R2R Manager - Record to Report

About the role

Based in San José, Costa Rica, Lonza is hiring an R2R Manager to lead Record to Report operations for assigned entities and drive high-quality financial accounting and reporting across a global organization. You will lead a team, strengthen financial controls and help shape process improvements and transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Record to Report operations, ensuring accurate and timely accounting, reporting and general ledger management.
• Manage month-end close activities according to the global reporting calendar.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and resolve accounting discrepancies and aged reconciling items.
• Lead, coach and develop supervisors and accounting professionals.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls and regulations, and support internal and external audits.
• Partner with global finance stakeholders to resolve complex accounting issues and meet KPI targets.
• Drive process standardization, automation and finance transformation while maintaining operational excellence.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in accounting, financial reporting or Record to Report in a global organization.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing accounting or shared services teams.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification such as CPA or CIMA, and fluent business English.

Required skills

• General ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial controls and compliance.
• Shared Services experience and process improvement or automation.
• ERP systems, preferably SAP, and financial reporting processes.

What we offer

• An agile career and dynamic working culture in a growing global finance organization.
• The chance to lead and develop a high-performing accounting team.
• Exposure to global stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Corporate Accounting and Internal Controls.
• Compensation programs for high performance and a benefits package aligned with local market practice.