Finance Controller, Americas

EnerMech • Houston, TX

18h

About The Position

EnerMech is seeking a Finance Controller to lead the Finance function across the Americas and shape the region’s financial performance and future growth. As a trusted partner to senior leadership, the role provides strategic financial insight, supports strong governance and compliance, and ensures accurate and timely reporting. The Finance Controller leads and develops the finance team, champions process improvement and automation, and helps create scalable, efficient ways of working. The role also influences business decisions, strengthens financial controls, and supports the organization’s continued growth.

Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification, such as CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent.
• Substantial post-qualification experience in financial control, reporting or a comparable senior finance role, ideally within a multi-entity or international organisation.
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close, balance sheet control, statutory reporting, audit and internal controls.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team and working effectively with shared-service or outsourced finance teams.
• Working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, working capital, tax coordination and financial risk management.
• Strong ERP and financial reporting systems experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting systems or finance-transformation initiatives.
• Power BI or comparable data-visualisation/reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly and year-end close for the geography, coordinating business, Project Accounting and shared service centre teams (AP, O2C and R2R) to deliver complete and accurate results in line with the Group timetable.
• Review monthly financial performance, investigate material variances and provide management with clear commentary and actions.
• Support annual budgeting, strategic planning and periodic forecasting, challenging assumptions and aligning operational plans with financial outcomes.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations and journals within delegated authority, and ensure aged, unsupported or unreconciled items are resolved promptly.
• Establish and maintain the reconciliation framework with Group Finance, including account risk assessment, ownership, frequency, methodology and escalation requirements.
• Monitor accounting classifications, cost coding, accruals, provisions, revenue recognition and other key accounting judgements for compliance with Group policy and applicable standards.
• Lead preparation and coordination of statutory financial statements, external audits and regulatory filings for the geography, working with Group Finance and external advisers as required.
• Coordinate tax compliance and tax accounting, including forecasting tax liabilities and supporting corporate, indirect, payroll and other local tax matters with specialist advisers and Group Tax.
• Manage the finance control environment, including control testing, remediation, policy compliance and training where required.
• Act as an escalation and approval point for core finance activities, including FX revaluation, non-PO invoices, credit notes, vendor reconciliations, account clearing and payments, in accordance with authority levels and segregation-of-duties requirements.
• Partner with Treasury and the business on cash management, customer collections, vendor payment planning, liquidity forecasting and working-capital improvement.
• Support CAPEX governance through financial evaluation, approval support, spend tracking and post-investment review where appropriate.
• Identify, assess and escalate financial risks, including currency, credit, liquidity, political, operational and compliance risks, and coordinate mitigation actions.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and support assessment and implementation of new or revised accounting policies and standards, escalating complex matters to Group Finance where appropriate.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready documentation for statutory audits, government inspections, regulatory submissions and other legal or compliance requirements.
• Agree service governance, performance expectations and ways of working with the shared service centre; review service quality, resolve escalations and drive measurable process improvements.
• Support ERP, reporting and finance-transformation initiatives, including requirements definition, testing, implementation, control design and adoption.
• Build effective relationships with operational leaders and central functions, providing timely financial advice and ensuring finance issues are resolved at the appropriate level.
• Lead and develop the finance team.

Benefits

• Collaborative and entrepreneurial environment.
• Professional development is encouraged.
• Opportunity to influence business strategy, develop long-term customer partnerships and contribute to energy and industrial projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed