Finance Team Lead

Job Title:Finance Team Lead – Colombia 

Location: Bogotá, Colombia – Remote 
Employment Type:Full Time 

Position Overview

The Finance Team Lead – Colombia is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day finance and accounting activities for AVEVA’s Colombian entity, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records, timely completion of month-end and year-end activities, and compliance with local statutory, tax, corporate and internal control requirements. 

The role will lead the local Finance team and work closely with the LATAM Finance Director, regional Finance teams, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Commercial Finance and other global functions. 

This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate must be comfortable going intothe detail, investigating accounting,tax or control issues, and working directly with the team to resolve them. The role requires someone who can combine strong technical accounting and Colombian tax knowledge with effective people management and stakeholder engagement. 

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

• Lead and develop the Colombia Finance team, setting clearobjectives, priorities and expectations while ensuringstrong performance,accountability and collaboration. 

• Take ownership of the accounting and financial reporting activities for the Colombian legal entity, ensuring the accuracy,completeness and integrity of financial records. 

• Manage the monthly,quarterly and year-end close processes, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and within corporate deadlines. 

• Maintain a hands-on approach to accounting activities, being able to review, investigate and resolve complex or unusual accounting issues rather than relying solely on team members or external advisors. 

• Review and oversee general ledger activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, balance sheetreconciliations and other period-end activities. 

• Ensure balance sheet accounts are properly reconciled,supported and reviewed, withtimely investigation and resolution of aged or unreconciled items. 

• Coordinate local statutory accounting and financial statement preparation, working closely with external auditors and advisors asrequired. 

• Take an active role in Colombian tax matters, ensuringappropriate understanding, review and follow-up of local tax compliance requirements and tax-related accounting matters. 

• Work closely with internal Tax teams and external tax advisors, whilemaintaining sufficient technical knowledge and ownership to understand, challenge andvalidate tax positions and recommendations. 

• Coordinate and support internal and external audits, providing documentation and explanations and ensuringtimely resolution of audit requests,questions and findings. 

• Maintain a strong internal control environment and ensure compliance with AVEVA policies, SOXrequirements and applicable local regulations. 

• Identify accounting, tax, financial, operational and compliance risks and escalate issues appropriately to the LATAM Finance Director and relevant stakeholders. 

• Work closely with Treasury on local banking, cash management,payments and other treasury-related activities. 

• Partner with Commercial Finance, Sales and other business stakeholders on finance-related matters affecting the Colombian entity. 

• Support revenue recognition and other accounting assessments, ensuring transactions are recordedin accordance with AVEVA accounting policies and applicable accounting standards. 

• Maintain close relationships with regional and global Finance stakeholders, ensuring effective communication andtimely resolution of issues. 

• Drive process improvements,standardisation and automation opportunities to improve the efficiency and quality of Finance operations. 

• Support regional Finance initiatives and projects asrequired. 

Skills,Knowledge and Experience 

Must Have 

• Strong accounting and financial reporting background with solid understanding of general ledger, balance sheetmanagement and month-end/year-end close processes. 

• Strong knowledge of Colombian accounting, statutory and tax requirements. 

• Demonstrated experience dealing with Colombian tax matters and working with tax authorities and/or external tax advisors. 

• Previous experience coordinating statutory audits, taxcompliance and external audit requirements. 

• Experience managing or supervising a Finance or Accounting team. 

• Strong hands-on approach, with the ability and willingness to investigate issues, understand the underlying transactions and work through the detail to reach a resolution. 

• Ability to combinepeople management responsibilities with direct involvement in accounting, tax,audit and control matters whenrequired. 

• Strong understanding of internal controls, financialcontrols and operational risk. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail. 

• Ability to work independently, take ownership, make soundjudgements and appropriately escalate issues. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with local,regional and global stakeholders. 

• Ability tooperate comfortably at both a detailed technical level and a managerial level. 

• High level of integrity and a strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards. 

• Ability to work effectively in a multinational and matrixorganisation. 

• Fluent or strong professional English, with the ability toparticipate confidently in meetings and communicate effectively with regional and global stakeholders. 

Preferred 

• Experience in a multinational company. 

• Experience working within a regional or global Financeorganisation. 

• Experience with SOX/internal control environments. 

• Experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems. 

• Experience with technology,software or subscription-based businesses would be an advantage. 

Technical / Professional Qualifications 

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, BusinessAdministration ora related field. 

• Professional accounting qualification in Colombia is preferred. 

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills. 

• Experience with Oracle or similar ERP/accounting systems. 

• Good understanding of accounting standards and Colombian statutory reporting requirements. 

Direct Reports 

Onelocal Financeassistant based in Colombia. 

Key Stakeholders 

• LATAM Finance Director 

• LATAM Finance Team 

• Regional and Global Finance teams 

• Tax 

• Treasury 

• FP&A 

• Commercial Finance / Sales 

• Internal and External Audit 

• Legal and Compliance 

• External tax and accounting advisors 

Finance at AVEVA 

Our Finance professionals playa central role in supporting AVEVA’s global business. The Financeorganisation covers areas including accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, FP&A, commercial finance, procurement, controls and risk management. 

As part of a global and evolvingorganisation, the Colombia Finance Team Lead will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across LATAM and globally, while taking direct ownership of the financial operations and compliance of the Colombian entity. 

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional who enjoys combining hands-on accounting and taxexpertise, teamleadership and business partnership within an international environment.