Senior Finance Lead, South America — AI-Driven Growth

Schneider Electric Corp; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 3,352,000 - 4,469,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric seeks a senior Front Office leader to drive South America’s financial performance and strategic decision-making. You will lead a ~10-person team and partner with regional CFOs, Commercial Controllers, and leaders to translate insights into profitable growth.

You will own forecasting, planning, variance analysis, and performance reviews while strengthening governance and digital adoption across finance processes. English fluency and multi-country experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• More than 7 years of progressive experience in Commercial Finance, Business Finance, FP&A, Financial Planning, Project Controlling, Commercial Controlling, Finance Performance, or a related discipline.
• Deep understanding of P&L management and business performance, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, costs, profitability, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance indicators.
• Proven experience partnering with and presenting recommendations to senior business and finance leaders.
• Strong command of SAP and financial planning and reporting platforms.
• Advanced English proficiency, with strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional finance agenda: Own end-to-end financial performance management for South America's commercial operations, ensuring P&L quality and visibility across revenue, margins, costs, operating expenses, and profitability.
• Shape business decisions: Partner with CFOs, Commercial Controllers, and commercial leadership to translate financial and operational insights into clear recommendations, strategic choices, and actions that improve profitable growth.
• Drive performance: Lead forecasting, planning, year-over-year and variance analysis, performance reviews, and the identification of risks and opportunities.
• Lead and develop talent: Coach and empower a team of approximately 10 professionals, building capability, accountability, collaboration, and a sustainable high-performance culture.
• Set priorities and manage demand: Evaluate competing regional requests based on strategic value, urgency, risk, and capacity; and align stakeholders on commitments.
• Influence across the organization: Build trusted relationships with senior regional stakeholders and Schneider Electric's global teams, aligning priorities and navigating a complex matrix environment.
• Advance finance excellence: Strengthen governance, standardization, digital adoption, and continuous improvement across finance processes and platforms, including SAP, EPM, and DFL.
• AI-Driven Finance Transformation: Champion AI adoption across the organization by embedding Copilot into core finance workflows, systematically automating repetitive activities, enhancing analytical capacity, and enabling the team to focus on strategic decision-making, business partnering, and value creation.

Skills

P&L management

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Strategic finance

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

SAP

EPM

DFL

Job description

Schneider Electric seeks a senior Front Office leader to drive South America’s financial performance and strategic decision-making. You will lead a ~10-person team and partner with regional CFOs, Commercial Controllers, and leaders to translate insights into profitable growth.

You will own forecasting, planning, variance analysis, and performance reviews while strengthening governance and digital adoption across finance processes. English fluency and multi-country experience are required.