Finance Director - Cluster Andean North

Finance Director Cluster Andean North/ Colombia & Ecuador

Location: Bogotá, Colombia 

Hybrid - Full Time

Are you looking to accelerate your professional development, build a brilliant career, and thrive in a highly supportive team? Join Inchcape Americas, part of Inchcape’s global network.

You’ll play a key part in delivering great experiences for our customers and colleagues. With lots of interesting opportunities and challenges for you to explore that will take us, and your progression, to the next level.

Our Finance Department is seeking a Finance Director Cluster Andean North (CAN) to join our team in Americas. As Finance Director, you will be responsible for the long-term financial health and growth of the business across Colombia and Ecuador. You will lead and support the commercial finance strategy, business partnering, accounting, regulatory reporting, internal control and compliance for the cluster, establishing strategies that drive profitability and improving practices to increase efficiency

What you’ll do

Budgeting & Control:

• Lead the cluster's annual budget planning and approval process
• Review budget performance, flag variances, and recommend remedial actions
• Work with regional and Group controlling teams on rolling forecast
• Advise the CAN leadership team on long-term business and financial planning

Business Support:

• Provide financial support and challenge to commercial business cases
• Guide business transformation initiatives, aligned with global strategy
• Drive business partnering, insights and analytics that inform key decisions

Leadership & Management:

• Manage headcount planning with regional business leaders and HR
• Lead, coach and develop the finance team
• Build a strong corporate climate and business partnerships with peers across the region, Group UK, and external stakeholders

Accounting:

• Own the full accounting function for the cluster's entities, including general ledger maintenance, bank reconciliations and fixed assets in SAP
• Deliver timely month-end closing in SAP and the Group Financial Reporting tool, in line with Group timelines
• Ensure statutory accounts and local tax filings are submitted accurately and on time
• Liaise with statutory auditors, tax advisors, banks and regulators to ensure compliance
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction and systems enhancement; flag internal control risks
• Partner with GBS on back-office automation, digititalization, standardisation and centralisation of R2R, OTC, MD and P2P processes

Reporting:

• Ensure timely completion of financial, management and budgetary reports for leadership and stakeholders
• Present monthly financial performance to senior management and cost centre owners
• Provide strategic financial insight to the leadership team

Treasury:

• Forecast and manage FX exposure, cash flow, banking relationships and related facilities
• Manage treasury requirements, debt levels, borrowings, covenants and cash ratios

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification in Finance
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
• Experience working with GBS and within a multinational organization
• Strong IFRS knowledge, with experience in planning, forecasting and analysis
• Hands-on experience with finance systems such as SAP, BPC, HFM or Salesforce
• Regional LATAM experience
• Excellent spoken and written English and Spanish
• Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills; comfortable operating across all levels of a multicultural organization
• Analytical, structured and future-focused mindset

We offer you

At Inchcape, we’re shaping the future of mobility, and you’re invited to shape it with us. You’ll join acollaborative culture that values wellbeing, growth, and inclusion. Through impactful work, ongoing development, and global and local rewards, we create a workplace for people to succeed and fulfill your aspirations.

Start your journey

If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this role or another opportunity within Inchcape. Join our team and become part of a leading global automotive company that is transforming tomorrow, together.

Opportunity for everyone

Inchcape actively encourages applicants from all identities, backgrounds, and experiences, helping ensure our workforce is representative of the global communities we operate in. Read more here about our Inclusion and Diversity commitments, including our targets, programmes, and policies.

About us

Inchcape is the leading global automotive distributor operating in 40+ markets. We partner with some of the biggest brands in the business to sustainably power better mobility today and in the future.

Our diverse global team of over 16,000 talented colleagues foster an inclusive and collaborative culture, delivering a brilliant experience for our customers and partners. We’re a dynamic and fast-growing business, driving the transformation of our industry and redefining tomorrow. Discover more at

www.inchcape.com

Additional information

Selected candidates will be contacted to initiate our hiring journey. We may request additional information from applicants to better understand your background, qualifications and experience for the role