Accountant II. Tampa Lilylifestyle

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference-together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose.

This position is primarily responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the Company's financial system, including preparing consolidated financial statements for monthly financial and managerial reporting, and providing financial information to the parent company (Gerdau, S.A.) on a timely basis. This position will also reconcile general ledger accounts, prepare audit schedules, and perform financial and managerial analysis. It will be heavily involved with the month‑end close of the company and will research technical accounting topics when required by management.

The incumbent will be involved in several projects and work without close supervision, somewhat independently toward achieving specific project goals.

This position reports directly to the Corporate Accounting Manager. It works closely with the Operating Division Controllers and Accountants who manage the accounting function of the location operations and accounting personnel. The qualifications for this position include 3‑5 years of progressive accounting responsibilities in a multi‑divisional manufacturing organization preferably in a corporate environment, excellent communication skills, proficiency in multi‑currency accounting and foreign exchange reporting, adeptness with business office software and accounting systems, a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or finance, SAP experience, and a CPA license is preferred.

• Assists in monthly closing and financial reporting by preparing routine and complex journal entries, consolidating the various legal entities, and reviewing journal entries prepared by accountants and generated by the system for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Monthly internal financial reporting, primarily the monthly Financial Report (which includes monthly financial and managerial information) for management.
• Contributes to the preparation of the quarterly Financial Statements and the annual footnote support for Gerdau, S.A. (parent company).
• Use and maintain the ERP (SAP) system to prepare financial statements, footnotes, managerial reports, and investigate errors and variances.
• Conduct internal audit control self‑assessment reviews and assist with SOX‑related audit issue resolutions.
• Maintain the integrity of balance sheet accounts through review of account activity and balances for accuracy and reasonableness; prepares audit schedules for outside auditors.
• Perform accounting for complex accounting areas, such as stock compensation, pensions and derivatives.
• Perform general accounting duties, including maintaining the accounting structure for account hierarchy in the financial statements and preparing and submitting various governmental financial and managerial reports as required.
• Ad‑hoc accounting projects as assigned by the Corporate Accounting Manager; requires independence, an inquisitive approach, and project management skills to obtain project objectives.
• Prepare financial analysis as required by management.
• Act as the liaison between plant and corporate accounting personnel for accounting issues.
• Seek continual improvements in all accounting processes.
• Stay abreast of current accounting standards, including IFRS and other authoritative guidance to ensure adequate accounting and disclosure for internal and external reporting. Ad‑hoc research and special projects related to a wide range of technical accounting and financial reporting issues are requested as needed.

This position requires a comprehensive understanding of general and cost accounting principles. It works on problems with a diverse scope where analysis of data requires reconciliation and evaluation of identifiable factors. It requires the exercise of judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and…