LatAm Finance Manager

Posted Oct 12

Sporty's sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa's list of top websites for the countries they operate in.

As the Finance Manager for the Latin America region at Sporty, you’ll be responsible for supporting our growth ambitions and international expansion. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be responsible for the financial management of the region, ensuring strong processes and controls, and scaling financial operations.

In this role you will have a real impact on the business helping to shape its future direction and success. As a results-driven individual who is driven by success and passionate about operational finance, you must be committed to staying at the forefront of industry trends, and building a competitive advantage through intelligent finance and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  1. Own the end to end finance function for LATAM. You will be the first finance resource in the region, but will be expected to identify additional financial resource requirements
  2. Design, implement and own all financial processes and controls. Constantly review and refine these to ensure they operate at optimal levels
  3. Utilise technology and external services to modernise the way the finance function is delivered. Do not do things simply because that is the way they have always been done 
  4. Embed yourself within the operations of the business and develop a culture of decision making through the use of financial data and analysis
  5. Perform detailed analysis and reconciliations of high volumes of data. Attention to detail is crucial in this environment
  6. Build relationships and engagement with regional vendors, banks and tax regulators
  7. Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-effective opportunities to manage the company’s day to day operations
  8. Create accurate, well-considered and business owned budgets. Identify trends and generate detailed financial and operational projections in order to develop reliable P&L estimates
  9. Stay up to date and ensure full compliance with local audit, legal, tax, secretarial and other legislation
  10. Provide valuable, relevant, timely and business focused financial reporting, performed both on a periodic and ad hoc basis
  11. Work hard, with passion. Make decisions quickly and operate with urgency

Required

  1. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English
  2. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting
  3. +10 years financial accounting experience
  4. +5 years’ experience in the betting, fintech, eCommerce or similar industries
  5. Excellent knowledge in financial and management accounting
  6. Expert knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods
  7. Proficiency in accounting, financial management and reporting software
  8. Exceptional in ExcelExperience with Google Workspace is preferred
  9. Budget planning, forecasting and optimisation
  10. Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively cross-functionally

Benefits

  • Quarterly and flash bonuses
  • Flexible working hours
  • Top-of-the-line equipment
  • Education allowance
  • Referral bonuses
  • 28 days paid annual leave
  • Annual company retreat - we all went to Dubai together in 2022 and have 2 global retreats in planning for 2023!
  • Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
  • Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system 
  • Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
  • Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members

Our Mission

Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone

Our Operating Principles

1. Create Value for Users

2. Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty 

3. Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation 

4. Be Responsible 

5. Preserve Integrity & Honesty 

6. Respect Confidentiality & Privacy 

7. Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability 

8. Work Hard with Passion & Pride

Working at Sporty

The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they're in your way.

Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results. 

As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we don’t have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to. 

We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.