Accounting Senior Associate
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Full description
About Us
At WeWork, we provide flexible workspace solutions to help businesses of all sizes thrive in more than 37 countries worldwide. The future of work is here, and we’re not just a part of that movement—we’re leading it. United by a desire to build a global community, our purpose is to give members the support to do their best work, and the space to take their ideas to new heights. Join us as we empower tomorrow’s world at work.
About Us
At WeWork, we provide flexible workspace solutions to help businesses of all sizes thrive in more than 37 countries worldwide. The future of work is here, and we’re not just a part of that movement—we’re leading it. United by a desire to build a global community, our purpose is to give members the support to do their best work, and the space to take their ideas to new heights. Join us as we empower tomorrow’s world at work.
About The Opportunity
We are looking for an Accounting Senior Associate to join our Latam Accounting team at our amazing Bogotá HQ. In this role, you will:
- Latin America Month-End Close Support: Participate actively in the regional month-end close process for Latin America entities, ensuring timely execution and reporting accuracy.
- Financial Statement Review & Consolidation: Review, analyze, and support the consolidation of local financial statements for Colombia and Peru, ensuring alignment between Local GAAP and US GAAP.
- Variance Analysis & Reporting: Conduct detailed Month-over-Month (MoM) expense and balance sheet variance analyses, providing thorough management commentary on key drivers.
- P&L Variance Analysis: Perform a comprehensive monthly review and analysis of the overall P&L, identifying trends, investigating unexpected fluctuations, and partnering with cross-functional teams to resolve anomalies
- Outsourcing Management: Act as the primary contact and bridge for external accounting outsourcers in Colombia and Peru, ensuring timely reporting and compliance.
- Variable Rent Calculations & Compliance: Support the calculation of variable rent (waterfall calculations) for Landlords under alternative leasing operations and ensure full accounting and contractual compliance.
- Audit & Compliance Support: Support internal and external audit requests (Revisoría Fiscal, Statutory Audits) and prepare working papers for any required corrections or explanations.
- Expense Accounting & AP AR Oversight: Support corporate expense accounting processes (accruals, prepayments) and review AP/AR sub-ledgers across assigned entities.
About You
Does the below sound like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
- Qualified Accountant (active professional card in Colombia required).
- Minimum 3+ years of accounting experience, preferably in multinationals or Big 4.
- Strong understanding of Local GAAP (Colombia & Peru), US GAAP, and experience in multi-entity month-end close processes across South America.
- Strong experience in financial statement review, consolidation concepts, and deep variance analysis.
- Advanced Excel skills are a must for complex reconciliations and data modeling.
- Familiarity with corporate ERPs (Workday is a plus).
- Ability to communicate effectively and drive deliverables with external accounting outsourcers.
- Logic, solving financial puzzles, and crisp reconciliations drive your work.
- Intermediate level of English.
Life At WeWork
Being a WeWorker is more than just a job. We believe the magic of work is sparked by the passion you bring, the places you go, the people you meet and the purpose you follow. And it starts here. Here you will brush shoulders with those who dare to dream and do. Here you will be welcomed by a community that embraces and inspires you—because together we can achieve more. Here we challenge ideas, and explore new ways of getting things done. Whether you are part of our Employee Community Groups, or part of a global project, we ask you to bring your open-minded attitude and collaborative spirit. In return, you will be part of a team where your unique perspectives are celebrated.
WeWork is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil status, pregnancy (or pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression, transgender status or gender reassignment, race, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including genetic testing and characteristics), military or veteran status, or any other grounds or characteristic that is protected under the law. WeWork is also proud to be an affirmative action employer with respect to veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Life at WeWork
Being a WeWorker is more than just a job. We believe the magic of work is sparked by the passion you bring, the places you go, the people you meet and the purpose you follow. And it starts here. Here you will brush shoulders with those who dare to dream and do. Here you will be welcomed by a community that embraces and inspires you—because together we can achieve more. Here we challenge ideas, and explore new ways of getting things done. Whether you are part of our Employee Community Groups, or part of a global project, we ask you to bring your open-minded attitude and collaborative spirit. In return, you will be part of a team where your unique perspectives are celebrated.