CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 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
Key Responsibilities May Include:
- Conduct comprehensive financial analysis, including profitability reviews, variance analysis, and financial modelling, to support business decisions and optimize performance.
- Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic business goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., supply chain, commercial, sales) to provide actionable insights that enhance financial decision-making and operational outcomes.
- Provide analytical support for business case development, cost analysis, and evaluation of strategic initiatives to ensure informed decision-making.
- Drive process improvements by supporting the implementation and optimization of financial tools, automation efforts, and standardized processes.
- Perform post-investment reviews to assess the performance of strategic initiatives and recommend corrective actions where needed.
- support efforts to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial data quality, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of financial information.
- Support ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects, including pricing strategies, cost savings initiatives, and performance tracking, to drive business improvements.
Position Purpose
Provide financial leadership for Mexico in partnership with the Finance Business Partner. This role serves as the main point of contact between external teams and the Business Partner, ensuring timely, accurate, and relevant information to support decision-making.
Manage, control, and analyze the country’s economic and financial information, applying strong analytical capabilities to identify key details and trends, interpret results, and explain business performance.
Lead the identification and implementation of process improvements to optimize expenses, costs, and investment processes across the Mexico business unit.
Major/Key Accountabilities
- Lead the finance function for Mexico, providing comprehensive financial support to the business unit and the regional Business Partner.
- Lead the analysis and interpretation of economic and financial data
- Proactively develop reports to support decision-making regarding accounts in the country
- Partner with Commercial Finance in the relevant markets to focus on key customers and drive profitability, in coordination with the regional team.
- Partner with Supply Chain Finance to improve operational efficiency in the relevant market, in coordination with the regional team.
- Provide financial support to internal departments, including Sales, Logistics, Operations, Asset Management, HR, and Facilities.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly forecasts, as well as any additional estimates required by the business units, and consolidate the quarterly forecast for the country.
- Develop the annual budget for Mexico.
- Identify productivity improvement opportunities and strengthen expense control processes for the country.
- Monitor tax compliance with the support of Taxes team
- Track and coordinate fund management activities with the Treasury department.
- Evaluate and control the effective utilization of CAPEX
- Work in coordination with Accounting, Tax, and Legal teams.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, mitigate financial risks, and maintain responsibility for management reports, budget accuracy, and forecast reliability for the assigned country.
Qualifications
- Essential: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Accounting preferred
- Desirable: Master’s degree in finance or CPA.
Experience
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Accounting or Finance, combined with relevant training and education.
Skills and Knowledge
- Strong communication skills
- Strong systems and technical capabilities (SAP, Oracle, Power BI)
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven collaboration/teamwork experience
- Strong analytical skills
- Effective time management & prioritization capabilities
- Ability to work and think independently with limited direction and oversight
Languages
Remote Type
Hybrid Remote
Skills to succeed in the role
Adaptability, Budget Management, Business Case Development, Cost Analysis, Empathy, Experimentation, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Process Improvements, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers, Variance Analysis
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
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