Manager, Finance & Automation in Brazil at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Manager, Finance & Automation based in Brazil.

This is a senior, hands-on finance leadership role combining accounting ownership, people management, and finance automation.
You will oversee core financial operations, including ledgers, month-end and year-end close, tax compliance, accounts payable, payroll, cash flow, and budgeting.
At the same time, you will build and deploy technology that makes finance processes faster, more scalable, and more reliable.
The role is designed for a player-coach who can personally manage critical accounting activities while leading and developing a small team.
You will have significant autonomy to create dashboards, automations, web applications, and data-driven finance tools using modern AI-assisted development platforms.
Working remotely with distributed and culturally diverse teams, you will partner closely with senior finance leadership on strategic decisions and business growth.
This is an opportunity to shape both the finance function and the technology that enables it to scale.

• Own core financial operations, including general ledger management, month-end and year-end close, cash flow, budgeting, financial reporting, and ad-hoc financial analysis.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of approximately three accounting professionals while balancing delegation with hands-on ownership of critical activities.
• Oversee accounts payable and payroll processes, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled execution.
• Monitor cash positions, upcoming obligations, and liquidity requirements, coordinating with banking partners as needed.
• Maintain appropriate financial controls and exercise payment authority in accordance with established processes and controls.
• Build, deploy, and maintain finance tools end to end, including dashboards, automations, internal web applications, and data pipelines.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to identify opportunities for process automation and translate ideas into working solutions.
• Partner with senior finance leadership to ensure accounting operations provide accurate, timely information for strategic and high-level business decisions.
• Act as the primary point of accountability for accounting operations as the function grows and evolves.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and visibility across finance processes.
• Collaborate effectively with distributed teams and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Strong hands-on experience across technical accounting functions, including general ledger, financial close, tax compliance, accounts payable, payroll, cash flow, and budgeting.
• Proven experience managing and developing a small accounting or finance team, with the ability to combine people leadership and individual contribution.
• Demonstrated ability to independently build and launch finance tools, dashboards, automations, or internal applications using AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with platforms such as Claude Code, Copilot Pro, or comparable AI-powered coding and automation tools is highly valuable.
• A portfolio, code sample, or examples demonstrating successfully delivered finance automation or tooling are expected.
• Experience with US accounting practices and exposure to US-based companies is required.
• Strong understanding of financial controls and the ability to operate responsibly with payment and release-level authority.
• Experience working with global, distributed, and culturally diverse teams.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the communication skills required to collaborate across international teams.
• High level of autonomy, ownership, and accountability, with the ability to make sound decisions independently.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and process-improvement skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed operational execution.
• LATAM-based professionals are preferred.

• Work arrangement: 100% remote.
• Location: Brazil, with a LATAM-based working environment.
• Employment model: Full-time independent contractor.
• International collaboration: Work with globally distributed and culturally diverse teams.
• High autonomy: Significant ownership over finance operations, automation initiatives, and process improvement.
• Leadership opportunity: Manage and develop a dedicated team while remaining closely involved in core finance activities.
• Technology exposure: Build practical finance solutions using modern AI-assisted development and automation tools.
• Strategic impact: Partner with senior finance leadership and contribute directly to scalable financial operations.
• Growth opportunity: Help evolve both the accounting function and its technology infrastructure as the organization scales.
• Time-zone alignment: Position is designed to support US Eastern Time working hours.