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Overview
Join Plata as a Chief Financial Controller in Colombia, leading the finance team to establish a modern financial system and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We are launching our operations in Colombia from scratch — and the finance team will be at the very foundation of this journey. Everything is being built from the ground up: processes, reporting, infrastructure, relationships with regulators and partners. Our ambition is to create a modern, transparent, and resilient financial system that will support the company’s growth and set a high standard for the market.
Responsibilities
- •Lead accounting, tax, statutory and SFC regulatory reporting, and local treasury operations for the Colombian entity.
- •Drive the finance workstream of the SFC licensing process for the CompañÃa de Financiamiento, ensuring capital, control, and reporting requirements are met throughout the transition to the credit-institution regime.
- •Own month-end close, statutory reporting under NIIF (Colombian IFRS), and timely, accurate periodic submissions to the Superintendencia Financiera.
- •Manage Colombian tax compliance and planning — renta, retención en la fuente, ICA, and GMF (4×1000) — and maintain a strong working relationship with the DIAN.
- •Deliver a clean upward consolidation package under IFRS/US GAAP, applying Group general ledger, chart of accounts, and close discipline; manage intercompany flows, transfer pricing, and foreign-investment registration with the Banco de la República.
- •Build and embed the internal control environment, including SOX 404 readiness.
- •Act as the company's principal finance interface with the SFC and external auditors.
Conditions
- •Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions.
- •Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication.
- •Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community.
- •Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together.
- •High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who dare to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances.
Requirements
- •Proven finance leadership experience within a CompañÃa de Financiamiento, bank, or other SFC-regulated institution is required.
- •Hands-on experience with regulatory reporting to the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) and a strong understanding of the regulatory framework.
- •Deep expertise in NIIF (Colombian IFRS), statutory reporting, month-end close, and consolidation.
- •Strong Colombian tax knowledge — renta, retención en la fuente, ICA, GMF (4×1000) — with an established DIAN relationship.
- •Proven track record in SFC regulatory reporting for a licensed credit institution.
- •Experience preparing consolidation packages under IFRS and/or US GAAP, including intercompany flows, transfer pricing, and Banco de la República foreign-investment registration.
- •Experience building or operating an internal control environment, ideally toward SOX 404 readiness.
- •Fluent Spanish and English, with the ability to operate effectively within an international group structure.