Finance Director
Hermès · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
**RESPONSIBILITIES:** The Finance Director will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the company, guiding its financial strategy, planning, and maintaining its compliance and fiscal stability. He/she will collaborate with the executive management team to establish long\-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies. Strong link with Commercial and Operations departments, seeking strategies to leverage cost and productivity processes. **SCOPE OF WORK:** **Teams:** Accounting and Tax Department AP / AR / Treasury Business Controlling IT * FINANCE: **Accounting and Tax** : * Team management: 1 Accounting Manager in charge of accounting and tax activities supported by an external service provider. * General Accounting: Review and control GL, trial balances and reconciliations * Tax: Ensure fulfillment of all tax obligations including transfer pricing. * Reporting: Ensure consistency and accuracy of actual data reporting (sales weekly and monthly report, quarterly and annual closings). * Coordinate external financial audits. **Treasury** * Team management: 1 Coordinator \+ 1 Senior Analyst \+ 1 Intern * AR: certify compliance of incoming resources and control reconciliations of sales and payments. * AP: guarantee internal controls are in place for purchase\-to pay process. * Cash / Funds Management * Treasury Reporting and Cash Analysis * Relationship with Banking and Cash Institutions and Acquirers * Financial Cost Optimization * Administration of Treasury Tools and Payment Means (back\-office and stores) * Compliance and Internal Procedures for Treasury **Business Controlling** * Team management: 1 Business Controlling Coordinator * Oversee financial strength of the company through tools and KPIs implementation * Sales follow\-up and re\-estimate: partner with Commercial Director on business analysis providing local business plan insights \& assumptions * Provide insights to anticipate Risks \& Opps to Region P\&L and provide recommendations to Regional CFO and General Manager to ensure target achievements. * Support definition of budget targets and requirements * Cost control: follow\-up of all company expenditures (variable costs, overheads, communication expenses, etc…). * Margin optimization: COGS control, price and product mix management. * Stock management control through stock equation, stock depreciation, stock\-take result analysis, etc… * Capex follow\-up * Annual budget, estimates and 3\-year strategic plan * COMPLIANCE, RISK AND LEGAL MANAGEMENT: **Legal** * Main point of contact for legal matters * Coordination of legal cases and processes with legal firms and lawyers * Board of Director’s meeting and other legal requirements in coordination with HQ legal department * Monthly legal issues report and revisions to General Manager * Supplier contracts’ management in coordination with lawyers and HQ legal department * Insurance Management **Insurance Management** **Internal Controls \-** work closely with the Latam Internal Control Manager to: * Ensure that Hermès procedures are enforced in accordance with Brazilian local regulation * Develop local procedures * Map risks and propose corresponding action plans * Major actor in the tenue of internal audits * IT * Team Management: 1 IT Manager in charge of the below\-listed activities * Supervise daily operations of network and server infrastructure * Align IT infrastructure with current and future business requirements and goal * Evaluate risk, developing network recovery and backup processes * Assess and purchase new and replacement hardware * Adjust information systems to operate effectively Implementing security of the network, data and its storage and communication systems * PROJECT MANAGEMENT Business and decision\-making partner in strategic projects such as: * New store opening, expansion or renovation * Company organization: change of team scope, internalization versus externalization * Participate in change of operations business model. Ex: central warehouse, importation strategy, e\-commerce or retail new projects * Network Best Practices: Improve and optimize business operations by applying internal and external learnings. **CANDIDATE PROFILE** **Education** : University Degree in Accounting or Finance **Technical Skills** : * At least 10 years’ experience in an organized accounting / finance department, within multinational environment (Multinational Group reporting in IFRS) * Strong knowledge of Brazilian Chart of Accounts, Fiscal and administrative processes in Brazil * Excellent Excel skills * Good knowledge of IFRS standards * Experience with financial planning and scenario analysis is needed. * Languages: Fluent in Portuguese and English (both written and oral), French is a plus. **Personality profile** : * Strong analytical capabilities and organizational skills * Strong personal values: transparency, honesty and discretion, ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and inf