Knowledge Center Finance Manager Working Capital (DF)

Kuehne+Nagel; Bogotá; Sur place; COP 300 000 000 - 600 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kuehne+Nagel in Bogotá is seeking a senior finance leader to run the Working Capital Knowledge Center. You will drive operating excellence, transformation, and financial performance across geographies, leading high-performing teams and partnering with senior stakeholders worldwide.

You will shape global finance operations, optimize working capital outcomes, and influence strategic decisions within a complex international environment, delivering measurable value across Order-to-Cash,

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 7+ years of leadership experience in Working Capital or Finance.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial controls.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Responsabilités

• Lead the Working Capital Knowledge Center in Bogotá.
• Drive operational excellence and transformation across geographies.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to influence strategic decisions.
• Develop and coach high-performing finance teams.

Connaissances

Leadership in Finance

English proficiency

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Description du poste

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, you make a visible contribution to Kuehne+Nagel’s financial performance, operational excellence and long-term Finance strategy, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel means more than we imagine.

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, you make a visible contribution to Kuehne+Nagel’s financial performance, operational excellence and long-term Finance strategy, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel means more than we imagine.

Join a global finance organization where you will lead the Working Capital function within Kuehne+Nagel's Knowledge Center in Bogotá. In this role, you will drive operational excellence, transformation, and financial performance across multiple geographies, while leading high-performing teams and partnering with senior stakeholders worldwide. This is an opportunity to shape global finance operations, optimize working capital outcomes, and influence strategic business decisions within a complex international environment.

How You Create Impact

• Lead the Working Capital Knowledge Center as a key driver of Kuehne+Nagel’s global Finance Operating Model and strategic transformation agenda.


• Lead and develop a centralized Finance Services organization, ensuring high-quality service delivery across global operations.


• Deliver measurable working-capital impact by steering performance across Drive working capital performance by optimizing Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Treasury, and cash flow management processes.


• Lead transformation, centralization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity and operational excellence.


• Enhance a strong performance-management environment through transparent KPIs, service-level governance and structured business reviews that turn insights into focused improvement actions. Own financial governance, cost center performance, forecasting, compliance, and risk management across the function.


• Build, coach, and develop high-performing leaders and teams while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation.


• Drive the connection of global process owners, country Finance organizations and Knowledge Center teams to strengthen end-to-end execution, resolve performance barriers and embed consistent ways of working.

What We Would Like You To Bring

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.


• 7+ years of leadership experience in Working Capital, Finance, Accounting, or Administration within a multinational shared services or BPO environment.


• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial controls, and finance operations.


• Experience leading teams in a shared services, finance operations, or complex finance environment.


• Full professional proficiency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification such as ACCA, CPA, or CA.


• Experience leading finance transformation, centralization, or process excellence initiatives.


• Advanced financial planning, financial modeling, and data analysis capabilities.


• Strong project management and stakeholder management experience in global organizations.


• Fluent English and Professional working proficiency in Spanish.

What's In It For You

• Take on a highly influential DF leadership role Lead a global finance operation with the opportunity to shape working-capital performance across a broad international scope.with direct influence on working capital strategy and performance.


• Driving strategic Finance initiatives that directly support cash generation, operational performance and the evolution of Kuehne+Nagel’s Finance Operating Model.


• Partner with senior finance and business leaders across multiple countries and regions.


• Drive large-scale transformation, automation, and process excellence initiatives.


• Build and develop talent while shaping the future capabilities of a growing finance organization.


• Gain exposure to international projects, cross-functional collaboration, and global finance governance.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.