Finance Manager - LATAM

About the role

This role focuses on comprehensive financial management for Binance's legal entities across Latin America. The successful candidate will be responsible for day-to-day financial processes, including month-end and year-end closings, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, and financial statement preparation. It involves ensuring timely regulatory and tax filings, managing relationships with external partners like banks and auditors, and collaborating with internal functions such as treasury and global accounting.

A key aspect of this position is maintaining high accounting quality and robust internal controls. This includes reviewing accounting methodologies, validating journal entries, reconciling inter-entity balances, and improving accounting systems. The manager will develop and document business processes and accounting policies to strengthen controls, ensure adherence to group policies, and facilitate audits by providing transparent financial records.

Beyond operational finance, the role involves significant business partnership and strategic planning. The manager will support regional and country leaders in executing plans, optimizing P&L, and evolving business models. This includes developing annual targets, ensuring forecast accuracy, identifying efficiency opportunities, and leading optimization projects. The position also requires ad-hoc financial and investment case modeling, including scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for leadership.

The annual salary for this role ranges from $98,000 to $162,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• general accounting procedures: This role requires thorough knowledge of accounting procedures to manage daily financial operations and ensure compliance.
• financial & tax statements: The manager will be responsible for preparing financial statements and ensuring timely regulatory and tax filings.
• general ledger functions: Experience with general ledger functions is necessary for managing accounting entries and the month-end/year-end close process.
• financial planning and accounting systems: Hands-on experience with enterprise-level systems is preferred for improving accounting processes and efficiency.
• modeling and analytical skills: Outstanding modeling and analytical skills are required for P&L optimization, forecasting, and investment case analysis.
• English and Portuguese: Fluency in both English and Portuguese is required for effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders in the LATAM region.

Who this role suits

• A finance professional with at least 8 years of experience in roles like Finance Manager or Financial Controller, ideally within technology or FinTech companies.
• Someone who thrives in an unstructured environment, can navigate ambiguity, and manage multiple assignments while providing clarity and structure.
• An individual who is a self-starter, takes initiative, and is dedicated to setting and achieving goals.
• A person with strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building collaborative relationships in a remote setting.

From the employer

• Day-to-day finance management: Own the financial processes for several legal entities in Latam, e.g. by driving the month-end and year-end closing cycles, conducting bank and asset balance reconciliations, posting and verifying accounts payables and receivables, supporting with invoicing & payment processing, preparing financial statements, ensuring timely regulatory and tax filings, managing relationships with banks, vendors, accounting partners, and auditors, and liaising with other internal functions (e.g. treasury, tax, global accounting, etc.)
• Accounting quality: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely accounting (in partnership with local accounting & tax vendors, where applicable) by reviewing and defining accounting methodologies, validating journal entries, reconciling balances across different entities, improving accounting systems and procedures
• Internal controls stewardship: Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls. Ensure adherence to group accounting policies and internal control procedures, maintain accurate financial records, and facilitate audits by providing transparent and well-documented financial information
• Business partnership: Support Regional & Country leaders to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results. You will have a unique opportunity to use your insights and strategic thinking to partner with leaders on financial decisions, investments, efficiency, and business model evolution projects
• Annual planning & rolling forecast: Develop and align with Regional & Country leaders annual targets for revenues, marketing, and all local spend. Ensure high P&L forecast accuracy throughout the fiscal year, to enable the decision makers to optimize spending and make timely investments
• P&L optimization: Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, grow revenues, and ensure prioritization of company resources, by leading optimization projects to drive performance improvements & increased ROI
• Ad-hoc financial & investment case modeling: Support business partners on ad-hoc requests and critical investments in their respective areas. Conduct business case modeling for our leadership team including scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
• Team building: Help establish tight-knit relationships in a remote working environment, and contribute to building a highly collaborative team culture, by sharing best practices with other team members, contributing to others’ projects as needed, and helping us achieve our collective team goals

• BA/BS in Finance or Accounting (Master/MBA, CMA or CPA preferred)
• 8+ years of relevant experience in roles such as Finance Manager, Financial Controller, and/or Finance Business Partner (preferably with reputed Technology / FinTech and/or listed/multinational companies)
• Thorough knowledge of general accounting procedures, familiarity with financial & tax statements, experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
• Fluent writing and speaking in English and Portuguese required, some Spanish knowledge preferred for efficient collaboration with various stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with enterprise-level financial planning and accounting systems preferred
• Outstanding modeling and analytical skills combined with a strong executive presence
• Self-starter - take initiative, be dedicated, set and drive toward goals
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment, navigate ambiguity, manage multiple assignments simultaneously, and provide clarity and structure
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Demonstrated interest in crypto & blockchain technology

• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)