Lead Specialist, Inventory Accounting

Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewelry company while putting your experience in OTC Accounting into use? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you! You will be part of Pandora Latin America Team in an international organization of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people.

Pandora is looking for a dynamic and business-savvy Lead Specialist, Inventory Accounting in Mexico City, Mexico.

Main purpose of the role:

Lead the end-to-end Inventory Accounting and reconciliation agenda for LATAM Spanish-speaking markets, ensuring accurate, complete and timely inventory reporting across POS, ERP, partner portals, Logistics data and the General Ledger.

The role owns the reconciliation methodology, coordinates month-end inventory activities, drives root-cause analysis and remediation of variances, and strengthens governance over goods in transit, consignment stock, stock counts, adjustments and system interfaces.

Key accountabilities include:

• Deliver and review mid-month and month-end reconciliations;
• Coordinate inventory close readiness across all entities;
• Investigate POS-to-ERP, ERP-to-GL and partner-portal differences;
• Monitor aged goods in transit and open shipments;
• Oversee consignment and shop-in-shop reconciliations;
• Validate stock-count results and adjustment support;
• Maintain ICF evidence and audit-ready documentation;
• Escalate system/interface issues;
• Define corrective actions, ownership and deadlines;
• Coach team members in inventory processes and controls.

The role combines recurring close and control activities with diverse analytical and project-based work. Tasks range from reconciliations, postings and ICF reporting to complex investigations involving high-volume data, stock counts, new warehouses, process design, system testing, automation opportunities and cross-functional remediation.

No direct budget ownership. The role influences material inventory balances, valuation, shrinkage, stock-taking differences, adjustments and potential write-offs across LATAM. It is responsible for identifying, quantifying, documenting and escalating financial exposure and for ensuring that adjustments follow defined evidence and approval requirements.

What We Are Looking For: 

• Years’ experience: 5–8 years. Equivalent combination of experience and education accepted.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in inventory accounting, financial reconciliations, retail finance, controllership or shared services.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex reconciliations, month-end close activities, variance investigations and control remediation across multiple entities.
• Experience with goods in transit, consignment inventory, stock counts, inventory adjustments, shrinkage and audit/control requirements.
• Experience in a multinational, regional or shared-services environment; retail or consumer products experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel and large-data reconciliation skills;
• Microsoft Dynamics AX or comparable ERP;
• POS and inventory systems; Power BI or other analytical tools;
• Strong accounting and inventory-control knowledge;
• Root-cause analysis; process documentation;
• Audit evidence management;
• Stakeholder coordination;
• Clear executive communication;
• Fluent Spanish and professional English.