Sr Finance Manager

Pacificacontinental; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,202,542 - 1,717,918; Full time

Job summary

A multinational corporation in Mexico City is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to oversee financial operations and report to upper management. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in a major company, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in both English and Spanish. Responsibilities include managing accounting policies, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and providing financial analysis. This role offers a challenging environment and the opportunity for significant contribution to the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company.
• Strong experience in finance and accounting principles including IFRS.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Act as advisor to Country Manager on finance matters.
• Oversee accounting department and financial operations.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Fluent in English

Fluent in Spanish

Change management

Education

Degree in accounting or business administration

Tools

SAP

BPC

HFM

Job description

Senior Finance Manager - MX

Location: CDMX (Polanco)

Reporting to: Head of MX | functionally to Finance Director in HQ

Mission

You will act as overall coordinator and first-line advisor to the Country Manager on all finance-related matters, in order to achieve Net Sales, Profit and FCF targets. You will be responsible for directing and controlling the financial, management and cost accounting, taxation, treasury, credit management.

Responsibilities

Accounting

• Guarantee a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
• Oversee the accounting department, including the design of an adequate organizational structure.

Financial Information and Control

• Oversee the timely and accurate issuance of financial information to the HQ.
• Ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or IFRS.
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts.
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management.
• Guarantee financial and operating metrics and measure performance accordingly.
• Oversee the financial operations of subsidiaries, their control systems, policies and procedures.
• Provide financial analyses, in particular for pricing, cost, capital investments, contracts, …
• Credit control: follow up and monitoring of credit of all our customers. Ensure that the risk for each account is in line with limits set by HQ.

Funding

• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts in alignment with HQ.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Construct, implement and monitor reliable control systems.
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Report risk issues to the audit committee of the board of directors.
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies.
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations.
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.

Others

• Maintain regional relationships with financial institutions, auditors, consultants, …

Who you are

• A professional with 8+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large corporation.
• Graduated in accounting or business administration, or with equivalent business experience.
• With Experiences in highly competitive, brand sensitive, service oriented markets.
• Experience within modern commercial organizations, with demanding wholesale and retail business partners.
• Strong experience with implementation and use of SAP, BPC e HFM are a plus.
• Structured approach gained through experience in excellent environments.
• Proven track record of results achieved within a structured, multinational environment.
• Ability to work within fast growing environments and to contribute to build a new organization.
• Experience in change management projects involving organization, information systems, business approach.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, tax budgeting, and cost control principles including IFRS.
• Knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, projections.
• Fluent in written and oral English as well as written and oral Spanish
• Strong leadership which inspires colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to think and act strategically with a strong focus on execution.
• Mature personality, self motivation, positive attitude.
• Preference to candidates with the CPA or CMA designations.