How You Drive Impact
As an Accounting Associate, you play a critical role in ensuring accurate financial data is organized and available for decision-making, compliance, and operational efficiency. In a fast-growing solar energy financing business, financial clarity is key to scaling impact across Latin America.
Your role directly contributes by:
- Ensuring data integrity – Organizing financial information in a structured, timely, and accessible manner to support key business decisions.
- Driving timely invoicing & payments – Supporting cash flow management by ensuring invoices are processed accurately and on schedule.
- Maintaining compliance – Working with external bookkeepers to ensure that financial records align with local and international regulatory standards.
- Communicating & coordinating – Acting as the bridge between internal teams and external partners to facilitate smooth financial operations.
- Executing & reviewing – Handling core accounting tasks while reviewing and validating the work of external bookkeepers to maintain accuracy and completeness.
Your contribution helps us build a financially robust and scalable business, accelerating the transition to clean energy across the region.
Strategic Objectives
Objective 1: Ensure Accurate & Timely Financial Reporting
- Complete reconciliations for bank, AR, and AP accounts within a few business days after month-end.
- Maintain a high level of accuracy in financial records to support decision-making and audits.
- Prepare monthly financial reports on time, ensuring they meet internal deadlines.
Objective 2: Strengthen Tax Compliance & Regulatory Adherence
- Submit all tax filings (VAT, CIT, PIT) on schedule, avoiding penalties.
- Keep financial records in line with Latam accounting and tax regulations.
- Regularly review tax calculations and reconciliations to identify and resolve discrepancies early.
Objective 3: Optimize Invoicing & Cash Flow Management
- Ensure customer invoices are issued accurately and on time, helping to reduce overdue payments.
- Track and follow up on outstanding payments regularly to improve AR collection.
- Process vendor payments within agreed terms to maintain strong supplier relationships.
Objective 4: Improve Coordination & Oversight of External Bookkeepers
- Regularly review bookkeepers’ work to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Provide constructive feedback to bookkeepers to improve data consistency.
- Work towards reducing errors in bookkeeping records through better coordination.
Objective 5: Enhance Internal Processes & Operational Efficiency
- Identify and implement process improvements to streamline accounting operations.
- Look for ways to reduce time spent on manual reconciliation through automation or workflow improvements.
- Keep financial documentation well-organized to ensure readiness for audits or internal reviews.
Foundational Objectives
Objective 1: Maintain Accuracy & Integrity in Financial Records
- Ensure financial data is recorded consistently and correctly to support informed decision-making.
- Regularly review and validate accounting entries to minimize errors and discrepancies.
- Keep documentation well-organized and audit-ready to support transparency and compliance.
Objective 2: Uphold Compliance with Local & International Standards
- Stay updated on changes with Latam tax and accounting regulations to maintain compliance.
- Ensure timely submission of statutory filings and adherence to company policies.
- Work closely with external auditors and bookkeepers to align with best practices.
Objective 3: Foster Effective Communication & Collaboration
- Maintain clear and open communication with internal teams, external bookkeepers, and auditors.
- Proactively coordinate with stakeholders to ensure smooth financial operations.
- Provide structured feedback to external bookkeepers to improve data consistency.
Objective 4: Strengthen Financial Controls & Risk Management
- Identify risks in financial processes and suggest improvements to mitigate them.
- Support the implementation of internal controls to safeguard company assets.
- Ensure reconciliations and reviews are done systematically to detect and correct irregularities.
Objective 5: Drive Continuous Improvement & Efficiency
- Look for opportunities to streamline accounting workflows and reduce inefficiencies.
- Stay proactive in adopting new tools and processes that enhance financial operations.
- Seek out learning opportunities to refine technical skills and stay ahead of industry developments
Key skills to drive impact
To excel as an Accounting Associate in our fast-paced, international solar energy financing business, you will need a blend of technical expertise and strong communication skills. The key skills for success in this role include:
- Costa Rica – Panama – Chile Tax & Compliance Knowledge – Understanding local tax regulations, filing requirements, and statutory deadlines.
- Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Management – Experience reconciling invoices, payments, and collections to maintain accurate financial records.
- Cash & Bank Reconciliation – Ensuring financial transactions are correctly recorded and reconciled.
- Financial Accuracy & Attention to Detail – Organizing and reviewing financial data to ensure reports are precise and reliable.
- Deadline Management & Prioritization – Meeting regulatory filing deadlines and internal reporting timelines efficiently.
- Timely Invoicing & Payment Processing – Ensuring invoices are correctly issued, tracked, and followed up on to support cash flow.
- Proactive Problem-Solving – Identifying discrepancies, troubleshooting issues, and suggesting process improvements.
- Clear Communication & Coordination – Collaborating effectively with external bookkeepers, auditors, and internal teams to streamline accounting operations.
- Ability to Review & Validate External Work – Ensuring accuracy in bookkeeping by reviewing entries and providing structured feedback to external accountants.
- Professionalism & Adaptability – Working across cultures and time zones, balancing structure with flexibility in a dynamic business environment.
By applying these skills, you will help drive financial clarity and operational efficiency, enabling the business to scale its clean energy impact across Latin America
Why us?
- Work for the planet: help make a difference as we pioneer the energy transition in emerging markets
- Flexible working hours – we trust you to know how you work best
- Home office friendly #LI-Hybrid
- 30 days remote work
- 35 paid leave days per year
- Close collaboration with the headquarters in Germany (Berlin)
- International health insurance package
- 1.500 Euro annual professional development budget for all full time staff
- An open, diverse, and respectful company culture with a group of kind, international co-workers based in Berlin (Germany), Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya), San Jose (Costa Rica), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Santiago (Chile) and Manila (Philippines)
We are looking forward to hearing from candidates of all genders, nationalities, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Our commitment extends beyond mere representation—we firmly believe that diversity fuels innovation, fosters awareness, and enriches our workplace culture. Flexibility stands as a cornerstone of our company culture, and we've embraced a hybrid work environment to ensure that all our ecolleagues feel fully included. Join us as we lead the global energy revolution together.
About us
Every day at ecoligo we work to fight the climate crisis, bringing solar energy to businesses in countries like Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Philippines, Chile, Panama and Costa Rica amongst others through the ecoligo Impact-Investing platform. We own and manage each energy project allowing us to deliver both environmental and economic returns. Our Impact-Investors earn a solid financial return, and our solar clients get an energy provider that is fairer, more affordable and more efficient. So far, ecoligo projects have prevented—or will prevent—over 1,785,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering our atmosphere. And we are just getting started!
