IT Finance Manager
Key Responsibilities
- Own the financial processes for several countries in LATAM
- Drive month-end and year-end closing cycles (provisions, reclassifications, invoices)
- Perform monthly reviews with the main stakeholders regarding the performance of the area explaining variances against the plan and having clear action plan to follow
- Work closely with HR to ensure accurate headcount and personnel cost planning
Accounting and reporting quality
- Produce/supervise the monthly reports to track: OPEX, CAPEX, HC, projects
- Ensure correct and timely reporting of financial information (for actuals and plan) regarding CAPEX, OPEX, Headcount and FTE’s in our tools
- Ensure accurate cost allocations to our Divisions according to finance standards / reinvoicing between countries when applicable
- Report in systems actuals and plan ensuring high quality of information regarding programs to invest, nature of the expense and correct phasing
Internal controls
- Optimize the costs and efficiency of actions undertaken in accordance with the Standards and good practices
- Support and coordinate all internal audit requests with stakeholders
- Perform monthly analysis on self-approved shopping cars to mitigate potential risks
Annual planning and Trends
- Draft the Plan, Budget and Trends for IT for differente LATAM countries.
P&L optimization
- Anticipate financial risks; when necessary, take appropriate corrective measures
- Align investments and spend done by P&L line and program; ensuring they align with the Group strategy and main priorities of the company
IT investments
- Financial support for project management (plan, details of the project, definition of program, definition of type -CAPEX/OPEX-, follow-up against phasing plan, repurpose approval for different projects/countries)
- CAPEX management (follow-up on assets under construction, follow-up to CAPEX spend plan, timely activation of the assets; review on potential write-offs)
Business partnership
- Define with business partners vision and long-term plan for area
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or similar (good knowledge of accounting)
- +8 years of relevant experience in roles such as Finance Manager, Finance Controller and/or Finance Business Partner
- Experience working in a multinational company with offshore teams
- Computer skills, to include experience with spreadsheets, presentations and database management.
- Fluent writing and speaking in English and Spanish. Portuguese preferred.
- Good communication skills, to be able to deal effectively with all levels of the organization and present information clearly for leadership teams.
