**Job no**: 520125
**Brand**: Discova
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Cancun, Mexico
**Categories**: Wholesale & Product
**About the opportunity**
An amazing opportunity awaits for global-minded finance professionals. The pivotal role of Americas Finance Manager at Discova Global, where you will assume leadership of the regional finance function. Your objectives are to orchestrate a seamless integration of reporting, compliance, and business intelligence services, optimizing cost-effectiveness. Your primary responsibility will be to consistently deliver precise financial support to business leaders, facilitating sustainable growth and heightened profitability from our destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
As the ambassador of financial operations in the Americas, your expertise will be instrumental in navigating intricate landscapes, ensuring financial robustness aligned with overarching organizational objectives.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Supporting business leaders in planning, budgeting, and forecasting in both the Americas as well as on a global level.
- Providing insightful business modeling for both short-term and long-term initiatives.
- Collaborating with and address reporting needs of various Discova business units.
- Offering ideas to enhance business results and productivity.
- Monitoring business performance, including projects, legal changes, and group structure.
- Lead and review regional financial and management reporting according to company standards.
- Communicating risk control, compliance, and mitigation strategies in the responsible areas.
- Act as a SME business partner for finance projects.
- Assist the Group Finance Controller in developing and executing the Regional Finance plan.
- Ensure adherence to Discova Group's reporting requirements and timelines.
- Prepare analysis of actual results/budgets for the region
- Manage regional finance cost budgets.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and legislation.
- Actively seek opportunities for business performance improvement and cost-saving initiatives.
- Review, develop, and implement processes to enhance operational and financial efficiencies.
- Resolve financial reporting issues resulting from ERP system implementation.
- Handle other ad hoc projects and analysis as delegated from direct supervisors and executives.
**About You**
**The Essentials**
- Possess a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance as a minimum qualification.
- Demonstrate a minimum of 6 years of experience in the finance field, with an added advantage if the experience includes a regional capacity.
- Hold a CA/CPA designation (or equivalent), which is highly desirable for this role.
- Exhibit fluency in both written and verbal communication in both the national language and English.
- Bring a minimum of 3 years of experience in effectively managing teams.
- Experience in the travel and tourism industry is not a prerequisite but is seen as an advantage.
**The attributes**
- Proficient problem-solving abilities honed through experience.
- Devotion to delivering service excellence with a customer-centric approach.
- Robust collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Exemplary attention to detail coupled with adept time and priority management.
- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation prowess adaptable across diverse cultures.
- Proven capability to work autonomously or collaboratively in a team setting.
- Willingness and capacity to travel for business requirements.
- Quick learner with a strong aptitude for adaptation.
**About Us**
Formed as a result of the merging of two leading DMCs - Buffalo Tours and Olympus Tours - Discova is a global destination management specialist. They take care of tailor-made touring, leisure groups and transfers throughout Asia and the Americas (including Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica).
Discova holds responsible travel at its core, working responsibly with customers, host communities and local business partners to offer the best value, highly rated tours with customer satisfaction as a hallmark of their service.
Discova's people are homegrown - 95% are locals, blending localised know-how with an understanding of what makes a Discova trip to their home country special. To be part of the Discova family is to be in your element, and being in your element means:
- being the best you can be in any situation
- doing what you love whatever your role is
- being valued for who you are and what you do
- continuing to grow as the world changes
- joining a family that creates a world of possibilities
Work Perks! - What's in it for you: We are renowned internationally for having amazing perks and an even better culture. We understand that our people are our most valuable asset. It is the passion and dedication of our teams that keep the company on top of the industry ladder. It's also why we offer some great employee benefits and perks outside of the n