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Senior General Ledger Accountant

FlixBus - Mexico City, Mexico - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-22

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Flix is seeking an experienced Senior General Ledger Accountant to join its Central Accounting Team in Mexico City. This role is central to ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timely execution of General Ledger accounting activities while contributing to risk management, process efficiency, and continuous improvement across the organization. Key Responsibilities: • Lead best-in-class financial processes for the Hub entity, including budget and forecast monitoring, variance reporting, annual budgeting exercises, and coordination with external tax consultants for timely tax declarations, audits, and full regulatory compliance. • Oversee GL accounting activities across all entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to corporate policies, accounting standards, and internal controls throughout monthly, quarterly, and annual closing cycles. • Support internal and external audits by providing accurate documentation, timely explanations, and ensuring compliance with established accounting procedures and control frameworks. • Deliver accurate, timely accounting services; proactively identify errors and process inefficiencies; implement corrective actions; maintain process documentation; and foster a service-oriented mindset with all internal stakeholders. • Recognize and leverage the interconnection between GL and other functions (AP, AR, Tax, Treasury, FP&A) to drive process improvements and strengthen financial controls beyond transactional scope. • Communicate proactively and professionally with management and cross-functional stakeholders; provide timely updates on progress, risks, and issues; escalate concerns with context and proposed solutions. • Demonstrate full accountability for deliverables, work independently under tight deadlines, anticipate operational challenges, and actively contribute to accounting transformation projects, system implementations, and process improvement initiatives in a fast-paced international environment. The successful candidate will work independently, anticipate challenges, identify improvement opportunities, and actively contribute to initiatives that strengthen financial operations. Close collaboration with regional and headquarters Finance teams, Tax, Legal, Systems, and other internal stakeholders is essential. Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or equivalent certification preferred. • Minimum of 8 years of relevant accounting or finance experience, with strong expertise in General Ledger accounting. • Solid knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting requirements. • Proven experience in financial closing, account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and accounting analysis. • Knowledge in Mexican local tax compliance. • Experience working with ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion. • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish. • Experience in shared services environment. • Experience participating in finance transformation, automation, or ERP implementation projects.

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