Sr. Director, Finance, Latam

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The Senior Director, Finance LATAM will report to SVP of Commercial Finance leading a team of 50 employees and 30 indirect resources. This leader will be responsible for the Financial Planning and Analysis, Controllership, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Procurement and Sales Audit functions for the cluster of LATAM. This includes the Mexico operation and oversight of the rest LATAM markets: Brazil, Chile, Perú, Colombia, Bolivia as well as the Distributors and Licensee business of Central, South America and the Caribbean. This is a highly visible role and will act as a key member of the Cluster Leadership Team. This person will not only lead financial results for all LATAM markets but provide leadership and coordination for activities such as budgeting and forecasting. They will act as a trust advisor, providing strategic guidance and insight to support the meeting of financial objectives across the business.

About the Job:

- Lead budgeting, forecasting and analysis activities, including annual budgeting and quarterly forecasts for revenue, margin, and operating expenses working in coordination with commercial leaders in Mexico, MD’s of Brazil, Andes, Colombia and key partners in the rest of LATAM
- Be a trusted business partner to the VP and General Manager, LATAM, and to key stakeholders (internal and external) meeting regularly to review current period results and to gather information for forecast updates.
- Co-Lead accounting close process for Mexico (US GAAP and Local Statutory), consistent with required corporate and fiscal deadlines, ensuring accounting principles and global finance policies are followed (SOX, US GAAP, Local GAAP)
- Drive the financial strategy for LATAM for the long term, including 2025 Vision and Strategic Business Plan (SBP) including special projects and organic acquisition initiatives in LATAM
- Lead the financial portion of Monthly Business Review (MBR), and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes and participate in the regular meeting cadence with LATAM leadership.
- Lead the financial portion of the inventory planning/purchasing processes and integration with financial budgeting (preparation of the open-to-buy budgets) for Mexico and consolidate LATAM vision
- Lead direct day-to-day oversight of the retail and wholesale business including evaluation of store performance (KPI’s and P&Ls) and capital investments, in order to make strategic decisions about best use of cash
- Develop business cases for all capital investments in the cluster, including new stores, distribution center investments, systems and new channel development, to maximize ROI and working capital. Support for Ad hoc presentations to upper management, steering committee, etc
- Lead key day-to-day business decision support with local management including but not limited to decisions on pricing, promotion, credit terms for wholesale accounts, inventory purchasing, etc for all channels and brands in Mexico
- Lead working capital management activities including cash flow forecasting, trade receivable terms and collection efforts, inventory management, and treasury management, in order to maximize cash flow and improving cash conversion cycle
- Lead elements of local compliance in regards of trade investment (Pricing and Dilution) and other related SOX, global controls and audits requirements
- Work with local and global IT teams to implement and configure systems and processes to streamline finance processes, integrate with LS&Co systems and ways of working.
- Manage SG&A, OPEX and CAPEX investment and drive long term optimization, including A&P ROI measures, BE profitability indicators
- Lead the finance team in cluster with direct reporting relationships as determined. Make strategic decisions around optimal organizational structure of team to ensure productivity and efficiencies, aligned with global objectives
- Lead accounting close process in all 3 countries (US GAAP and Local Statutory), consistent with required corporate and fiscal deadlines, ensuring accounting principles and global finance policies are followed (SOX, US GAAP, Local GAAP)
- Lead all elements of local compliance (e.g. income tax, sales tax and statutory filings) in coordination with a Global Tax organization
- Serve as legal representative for Mexico legal entities

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