LATAM Regional Controller: Seven-Country Close Leader

Confidential Careers; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers in Mexico City seeks a LATAM Regional Controller to own controllership across seven Latin American countries. You will manage monthly close, statutory reporting, tax compliance and regional cash forecasting, while coordinating with corporate finance and SAP implementations.

The role requires extensive multi-country experience, fluency in Spanish and English, and a strong command of local GAAP/IFRS conversions. This is a senior, fully on-site position based in Mexico City.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including multi-country responsibility in Latin America.
• Expert command of Mexican accounting and tax: NIF, ISR and IVA compliance, CFDI, contabilidad electrónica and DIOT, plus direct experience handling SAT requirements and statutory audits in Mexico.
• Experience owning accounting decisions under UK GAAP or IFRS (revenue recognition, WIP, receivables, provisions) and local GAAP conversion, in a multinational reporting to a UK or global parent.
• Track record of running local statutory audits and supporting group audits on time.
• Experience building cash forecasts and funding requests in a multinational or growth-stage environment.
• Fluent Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close across seven countries.
• Review and approve reconciliations, journal entries and trial balances prepared by in-country accountants.
• Resolve differences between local books and corporate reporting, including local GAAP to UK GAAP/IFRS adjustments.
• Own the region's accounting decisions and technical positions: consistent with corporate policy, well documented, escalated when needed.
• Own the integrity of revenue recognition, WIP, receivables and provisions at every close.
• Standardize close procedures and templates across the region, using Mexico and Chile as the model.
• Ensure timely statutory financial statements in all seven countries, including Mexican statutory reporting under NIF.
• Run local statutory audits end to end as the auditors' main contact, directly in Mexico and Chile.
• Oversee tax and VAT compliance across the region, hands-on in Mexico (ISR, IVA, DIOT, SAT electronic reporting) and Chile, with local tax advisors.
• Own the regional cash forecast and prepare funding requests to the parent company, with regional FP&A and Treasury.
• Represent LATAM controllership requirements in the SAP implementation, so close, statutory and tax processes for all seven countries are built into design and testing.

Skills

Fluent Spanish and English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Confidential Careers in Mexico City seeks a LATAM Regional Controller to own controllership across seven Latin American countries. You will manage monthly close, statutory reporting, tax compliance and regional cash forecasting, while coordinating with corporate finance and SAP implementations.

The role requires extensive multi-country experience, fluency in Spanish and English, and a strong command of local GAAP/IFRS conversions. This is a senior, fully on-site position based in Mexico City.