Brazil Country Controller

The Country Controller will be responsible for oversight of the Brazilian country Tax and all reporting compliance. This individual will ensure the implementation of proper processes to provide accurate and timely financial reports.

Primary Functions:

• Driving process excellence for accounting operations in Brazil. Process excellence includes document current state, identifying gaps and issues, designing future state and getting organizational alignment to implement updated processes.
• Manage all aspects of order management and operational billing, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of customer billing. Collaborate with Business Development, Legal, and Tax teams to identify and implement improvements in the Order to Cash (O2C) process.
• Supervision of tax and reporting compliance for Brazil.
• Manage the relationship and activities of independent public accountants, third-party accounting firms and external tax advisors.
• Responsibility for local accounting and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with GAAP and local statutory standards and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring the accounting function using established metrics / Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
• Overseeing in-house team and 3rd party service providers, where applicable. Ensuring compliance with GAAP and local reporting and regulatory standards.
• Review and coordination of the preparations of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for revenue related accounts.
• Coordination and management of all audits for US GAAP and statutory purposes, in a timely manner.
• Developing and maintaining internal control and safeguards over company assets, revenue, costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures.
• Developing and managing all direct reports, including mentoring and coaching.
• Working with FP&A to provide financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; monitoring progress and changes and updating senior leadership.
• Building strong relationships with local cross functional senior team members.
• Overseeing compliance with all corporate accounting and internal control policies and procedures, including SOX and FCPA.
• Additional projects assigned by supervisor.

Secondary Functions:

• Protect operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential.
• Provides leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization.
• Translating complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.

Requirements and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration required.
• 10 + years of related experience in finance and accounting for a major multi-national company or division of a large corporation required.
• Local CPA or Public Accounting required, with Big 4 at a supervisory level, is highly preferred.
• Ability to speak English fluently. Knowledge of a Spanish, preferred.
• Prior experience working with accounting systems and software, financial reports, audits, and corporate tax required. Account system implementation and transitioning of accounting functions to Regional Centers of Excellence preferred.
• Prior experience in billing operations and revenue recognition in a leadership role.
• International accounting and Brazilian tax experience required.
• Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting.
• Strong Analytic, organization and critical thinking skills which allow for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to regional management and corporate team.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to create and promote a positive and supportive work environment.
• Ability to manage direct reports and leverage strengths of the current finance team members.
• Ability to communicate financial results to all levels of staff.