# Accounting Specialist

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Sumaré
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

As an Accounting Specialist at 3M's Sumaré/SP location, you will play a key role in supporting accounting closing activities, preparing financial reports, analyzing variances, controlling costs, revenue, and profitability.

Responsibilities:

- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial information.

- Prepare financial reports and variance analysis.

- Provide insights to support decision-making.

- Partner with Finance areas, Global Service Centers, Tax, Supply Chain, and Business teams to ensure alignment of financial data and processes.

- Support cost control, expense analysis, revenue tracking, and profitability analysis.

- Support the review of balance sheet reconciliations, including the analysis and follow-up of aging and pending items.

- Ensure compliance with internal controls, corporate policies, and applicable accounting standards.

- Identify process improvement opportunities and support automation, standardization, and efficiency initiatives.

- Assist with audits, internal reviews, and requests for financial information.

- Provide financial guidance and analytical support for business projects and operational initiatives.

Requirements:

- Experience with financial reporting, month-end closing activities, variance analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations.

- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to partner with cross-functional teams to support business decisions and process improvements.

- Working knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and/or local accounting standards.

- Experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, as well as data visualization tools.

- Experience with ERP systems.

- Advanced level of English.

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with active CRC.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior experience in a Big Four accounting or consulting firm.

- Postgraduate degree or specialization in Finance.

Work Location:

- This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M plant in Sumaré.

- Travel: May include up to 20%.

## Skills

### Required
- financial reporting
- month-end closing activities
- variance analysis
- balance sheet reconciliations
- US GAAP
- IFRS
- ERP systems
- English

### Nice to have
- Big Four accounting or consulting firm
- postgraduate degree in Finance

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