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Clara is a fast-growing B2B fintech platform in Latin America offering spend management solutions including corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and a B2B platform serving over 20,000 businesses. The company is backed by top-tier investors including Kaszek, Monashees, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs.
You will lead Clara's controllership function end-to-end, reporting directly to the CFO. This is a transformational role combining traditional accounting leadership with modernization of finance operations.
Key responsibilities include owning the monthly financial close and consolidation across all entities; leading the annual audit cycle with external auditors, managing audit planning, technical accounting questions, and relationship management; maintaining strong internal controls and policies as the company scales toward public-market standards; supporting treasury, regulatory, and tax requirements from a global perspective; and responding to lender, investor, and regulator due diligence requests.
You will also drive transformation by owning NetSuite as the system of record, implementing AI tools and automation across the closing cycle and finance workflows, and building a unified controllership operating model across local country teams.
The role requires 8-10+ years of accounting or controllership experience with proven multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation ownership. Big 4 audit experience leading annual audits from planning through opinion is essential. Deep hands-on NetSuite expertise is required, along with demonstrated success deploying AI and automation tools. Startup and fintech experience in LatAm is a plus. Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business required; MBA or CPA preferred. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish and/or Portuguese is required.
The company prioritizes candidates based in Mexico City and São Paulo but is open to remote arrangements for the right candidate.
