Finance Controller, Americas

EnerMech • Houston, TX

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About The Position

EnerMech is a specialist service company that delivers safe, integrated solutions for complex energy projects. For over 50 years, it has supported clients worldwide across the asset lifecycle, both offshore and onshore, through Energy Solutions, Infrastructure & Industrial Solutions, and Lifting Solutions. Its services include cranes, lifting, fluid power, training, equipment rental, pipeline, process, subsea, and valve services.

The Finance Controller will lead the Finance function across the Americas and help shape the region's financial performance and future growth. As a trusted partner to senior leadership, the role provides strategic financial insight, drives governance and compliance, and ensures accurate and timely reporting. The position leads and develops a high-performing finance team, champions process improvement and automation, and promotes scalable, efficient ways of working. It also influences business decisions and strengthens financial controls across the organization.

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 in a multi-entity or international organization.
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close, balance-sheet control, statutory reporting, audits, 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.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable data-visualization/reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close for the geography in line with the Group timetable, coordinating business, Project Accounting, and shared-service teams across AP, O2C, and R2R.
• Review monthly financial performance, including revenue, margin, operating costs, balance sheet, and cash flow; investigate material variances and provide management 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 the preparation and coordination of statutory financial statements, external audits, and regulatory filings for the geography, working with Group Finance and external advisers as needed.
• Coordinate tax compliance and tax accounting requirements, 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, including 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 SSC; 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, provide timely financial advice, and ensure finance issues are resolved at the appropriate level.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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