Senior Manager, Finance Operations

The team you will be a part of

This role in summary

As the Senior Manager, Accounting and Regional Controller for LAR, reporting to the Senior Director and Global Record-to-Report (RTR) Lead with a dotted line to the LAR CFO, you will provide strategic financial leadership and governance across the Latin America region. This role acts as the primary accounting business partner to the region and is responsible for the integrity of the financial statements for key LAR jurisdictions.

You will lead a high-performing team of four Accounting Managers based in Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina, and exercise ultimate oversight over a large-scale offshore RTR delivery team (Accenture). This is a critical leadership position within the Global Business Unit Services (BUS) organization, tasked with driving regional compliance, hyper-automation initiatives, and ensuring a world-class Corporate Governance and Oversight environment over financial reporting.

Your responsibilities will include

• Regional Controllership & Governance:

  • Direct the monthly, quarterly, and year-end US GAAP reporting cycles for the LAR region, ensuring timeliness and integrity of the financial results.

  • Act as the final regional authority on complex accounting treatments and Local GAAP filings, and compliance.

  • Provide strategic oversight for the regional legal entity reporting, ensuring alignment between local compliance and corporate reporting.

  • Lead the regional relationship with internal and external auditors, managing the resolution of complex audit queries and control assessments

• Service Provider Management and Oversight:

  • Serve as the primary point of escalation and governance lead for the Accenture and RTR delivery teams.

  • Drive Service Level Agreement performance and Operational Key Performance Indicators, ensuring the service provider meets Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)’s quality and timing standards.

  • Lead regional process transformation and hyper-automation efforts to reduce manual interventions in the RTR function.

• Team Leadership & People Development:

  • Provide direct leadership and career development for your direct reports (Country Leads for Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina).

  • Manage the "dotted line" relationship with the LAR regional finance leadership to ensure accounting priorities are aligned with business objectives.

  • Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement across both the internal team and the external service provider.

• Strategic Process Improvement:

  • Influence global accounting policies and lead the regional implementation of new accounting standards or corporate initiatives.

  • Drive regional standardization of accounting processes to ensure consistency across the major LAR hubs.

  • Identify and execute cost-saving and efficiency opportunities within the regional finance structure.

Preferred skills and experiences

• Qualification: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or a related Business field; active CRC registration is required

• Experience: minimum of 8–10 years of progressive professional experience in Financial Accounting, Controllership, or Audit within a multinational environment.

• Management: Proven track record of team management.

• Technical Skills: Deep expertise in US GAAP, IFRS and SOX compliance. Proficiency in SAP or other large ERP systems.

• Leadership: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with senior leaders and various functions.

• Languages: Fluency in English and Portuguese is required; Spanish proficiency is highly desirable.

• Experience with managing 3rd party service providers and/or remote teams is highly desirable.

What we offer

_Flexible schedule;
_"No dress code";
_Wellhub;
_Transportation voucher, Shuttle buses or Free on-site parking;
_Food voucher;
_Meal on-site;
_Benefits such as payment-deducted or social loans, health plan, dental plan, life insurance, and private pension plan compatible with the market;
_Annual Executive Check-Up covered by the Health Plan, with no co-payment;
_Employee Support Program, with 24-hour assistance from legal, social, financial, social workers, and psychologists;
_Daycare allowance or Nursery at the company;;
_Services available on-site: beauty and aesthetics salon, in-house bank, laundry, cafeteria, restaurant, and lactation room;
_Two weeks of remote work per year;
_After 5 years with the company, eligible employees can take four weeks of paid leave;
_Executive discount on products through Compra Certa;
_Discounts on insurance (pet, auto, home, bike, travel, and more);
_Extended maternity/paternity leave.
Learn more at https://www.Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)careers.com/trabalhe-conosco-no-brasil/