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inDrive, a top-tier global mobility company and emerging super app, seeks a strategic Financial Controller to lead accounting operations and regulatory compliance across Latin America, with primary focus on Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.
You will own the complete financial close process (month, quarter, year-end) under U.S. and local GAAP standards, ensuring compliance with local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions. You will lead and develop a LATAM accounting team of 5–6 people, providing clear structure, mentorship, and accountability while fostering growth and learning.
Key responsibilities include: managing local statutory and tax audits; owning general ledger management, account reconciliations, and internal controls; driving continuous improvement of close processes through automation and standardization to reduce close timelines; guiding new legal entity setup including fiscalization and e-invoicing; identifying and resolving operational inefficiencies and regulatory risks with a data-driven approach; and partnering with Treasury, Tax, and FP&A on cash repatriation, tax planning, and forecasting. You will leverage technology and AI tools to build scalable, automated accounting processes.
This is a remote-first role requiring deep expertise in multi-jurisdictional accounting, strong people leadership, and a builder's mindset focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement.
**Requirements:**
- 10+ years of experience owning month-, quarter-, and year-end close under local and U.S. GAAP, with focus on timeliness, accuracy, SOP documentation, internal controls, and cross-functional collaboration
- Must have large public company experience and strong U.S. GAAP knowledge in a Sarbanes-Oxley environment; IFRS background welcome if U.S. GAAP is solid
- Proven people leadership: strong manager who builds and develops teams, balances empathy with accountability, and drives accounting excellence
- Deep experience with local regulatory reporting, taxation, compliance, BPO collaboration, and tax audits; ability to quickly learn new jurisdictional requirements and own end-to-end
- Proven cross-functional collaboration with treasury, reporting, tax, shared services, HR, and FP&A
- Builder's mindset with track record of reducing close timelines and driving efficiencies through technology, process standardization, and talent development
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills; comfortable with ambiguity in fast-paced, remote-first, multicultural environments
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Authorized public accounting license (Chartered Accountant or local equivalent)
- Nice to have: tech marketplace/app or B2B SaaS experience; Big 4 background; NetSuite; hands-on AI automation experience (Claude, ChatGPT)
