The candidate will lead a team which ensures that our financial operations are prepared for our continued expansion and reports to the Accounting Sr Manager. This candidate will oversee the invoice ingestion to successful payment execution which requires collaboration and engagement with all the upstream and downstream teams as required for Mexico, Colombia and US.

The FinOps Manager is responsible for smooth accounts payable and bank operations, which includes invoice processing from different vendors, bank statement reconciliation, corporate cards reconciliations and bookkeeping into NetSuite. This position will be responsible for a process within Accounts Payable and Bank Operations including: hiring, training, and employee development; managing group workload and establishing priorities; ensuring existing policies and procedures are followed; managing annual performance targets and operating budget; creating and monitoring appropriate performance metrics. This position will also act as an escalation point in resolving complex outstanding issues with internal and external business partners.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and developing a team of AP Specialists.
• Drive development and expansion of systems and processes required to execute on-time payments to Vendors.
• Define the policies related to AP, Corporate Cards & Banks Operations and drive consistency through entities globally.
• Solving complex customer/vendor issues and proactively heading off negative service trends. Understanding and correctly utilizing resources provided by internal systems, departments, policies, and procedures.
• Build and monitor performance metrics, with principal focus on ensuring on-time payments and cost out initiatives.
• Implementation of systems that could improve the AP operations across different geographies.
• Maintain weekly and monthly communications and metrics reporting to the Accounting Sr Manager, Controllership Director and CFO.
• Developing, modifying and maintaining the operational and design effectiveness of internal controls.
• Partnering with Internal and External Audit, such as regulators.
• Lead cross functional systems and process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in the FinOps area or Accounts Payable team
• 2+ years leading the FinOps or Accounts Payable function
• Experience on building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• Experience on creating process improvements with automation and analysis (especially using NetSuite).
• Experience in the implementation of system solutions such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, Procurify, Concur or other similar.
• Experience on bookkeeping the AP process into accounting ERP.