'll Do

• Provide oversight, review, and approval of recurring journal entries and intercompany transactions, ensuring adherence to accounting policies, proper eliminations, and complete reconciliation of intercompany balances.
• Lead corporate allocations and overhead allocation processes by establishing methodologies, validating allocation bases, approving entries, and ensuring accurate reconciliation of allocated balances.
• Oversee the full fixed-asset accounting cycle, including asset creation, classification, capitalization reviews, revaluation adjustments, depreciation accuracy, transfers, disposals, and audit-ready asset master data governance.
• Direct period-end close activities by overseeing accruals, subledger reconciliations, general ledger validations, adjustments, eliminations, account reconciliations, and the finalization and release of financial statements.
• Ensure accurate consolidated results by reviewing intercompany eliminations, group adjustments, financial consolidations, and internal management reports that support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Provide leadership over payroll accounting, ensuring accurate recording of payroll results, reconciliations of payroll accounts, and timely posting of payroll-related entries.
• Review and approve low-risk or recurring accounting memos by evaluating facts, interpreting accounting guidance, and ensuring appropriate policy application.
• Maintain strong internal controls and documentation standards, ensuring audit readiness and timely support for internal and external audit requests.
• Lead and develop a high-performing accounting team, driving continuous improvement, process standardization, system optimization, and adherence to best-practice accounting and control frameworks. What We're Looking For
• Strong understanding of R2R processes including journal entries, general ledger close, and subledger reconciliation.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP / IFRS and accounting policy requirements.
• Understanding of payroll accounting flows, benefits, and related reconciliations.
• Ability to lead, plan, organize, and prioritize in a fast-paced, high-volume, multi-entity environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of interpreting complex datasets and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and quality in financial data handling.
• Risk Management – Guarantor of compliance with corporate policies and accounting regulations.
• Skilled in driving process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma principles.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to enforce policy and control discipline.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, with the capacity to support cross-regional operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (CPA or equivalent). Master’s degree in Finance or related field also preferred.
• 8-10+ years of experience in Accounting, R2R, General Ledger, or related operational accounting roles.
• Experience working in Shared Services Centers, within complex environments and large volumes of operation.
• Experience in negotiating and managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Experience in transitioning AR activities to Shared Services Center environments (creation of desktop procedures, work shadowing, etc.) Nice to Have
• Certifications: CMA, Lean/Six Sigma.
• Hospitality, retail, or multi-location industry experience strongly preferred. Compensation & Benefits
• Competitive compensation and benefits, vacation, team member appreciation days, workplace flexibility and much more.