Finance Manager- Controllership International

The position is responsible for leadership on the accounting close and consolidation process for LATAM region with a team of country controllers/finance managers and their staff. Position is ultimately responsible for the coordination and management of all accounting processes, procedures, and systems to ensure the accurate and timely financial close. In addition, responsible for assessing team structure to ensure right organization. Position is also a significant player for acquisitions (integration activities).

Primary responsibilities include: 1) lead LATAM organization to ensure accurate and reliable consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and other appropriate standards; 2) support and promotion of a standard global footprint of financial systems/processes maintained coordinating corporate close responsibilities, balance sheet integrity and analysis, ensuring compliance with Company policies and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; 3) lead and develop team. 4) Strategic vision, influencing, change management and managerial presence will be crucial to success in this role as the position will interact with numerous functional areas, such as Tax, Treasury, Legal, Enterprise FP&A, SBS, Finance Transformation and the Group & Division commercial finance teams for LATAM.  

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS 

• Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assess and determine appropriate Controllership org in in LATAM region.  

• Business Unit/Divisional Consolidation Close

• Monthly Procedures

  • Coordinate and review Balance Sheet and Income Statement variance analysis

  • Review monthly journal entries related high risk/judgmental areas

  • Review/oversight/tracking/reporting of balance sheet accounts

  • Assist in ad hoc analysis. 

• Quarterly & Annual Procedures

  • Prepare/Review quarterly commentary and presentation on results for the LATAM Region

  • Prepare/Review quarterly Corporate reporting requirements (visual lease, restructuring, 

    balance sheet / income statement certs, etc)

  • Oversee LATAM statutory audits to ensure timely completion.

     

• Ownership of Statutory Financial Statements

• Balance Sheet Reconciliations

  • Review/oversight/tracking

  • Ensuring reconciling items are current, supported and cleared in a timely fashion

  • Control owner for subledger accounting hub reconciliations for R12 ERPs

   

• Support system implementations and ensure local requirements are met/addressed

• Ownership (and possibly development) of key controls to ensure the accuracy of financial results and reporting

• Act on integration of acquisitions from a financial and accounting perspective.

• Provide support for audit requests (internal and external including statutory audits)

• Involvement in key company initiatives and various system or process implementations

• Manage country controllers/managers

  • Train and coach team members, providing leadership, guidance, and developmental opportunities

  • Ensure the staff’s achievement of prescribed goals

  • Drive continuous improvement mindset and initiatives among team members

  • Succession development 

• Partnership with peers in other networks in Enterprise Finance to develop and align the new ways of working under new systems and processes. This includes ensuring business continuity during the transition to the new enterprise structure. 

• Supporting and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures

• Internal controls gate keeper and US GAAP resource

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION: 

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

Preferred:

• Masters or MBA
• CPA (or equivalent foreign country certification)

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 5+ years of progressive accounting, finance, or audit experience
• Prior supervisory experience
• Knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS

• Work Proficiency (at minimum) of Spanish Language

• Experience in matrix reporting environment (influencing)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Excellent customer service orientation

• Proven assertive project leadership skills

Preferred:

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