Finance Director

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Finance Director will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the company, guiding its financial strategy, planning, and maintaining its compliance and fiscal stability. He/she will collaborate with the executive management team to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies.

Strong link with Commercial and Operations departments, seeking strategies to leverage cost and productivity processes.

SCOPE OF WORK:

Teams:

Accounting and Tax Department

AP / AR / Treasury

Business Controlling

IT

FINANCE:

Accounting and Tax:

• Team management: 1 Accounting Manager in charge of accounting and tax activities supported by an external service provider.
• General Accounting: Review and control GL, trial balances and reconciliations
• Tax: Ensure fulfillment of all tax obligations including transfer pricing.
• Reporting: Ensure consistency and accuracy of actual data reporting (sales weekly and monthly report, quarterly and annual closings).
• Coordinate external financial audits.

Treasury

• Team management: 1 Coordinator + 1 Senior Analyst + 1 Intern
• AR: certify compliance of incoming resources and control reconciliations of sales and payments.
• AP: guarantee internal controls are in place for purchase-to pay process.
• Cash / Funds Management
• Treasury Reporting and Cash Analysis
• Relationship with Banking and Cash Institutions and Acquirers
• Financial Cost Optimization
• Administration of Treasury Tools and Payment Means (back-office and stores)
• Compliance and Internal Procedures for Treasury

Business Controlling

• Team management: 1 Business Controlling Coordinator
• Oversee financial strength of the company through tools and KPIs implementation
• Sales follow-up and re-estimate: partner with Commercial Director on business analysis providing local business plan insights & assumptions
• Provide insights to anticipate Risks & Oppsto Region P& L and provide recommendations to Regional CFO and General Manager to ensure target achievements.
• Support definition of budget targets and requirements
• Cost control: follow-up of all company expenditures (variable costs, overheads, communication expenses, etc...).
• Margin optimization: COGS control, price and product mix management.
• Stock management control through stock equation, stock depreciation, stock-take result analysis, etc...
• Capex follow-up
• Annual budget, estimates and 3-year strategic plan

COMPLIANCE, RISK AND LEGAL MANAGEMENT:

Legal

• Main point of contact for legal matters
• Coordination of legal cases and processes with legal firms and lawyers
• Board of Director's meeting and other legal requirements in coordination with HQ legal department
• Monthly legal issues report and revisions to General Manager
• Supplier contracts' management in coordination with lawyers and HQ legal department
• Insurance Management

Insurance Management

Internal Controls - work closely with the Latam Internal Control Manager to:

• Ensure that Hermès procedures are enforced in accordance with Brazilian local regulation
• Develop local procedures
• Map risks and propose corresponding action plans
• Major actor in the tenue of internal audits

IT

• Team Management: 1 IT Manager in charge of the below-listed activities
• Supervise daily operations of network and server infrastructure
• Align IT infrastructure with current and future business requirements and goal
• Evaluate risk, developing network recovery and backup processes
• Assess and purchase new and replacement hardware
• Adjust information systems to operate effectively Implementing security of the network, data and its storage and communication systems

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Business and decision-making partner in strategic projects such as:

• New store opening, expansion or renovation
• Company organization: change of team scope, internalization versus externalization
• Participate in change of operations business model. Ex: central warehouse, importation strategy, e-commerce or retail new projects
• Network Best Practices: Improve and optimize business operationsby applying internal and external learnings.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education: University Degree in Accounting or Finance

Technical Skills:

• At least 10 years' experience in an organized accounting / finance department, within multinational environment (Multinational Group reporting in IFRS)
• Strong knowledge of Brazilian Chart of Accounts, Fiscal and administrative processes in Brazil
• Excellent Excel skills
• Good knowledge of IFRS standards
• Experience with financial planning and scenario analysis is needed.
• Languages: Fluent in Portuguese and English (both written and oral), French is a plus.

Personality profile:

• Strong analytical capabilities and organizational skills
• Strong personal values: transparency, honesty and discretion, ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Demonstrated capability to be hands-on
• Excellent interpersonal skills, exceptional communication skills (story telling) evidenced by good verbal/written presentation ability
• Strong collaboration skills and particular strength in 'connecting the dots' across multiple topics, data sets, etc.
• Ability to adapt fast, work independently, autonomously
• Flexible working under pressure and ability to meet deadlines

Criadora, artesã e vendedora de objetos de alta qualidade desde 1837, a Hermès é uma empresa de luxo francesa, familiar e independente que conta com mais de 20.000 funcionários pelo mundo afora. Impulsionada por seu espírito de empreender em permanência e sua exigência constante, a Hermès cultiva a liberdade e a autonomia de cada pessoa por meio de uma gestão responsável. A maison perpetua a transmissão de um know-how excepcional, concretizada por uma forte ancoragem territorial que respeita os seres humanos e a natureza. 16 ofícios artesanais nutrem a criatividade da casa, cujas coleções são destacadas em mais de 300 lojas no mundo inteiro.