Senior Accounting Manager, Americas

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.

Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations
- all united around one goal - to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether

**The Purpose**:
We are seeking a Senior Accounting Manager, Americas to support our team’s strategy, growth and innovation. This role is part of the Global Finance team to manage the accounting operations, statutory & regulatory compliance of our entities in the Americas.

We are looking for someone who is a strategic leader with strong technical knowledge, excellent problem solving skills, is a strong communicator, thrives on process improvement, and enjoys working in a challenging, fast-paced environment to support our continued success

**Key Responsibilities**:

- ** Strategic & Operational Leadership**:

- ** Regional Accounting Strategy & Management**: Provide strategic and operational leadership for the entire Americas Accounting function. Define and execute the regional accounting roadmap, ensuring alignment with the global Finance team
- ** Strategic Business Partnering**: Proactively provide guidance and clear awareness on the regional accounting, statutory, and regulatory implications of all business transformations, including M&A activity and evolving operating models
- ** Transfer Pricing Coordination**: Lead the coordination and management of the group's global monthly transfer pricing calculation and quarterly/annual true-up processes. Manage the accurate and timely issuance of all related intercompany invoices
- ** Audit & External Relations**: Act as the primary regional contact for external auditors (statutory and group), accounting/tax advisors, and global service providers. Successfully coordinate and lead all annual external audits, ensuring seamless documentation and resolution of queries
- ** Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner strategically** with internal departments (Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Legal) to proactively resolve complex accounting issues, provide critical input for business projects, and support M&A due diligence and integration efforts
- ** Technical Accounting & Regulatory Compliance**:

- ** Financial Closing & Reporting Oversight**: Lead and manage the comprehensive monthly and annual closing processes for all Americas entities. Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of the general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L statements
- ** Complex Accounting Resolution**: Proactively monitor and resolve complex technical accounting matters, including detailed intercompany transactions and the critical customer funds reconciliation process
- ** Statutory & Global Reporting**: Prepare and review all statutory financial statements, ensuring strict compliance with local GAAP (e.g., Brazilian BR GAAP) and alignment with Group reporting standards (IFRS)
- ** Central Bank & Regulatory Compliance (Brazil Focus)**:

- Act as the focal point with the Central Bank of Brazil (BACEN), serving as the main technical contact for all financial reports and information submitted to the regulator
- Ensure full and continuous compliance with all Central Bank regulatory obligations, including the precise preparation and submission of **CADOCs**(accounting reports), Minimum Capital (Patrimônio de Referência) reports, and other mandatory information
- ** Local Regulatory Oversight**: Oversee and ensure full compliance with all local regulatory, and corporate requirements across all Americas entities
- ** Team & Process Elevation**:

- ** Team Leadership & Development**: Supervise, mentor, and strategically develop the Americas Accounting team. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and high performance
- ** Process Improvement & Automation**: Champion and drive continuous process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and accuracy of regional accounting operations and reporting cycles
- ** Internal Controls & Policy Adherence**: Ensure the strict design, operation, and adherence to robust internal controls, company policies, and regional control frameworks to mitigate risk and safeguard company assets

**Your Profile**:

- ** Experience**:You have extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in a senior accounting leadership role within a dynamic multinational company. You are a proven leader with a track record of managing accounting and finance functions
- ** Expertise**:You possess deep, up-to-date knowledge of technical accounting st