A top tier global commodities trading company is seeking a Head of Finance based in Miami to oversee the finance and accounting responsibilities for their Latin American offices.
Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for reporting to Head Office including:
- Preparation of the month end submission annual budget tax reporting and additional reporting at year end for the group financial statements
- Manage two employees in the US and two employees overseas
- Resolution of regular ad hoc issues faced by a multinational organization:
- Liaising with accountants in other regions andother areas of the company including front office operations and trade finance to resolve problems.
- Ensure compliance with all local reporting and fiscal requirements:
- Lead during the annual audit and financial statements preparation process
- Liaise with external tax team to ensure all local state and federal tax requirements are met.
- Involvement in the accounts payable process.
- Understand the key business drivers within the region alongside identifying any associated risks
- Involvement in setting up new legal entities in the region
- Contribution to maintenance of full trial balance of a dynamic trading entity.
Requirements:
- Accounting certificationwith 510 years prior qualifying experience
- Business level fluency in English and Spanish
- Ability to form relationships within finance team net revenue team and wider office to ensure positive collaborative working environment
- Experience of managing junior members of staff
- Experience of IFRS and US GAAP
- Ability to assess and develop our processes and to automate and systemize as much as possible.