FINANCE MANAGER - BRAZIL
LOCATION: Sao Paulo
GEOGRAPHY COVERAGE: Brazil
The Finance Manager will report directly to the CFO of the Latin America Region and to the Brazil's General Manager and will be a key partner to the business. This person will be responsible for the supervision and overall management of the accounting and finance functions, including overall P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements, as well as financial planning and business decision support activities.
Other key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· Guide all finance personnel: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Collections, Billing, Inventory, Intercompany, and Accounting;
· Ensure that costs and purchases (international and domestic) are analyzed and that gross margin is prepared in an efficient manner (for pricing purposes);
· Be the link between department managers for planning initiatives, management information analyses, reports, conclusions and recommendations;
· Responsible for timely and accurate closing and reporting of the Company's financial statements;
· Work closely with Emerging Markets finance and sales operations teams to ensure alignments with corporate policies and initiatives
· Be responsible for and analyses the KPIs and drive continual improvements in all business metrics including Revenue, EBIT, Inventory and Accounts Receivables
· Coordinate the Internal Audit testing and ensure all schedules and deliverables are completed accurately and on-time.
· Hands on assistance to the CEO in preparation of the Board packages and other investor related presentations.
· Able to directly assess customers for credit limit and collections identify at risk receivables and follow up with sales/customer to ensure overall reduction in receivables
· Inventory processes, evaluating obsolescence provision adequacy, and assessment of future business needs.
Qualifications and Profile
· Ability to take the initiative, recognize, and react accordingly in a fast paced environment;
· Fast learner, strong leadership skills. Hands on experience running closing processes;
· A highly motivated individual with a combination of technical and operational accounting skills;
· Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Economics, preferably followed by a Post-grad / MBA;
· Experience working at international subsidiaries with multiple lines of reporting; preferably on the services industry;
· 7 to 10 years prior experience in accounting, general ledger management and financial reporting;
· Ability to explain complex issues to non-subject-matter experts. Ability to chair meetings and discussions with all levels of employees and third parties in attendance
· Strength in data handling, knowledge of ERP and reporting Systems (preferably Hyperion reporting, Microsiga, SAP)
· Bilingual – Portuguese and English;
Compensation
· Monthly Salary from R$ 12.000,00 to R$ 14.000,00 depending on the experience. Compensation pack follows the Brazilian labor rules added of other attractive benefits following the company's policy;
Resumes to: laocontrolling@gmail.com