Strategic Finance Manager: FP&A & Close Leader

Directive; México; Remote; MXN 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Unlimited PTO

Company holidays

Job summary

Directive Consulting is a remote-first, fast-growing B2B marketing agency seeking an experienced accounting/FP&A leader to own the month-end close and drive forward-looking insights. You’ll partner with leadership to price, staff, and grow, while managing multi-country accounting and robust internal controls.

In this role you’ll own FP&A with budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis, and help shape the finance function as the company scales. Strong English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in accounting and/or FP&A
• Month-end close ownership under GAAP
• Strong modeling skills in Excel/Google Sheets
• Experience in professional services, agencies, or SaaS
• Familiarity with NetSuite (or similar ERP) and time-tracking tools
• Strong English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close: revenue recognition, accruals, prepaids, reconciliations, and a close calendar that hits deadlines
• Manage recurring, project, and variable revenue, including mid-month starts, churn, offering swaps, and prorations
• Oversee AP, AR, payroll entries, and multi-country compliance
• Maintain clean, audit-ready books with strong internal controls
• Oversee billing accuracy and collections with account teams
• Maintain monthly client and divisional P&Ls with allocation of staff costs
• Track performance against gross margin and EBITDA targets; explain variances
• Assist with budget, rolling forecast, and variance analysis; present results with perspective
• Support pricing and capacity planning; model new-client economics
• Report on revenue KPIs: NRR, churn, expansion, revenue per head
• Automate and improve reporting to save time for analysis

Skills

GAAP accounting

Excel / Google Sheets modeling

English communication

NetSuite familiarity

Harvest time-tracking

Tools

NetSuite

Harvest

Job description

Directive Consulting is a remote-first, fast-growing B2B marketing agency seeking an experienced accounting/FP&A leader to own the month-end close and drive forward-looking insights. You’ll partner with leadership to price, staff, and grow, while managing multi-country accounting and robust internal controls.

In this role you’ll own FP&A with budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis, and help shape the finance function as the company scales. Strong English communication is essential.