Group Controller managing finance team for international reporting and consolidation. Hybrid role designed for candidates with a background in finance and reporting.
About the role
- Vice President controlling LATAM accounting operations at Warner Bros. Discovery. Overseeing financial close, statutory filings, and stakeholder relationships across the region.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall accounting controllership of the LATAM accounting operations
- Managing the financial close process; leading the relevant accounting teams within the region
- Preparing and reviewing budgets; managing the statutory filing processes
- Establishing and building strong relationships with key stakeholders in the region and globally
- Managing the service levels to FP&A and within the shared service function
- Leading new business projects, acquisition integrations and process improvements
- Ensure strong controllership and accountability of financial results; statutory and regulatory compliance
- Co-ordination of Accounting, Tax, Treasury and other Finance partners for the LATAM region
- Oversee the LATAM controllership organization of approximately 80 employees located primarily in Mexico, Brazil, Columbia and Venezuela
- Managing the LATAM statutory filing process (approximately 20-25 legal entities per year)
- Engage with and build strong relationships with key LATAM stakeholders
- Partner with accounting teams responsible for global content and digital revenue teams
- Provide career and professional development/coaching/training to staff
Requirements
- Extensive years of work experience in accounting with a strong understanding of US GAAP, IFRS, SOX 404 and relevant local GAAP as required
- Substantial supervisory experience of large accounting teams. Prior Controller experience strongly desired.
- CPA, Chartered Accountant (CA), or equivalent required
- BS/BA in Accounting (or local equivalent) from accredited university
- Master’s degree in accounting or MBA a plus
- Strong leadership and staff management skills, including demonstrated ability to motivate teams
- Strong finance technical and analytical skills, deep knowledge of multiple LATAM-based country statutory filing requirements, broad tax and treasury knowledge, and project management experience across a range of financial projects
- Able to work independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, meet stringent deadlines, lead and drive projects, and work under pressure including adaptability to changing priorities and/or deadlines
- Strong understanding of a range of financial systems, including SAP, and experience in system implementation and conversion projects
- Strong understanding and experience managing the preparation and filing of statutory requirements within the LATAM region, including coordination and management of the statutory audit process
- Experience working in SOX control environment, including review and establishment of SOX control framework
- Experience working with Regional CFOs and delivering exceptional advice based on experienced business acumen
- Highly skilled and adept at performing financial statement analytics and monitoring of key business performance metrics
- Experience working in multi-national corporations and a global accounting organization
- Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to solve complex and unstructured business and accounting problems
- Ability to determine proper revenue recognition, including multi-element revenue agreements, revenue accruals, customer’s incentives and commissions and financial impact of settlement in complex foreign currency environments
- Excellent attention to detail
- Clear communicator, professional oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, able to manage relationships effectively within the accounting team, internal customers, outsourced service providers
- Team player with consensus driven style, demonstrably able to influence a wide constituency
- A superior work ethic and dedication to the highest work quality and job excellence
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to a culture of excellence, integrity and accountability and able to effectively function in a changing environment
- Experience implementing best practices that require significant innovation for improving processes by applying advanced understanding of complex functional/technical and business issues and challenges
- Ability to anticipate resource requirements and to adjust based on emerging issues and priorities
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office
- Business and conversationally fluent in English required
- Willing and able to travel internationally. Annual travel not expected to exceed 10-15% of the year
Benefits
- Career defining opportunities
- Thoughtfully curated benefits
- Tools to explore and grow
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