World Resources Institute

Accounting Manager

• Prepare and perform first-line review of monthly and quarterly reconciliations for WRI Europe entities
• Support monthly and year-end finance closure, including journal entries, accruals, prepayments and reclassifications
• Coordinate and monitor expense tracking, coding, approvals and documentation
• Process or review vendor invoices and purchase orders for Europe entities
• Prepare and help execute payment runs
• Assist with cash-flow forecasts and monitor cash positions
• Support budget monitoring and prepare budget-versus-actual reports with variance commentary
• Act as an operational contact point for internal finance questions
• Propose improvements to accounting processes and controls
• Help document and consistently apply systems, policies and processes
• Assist with monitoring statutory and internal finance-policy compliance
• Support internal and external audit preparation
• Support configuration of accounting and budgeting systems and local regulatory reporting needs
• Monitor ERP and related-system data quality
• Maintain the WRI Europe Accounting Handbook
• Support system and process improvements, dashboards, operational reports and ad-hoc analysis
• Provide backup support for the Regional Manager or accounting staff

Europe Regional Accounting Manager