Since graduating from Y Combinator in 2020, Jeeves has successfully raised over $380 million and is backed by top world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, CRV, Tencent, Stanford University, Clocktower Ventures, and founders of more than 15 unicorns including David Velez (Nubank), Carlos Garcia (Kavak) and Sebastián Mejía (Rappi).
We are looking for a motivated and ambitious individual to assist in building and improving the accounting organization at Jeeves. As a key member of the Finance team, the accountant will be responsible for the month-end close process and managing the company’s tax activities in Colombia, working in conjunction with our external taxes consultants. This accountant will have a material impact on how we structure our finance processes as we continue to scale and will report to our Senior Accountant based in Mexico.
Location: This role is based out of Bogotá, Colombia, and is a full-time hybrid position where it is required to come into our office in the Parque de la 93 area. #LI-HYBRID
Job Responsibilities:
- Work with the team on the month-end close - manage the processes from start to end, ensuring accuracy of the company’s financial reporting
- Work in conjunction with the accounting team to automate and improve the accounting processes
- Manage the company’s monthly tax fillings, Income tax, Payroll taxes, Annual tax return and make sure all filings are done in a timely manner
- Collaborate with the product team in developing features to improve the functionality of Jeeves’s product
- Assist with technical accounting research, and documentation of new policies and procedures
- Support the AP process on a monthly basis, verify that all invoices are issued under minimum tax requirements and are booked correctly
- Work with the Sales and CS teams on clients’ requests
- Assist in the design of internal controls and policies
- Support special projects, ad-hoc reporting and other tasks as assigned
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in public accounting and/or working at a Financial Institution / Startup / Fintech
- Experience with the month-end close process to ensure the accurate and timely
- Experience in developing, documenting, and rolling out cross-functional processes
- Ability to understand the business environment and apply the relevant accounting principles in simplicity, using practical methods to support the business owner’s needs
- Creative thinking and out of the box solutions for complicated processes
- Agile and able to pivot quickly with the changing environment
- Collaborative and team-oriented
- Highly experienced in Microsoft Office, Google docs and Macros
- Experience with national tax portal
- Nice to have experience with Sage Intacct
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent in English - Jeeves is a global company and English is the language we use internally to communicate between regions