Latam Financial Controller
Location: Panama (hybrid). Involves approximately 10–25% travel across Latin America.
About the role
Nord Anglia Education (NAE) is looking for a high-energy Regional Controller to help build and strengthen the finance function across its premium schools in Latin America. This is a rewarding, hands-on role for someone who wants to shape controllership, standards and systems in a highly decentralized, fast-growing portfolio. Reporting to the Finance Director LATAM, based in Miami, the LATAM Financial Controller supports school finance teams across the region, raising the quality of month-end close, balance sheet, intercompany and reconciliations, and strengthening the control environment. The role sets standards centrally, then teaches, coaches and learns alongside the schools to embed them. The role carries a strong systems and data focus, championing consistent use of Group platforms, improving data integrity, and supporting integration, standardization and centralization projects as the function scales. It will suit a proactive leader who influences without authority and thrives on building structure where little exists. The role would suit individuals used to working in Private Equity-backed, multi-site or fast-paced commercial organisations, and involves travel across Latin America of 10 to 25%.
Responsibilities
- Financial Control, Month-End and Reconciliations: Review month-end close across the LATAM portfolio, ensuring it is timely, consistent and high quality.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany balances and confirmations, and drive resolution of open and ageing items.
- Strengthen the control environment across schools, embedding standard controls, review disciplines and clean audit trails.
- Support Group component and local statutory audits, coordinating school responses and following findings through to closure.
- Standardization of Processes, Systems and Controls: Design and roll out standard finance processes, policies, close calendars and reconciliation templates