CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers.
We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries.
Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you?
You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner.
You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability.
You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals.
And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our
Hybrid Work Model
**Job Description**:
Major/Key Accountabilities
- Providing overall strategic Chief Financial Officer direction and leadership to the LATAM executive team and the organization.
- Provide insights and commentary on the financial results and performance.
Communicate, engage and interact with Brambles' Board of Directors, CEO, CFO and Executive Leadership Team.
- Lead and develop the regional Finance Business Partner team to provide effective Finance support to the Business in the region.
Including managing resources across multiple functions and countries.
- Ensuring the financial integrity of the business
- Overseeing the development and execution of Budget and 3-Year Plan
- Analyse discrepancies between monthly results and budget, identify root causes and coordinate with the operating departments to solve them.
- Providing financial review, reporting, business decision support, business advice/strategies
- Ensure cash flow is appropriate for the organization's operations.
Create a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting structure.
Control and evaluate the capital structure and manage relationships with banks, partners to attain funding if necessary
- Working closely with the Executive Team on their planning activities to ensure the plans support the profitability/cash/asset efficiency and continued financial viability of the company.
- Advising senior management on overall long
- and short-term strategic issues, including matters related to financial management, performance management strategies, revenue/market growth strategies, and organization structure.
- Oversee Commercial Finance activities conducted in the region to provide strategic guidance for major customer deals.
- Partner with the global supply chain finance team to focus on improving operational efficiency across the region in conjunctions with the Supply Chain Finance teams.
- Play a key role in agreeing and delivering the strategic direction for Asset Productivity across the region.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to build awareness, understanding, and support for company activities and operations.
- Oversee the company's risk management strategy and monitoring process, supporting the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee in its duties in this regard.
- Oversee policy compliance, balance sheet control and statutory reporting and risk assurance activities.
- Leading major projects initiatives that are directly related to achieving the strategies of the business unit with a long-term focus.
- Developing organizational leaders, succession plans and career development plans.
Measures
- Budget accomplishment (ULP, Cash, Asset Efficiency, Leakage)
- Forecast accuracy (revenue, ULP and operating cash flow)
- Customer experience
- Employee satisfaction
- Control environment
- Completed projects according with time plan
Authority/ Decision Making
- BCEM
- Capex approvals according with authorization matrix
- Design, Implementation and approval of finance procedures and processes
- Risk and control framework
- Purchasing decisions for Finance/Tax services according with authorization matrix.
- Approvals of payments in Bank portals
- Approval of re-invoicing and credit notes according with authorization matrix.
- People management
Key Contacts
Internal
LATAM Leadership team members, Global Finance Leadership, Global and Regional Functional Heads.
External
Tax advisor, Government, Auditors (PWC), Customers, Banks.
**Qualifications**:
Preferred Bachelor of Business Administration with a specialization in finance or accounting or relevant experience, advanced education, MBA preferred.
Professional accreditation (CPA, CA etc.)
Experience
- Proven experience as CFO, finance controller or relevant role for at least 5 years
- Proven track record of success as a Chief Financial Officer in a large, complex, and matrixed organization.
- Proven understanding of the tax and regulatory compliance environment in LATAM
- Experienced leader with solid analytical and strategic planning skills, in addition to effective communica