Manager Finance Controller (Jiutepec)

Overview

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Job description

• Ensure statutory accounting and tax compliance of LAN country Clusterco (Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic). This covers information required for the following entities: 1) National tax authority 2) Chamber of commerce 3) National statistic authorities 3) Government health institution for tenders 4) Financial institutions, and others.
• Lead the audit process to obtain statutory financial statements certified and signed for entities assigned.
• Ensure direct tax compliance of LAN country cluster working closely with local tax advisor.
• Liaison with corporate finance, regional BBS, and local team.
• Align with indirect tax team in CR, local requirements compliance as well as support with signatures or coordinating with local team tax visits in site.
• Monitoring changes in local legislation applied for taxes or statutory to communicate prospectively and in time to areas impacted.
• Ensure transfer price compliance for LAN country cluster: 1) At corporate level with general tax team 2) Local submission to tax authority 3) Distribution agreements renewal along corporate tax team and 4) Intercompany agreement issuance and annual renewal for Services or special projects.
• Work closely with BSS (Baxter share services) to ensure corporate reporting according to US GAAP principles and issue remediation.
• Ensure local statutory adjustments (local GAAP, tax purposes) are prepared, booked, and reconciled vs US GAAP reporting.
• Coordinate with local accounting team the account reconciliation and certification of local ledger.
• Support global financial initiatives to improve process and standardization of them.
• Attend requirements of company areas ensuring Baxter and local policy compliance.
• Approve account reconciliation under responsibility.
• Coordinate local Fixed asset & LH process from finance scope (monitoring AUC, capitalization, physical counts, etc).
• Participate in local projects that require Tax or accounting consultancy.
• Act as legal representative for tax and legal purposes.
• Revision and approval of local financial statements when required.
• Business support on month end financials.

Competencies

• CPA accountant degree (required).
• Strong knowledge on Mexican GAAP as well as IFRS (required).
• High level of taxes knowledge "direct & indirect" (required).
• Experience working with JDE ERP or similar (required).
• Experienced in audited Tax report (Dictamen fiscal).
• Experience in cost accounting or manufacturing companies.
• Understand the transfer price methodology under OCDE principles (required) *negotiable.
• English level B2 - C1 (required).
• Experience in process improvement tools such as Alteryx, RPA, etc.
• Experience in Workiva Stat tool, OneSource tax tool.

Skills and attributes

• Ethics and integrity
• Respect and inclusion
• Ability to manage people in different countries (language and culture)
• Capacity to lead and discuss process with external advisors
• Excellent communication (precisely, effective and on time)
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Process improvement mindset
• IT tools (office, collaborative apps), automation and simplification focus

Experience

• 5 years as a finance manager in multinational company focused on accounting and tax areas.
• 3 years as specialist in tax roles
• 3 years in cost accounting roles

Reasonable Accommodations

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