Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Job description:

The General Accountant will be primarily responsible for executing account reconciliations and monthly closing activities related to assigned entities in Stryker’s newly created Costa Rica Shared Service Center and additional support required per ad-hoc request.

What you will do:

• Perform Account Reconciliation for assigned entities.

• Investigate and resolve unsupported balances and IC differences.

• Provide support to business on request related to journal/recon backups.

• Escalate any unusual activity or aged items to management which enables a proactive response to potential risks and related losses.

• Financial Statement analysis.

• Prepare Intercompany journal entries calculations.

• Perform Intercompany month end closing process and any request as necessary.

• Comply with Corporate accounting policies, US and local GAAP.

• Performs other related work to accounting cycle.

What you need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or related field

• MS Office Suite

• Intermediate excel level (pivot table, formulas, charts)

• Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish.

• SAP knowledge is a big plus

• 2-3 years of relevant working experience in a finance/accounting function in a matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems

• Experience of working in a shared service center across a global /large organization will be an added advantage

Travel Percentage: 10%