Senior Accountant

**JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way**. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. As a Senior Accountant within JLL's controllership team, you'll support financial operations for Brazil with specialized responsibility for intercompany accounting, tax and fiscal operations, and accounts receivable management. This position combines technical accounting expertise with business partnership, where you'll be responsible for maintaining the integrity of JLL's financial statements while managing all intercompany transactions between all JLL's legal entities. You'll execute comprehensive accounting activities including month-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, tax and fiscal management, and financial reporting, while also serving as the intercompany process owner. This role reports to the Brazil Controller and works closely with local finance teams, Treasury, Tax, Accounts Receivable, and Global Operations teams. This position offers valuable exposure to international accounting operations, complex consolidation processes, Brazilian tax compliance, and the opportunity to develop specialized technical skills within a dynamic real estate services environment. **What your day-to-day will look like:** **Month-End Close & Financial Reporting:** - Lead month-end close activities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, local accounting standards, and JLL policies. - Execute comprehensive balance sheet reconciliation processes, maintaining detailed account analyses, investigating variances, and ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items to support financial statement accuracy. - Manage multi-currency accounting activities including foreign exchange impact analysis. - Prepare comprehensive P&L and Balance Sheet variance analysis, identifying trends and explaining financial performance drivers to support finance and business leadership with meaningful insights. **Intercompany Operations Management:** - Maintain intercompany standing data for treasury transactions. - Create and issue intercompany invoices, ensuring tax and accounting compliance. - Manage settlement of intercompany transactions through netting processes. - Execute intercompany wire transfers and manage applicable exchange rates. - Identify, log, track, and resolve disputes related to intercompany in collaboration with the COE team. - Review and confirm intercompany balances for accuracy and compliance. - Supervise and execute the complete intercompany accounting process for transactions between all JLL's legal entities, with consistent registration in both entities involved. - Perform monthly intercompany account reconciliations during month-end closing, identifying and resolving differences in amounts, timing, or accounting classification, coordinating with local finance teams to ensure accurate and timely monthly closes. - Prepare detailed analyses of intercompany balances and movements, generating reports for regional and corporate management, providing explanations for significant variations and trends in intercompany operations. - Ensure compliance with corporate transfer pricing policies, local and international accounting policies (IFRS/US GAAP as applicable), and audit requirements, maintaining and enhancing internal controls related to intercompany operations. - Serve as the primary point of contact for intercompany operation inquiries for Brazil. - Work closely with local finance teams, Treasury, Tax, and global corporate teams. **Billing and Revenue Recognition:** - Possess so…