A global company is looking for a seasoned accounting/finance professional to lead our EMEA shared service centre. This leader will report to the VP Corporate Controller and be part of a global finance team. This role will be critical and instrumental in scaling up and expanding our EMEA shared service centre.

• Oversee global accounts payable, and the EMEA, general ledger accounting, VAT compliance, and statutory audit in a multi-currency environment.
• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and year end close processes for the EMEA entities to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Oversee the statutory audit of the EMEA entities.
• Certify subsidiary financial statements for data integrity and accuracy.
• Maintain EMEA entities’ internal controls to ensure procedures comply with internal policies.
• Streamline and standardize the end-to-end procure-to-pay and record-to-record processes; establish performance metrices and accountability.
• Relentlessly drive system optimization, process improvement for efficiency and long-term scalability.
• Be the trusted liaison between the EMEA shared service centre and cross functional teams to remove operational bottleneck and drive operational excellence.
• Be the face of the EMEA shared service centre in front of external service providers, including banks, consulting firms, audit firms, and other fiduciaries.
• Coach, mentor, and develop the team, and position them for future success.
• Support ad hoc projects, such as system implementation, M&A due diligence and integration, and system and process improvement projects.

• BS/MS in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience.
• A strong people manager, with minimum of five years managing a large team.
• Experience working in a metrics driven environment, preferably in a large global public company.
• Experience in major ERPs such as Oracle and SAP.
• Knowledge of IFRS reporting
• High proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Hands on, detail-oriented, organized and structured.
• Strategic, able to see and understand the bigger picture.
• Effective communicator, honest and transparent.
• Thrives in a fast pace, dynamic and unstructured environment.

Preferred qualifcations

• Experience in public accounting.
• Fluent in Dutch or Portuguese.