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Fecha: 31 mar 2025

Ubicación: Panama City, PA Panama City, PA Panama City, PA

Empresa: Tetra Pak

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day.

And we need people like you to make it happen.

We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to  make an impact to be proud of – for food, people and the planet.

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented Accounting Expert to join our dynamic Finance Hub in Panama City, Panama. 

As an Accounting Expert specializing in Purchase to Payments (PtP), you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our financial operations. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative environment with a team of dedicated professionals.

The position is based in Panama City, Panama.  

Tetra Pak is not sponsoring work visas or relocation for this position.

What you will do

As an Accounting Expert PtP you will: 
 

  • Run Payment Proposals: we are responsible for three major companies payments of goods and services. Perform compliance verification, quality review and veracity, follow up on payment approvals and completion.  
  • Manual Payments Process: payments that are exceptional and government cases that require urgent payments to be done on time, followed up with the approvers and finalized. Perform compliance verification, quality review and veracity, follow up on payment approvals and completion. 
  • Intercompany reconciliation and netting payments and receivable for the 3 major companies assuring conciliation is done by the end of the month.  
  • Ensure that the technical processes of payments are up to date and working well. Resolve any technical problems that comes up on timely manner and take actions for improvement in decisive manner when necessary.  
  • Participate in Test & Validation of changes to processes and systems. Be the first line of support to the process performers (“users”). 
  • Payments Query Management: Resolve issues of invoices pending to be paid as necessary, contacting any necessary stakeholder. Be able to respond fully and timely to the vendors and stakeholders that sends us the queries about their payments. 
  • As we are a Hub, we are the experts of payments for all America’s companies and we are responsible for KPIs and to understand them and the issues that arise and do the follow up with the local market teams to get into the targets of our metrics. 
  • Ensure compliance to Company policies and procedures.  
  • Respond and give all necessary information requested by external and internal auditors in all requests.  
  • Execute continuous improvement methodologies and deliver improvements 
  • Adopt global process, best practices and related improvements 
  • Train any other member of the team as needed in the process to be done accurately. Update/create as needed quality training material for users. 
  • Work under pressure, as we have urgent payments with deadlines that must be fed on tax payments, vendor’s payments and bank cutoffs.  

We believe you have

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
  • Good experience in Accounting or Finance.
  • Proficiency in English and Spanish.
  • Knowledge of SAP is essential.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills are a plus.
  • Experience with Power BI is a plus.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, especially during month-end closing.

We Offer You

  • A variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
  • A culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our industry experts drive visible results
  • An equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
  • Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements

 

Apply Now

If you are inspired to be part of our promise to protect what’s good; for food, people, and the planet, apply through our careers page at https://jobs.tetrapak.com/

This job posting expires on April 26th, 2025.

 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is an everyday part of how we work. We give people a place to belong and support to thrive, an environment where everyone can be comfortable being themselves and has equal opportunities to grow and succeed. We embrace difference, celebrate people for who they are, and for the diversity they bring that helps us better understand and connect with our customers and communities worldwide.

 

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