Chief Financial Officer

Job Description : CFO LATIN AMERICA OUT OF BRAZIL An international pharmaceutical business is seeking a talented CFO to lead their LATAM operations. They are looking for hands on candidates that are passionate about the quality of service in front line patient care, all the way through to quality of service to internal stakeholders. In this role you will have full responsibility for finance across the region and will have local finance managers reporting in to you. You will lead strategic and operational finance. Working in the role of LATAM CFO for this mid sized pharmaceuticals business you will have the opportunity to lead finance managers in each of the respective countries, drive process improvements and adjust local finance strategy. You will need to enjoy being involved in the details and at the same time be able to take a high level approach to business. You will be controls orientated and also have a natural ability with FP&A. The company is growing and strongly seeking to expand its Latin American footprint. As the LATAM CFO you will be crucial in ensuring that this growth is sustainable yet rapid. In this role of LATAM CFO you will be responsible for the following: · Ensuring that there is adequate finance infrastructure in place across the region to ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial results · Acting as a business partner to the LATAM leadership team in the development of commercial strategy · Manage the sales cycle of the local brands in conjunction with the sales teams · Identify new business opportunities and present business cases to the leadership team · Full control of the local and consolidated regional P&L · Development of short and long term budgets and forecasts · Working with commercial teams to redesign pricing strategy and increase product margin · Analysis of CAPEX projects · Management of a small local team and teams in each of the countries in the region · Playing a key role in ensuring compliance with local rules and regulations The ideal candidate for this role will have the following characteristics · Graduated in Accounting, Business administration or similar · CRC qualified is extremely beneficial · Fluent English is essential and Spanish is desired · Must have experience in working in a small or medium sized business with considerable hands on experience · Experience leading a team, ideally across the LATAM region · Strong P&L management · Ideally experience in a Pharma, or consumer goods business · Strong business partnering skills with experience in pricing · Big 4 background · Great experience with internal controls

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