GUCCI - Director Finance (São Paulo)

Key Accountabilities

• Directs the preparation of all financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, shareholder reports, tax returns, and governmental agency reports.
• Compares sales and profit projections to actual figures and budgeted expenses to actual expenses; makes or oversees any necessary adjustments to future projections and budgets.
• Lead, perform and execute long‑range planning, annual budgets, and forecasting cycles.
• Provide insights on growth opportunities, pricing, margin optimization, and resource allocation.
• Drive profitability improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Oversee accounting, controlling, tax, treasury, credit and collections, and statutory reporting.
• Manage performance and governance of Shared Service Centers in Brazil and Chile, ensuring SLA achievement and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS/local GAAP and internal controls.
• Consolidate financials across countries using advanced Excel tools, due to absence of a unified ERP.
• Harmonize data from multiple platforms and ensure accuracy, completeness, and comparability.
• Implement governance processes to standardize reporting.
• Lead compliance program execution across all South America markets.
• Oversee anti-corruption, data privacy, third‑party due diligence, and ethical conduct.
• Manage investigations, training, monitoring, and corrective actions.
• Promote a culture of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment between business decisions, compliance, and financial governance.
• Serve as strategic advisor to the Country Manager.
• Identify and mitigate financial, operational, compliance, and market risks.
• Strengthen internal controls and ensure readiness for audits and reviews.
• Lead and develop teams across the region and shared service centers.
• Build capability, strengthen succession pipelines, and foster continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate high levels of self‑motivation, hands‑on involvement, and ability to operate effectively with limited headcount and lean structures.
• Create a culture of ownership, urgency, and accountability.
• Reviews planning process and suggests improvements to current methods.
• Analyzes operations to identify areas in need of reorganization, downsizing, or elimination.
• Identifies business opportunities for expansion/downsizing.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, Accounting, or Finance required.
• Certified Public Accountant designation preferred.
• Eight to ten years of experience in financial management required.
• Experience overseeing shared service operations and multi-country finance teams.
• Proven ability to consolidate financials without integrated systems; expert-level Excel skills required.
• Previous experience leading compliance, controls, or regulatory programs.
• Strong background in FP&A, accounting, tax, treasury, and governance.
• High degree of self‑motivation, resilience, and ability to operate independently in low-resource environments.
• Strong Knowledge in Microsoft Suite, especially advanced level of knowledge in Excel
• Fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar; MBA or CRC/CPA/CA preferred.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• High integrity and ethical leadership.
• Autonomous, self-driven, and comfortable operating with limited support.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Strategic thinker with excellent communication and cross-cultural influence.
• Ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and transformation.
• Excellent management and supervisory skills.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Proficient in database and accounting computer application systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with Shared Service Centers.