Finance Director, LATAM

Finance Director, Pandora LATAM  

At Pandora, we give a voice to millions of people’s loves every day through our beautiful products that empower self-expression. We are proud to be part of the most important moments in our customers' lives. Where original thinking is welcomed and can create a positive impact quickly, we dream big, dare to act, and deliver with care and passion.  

Join us and craft more than just an incredible career. 

The Role:  

As Finance Director, LATAM, you will be overseeing all financial aspects of Pandora LATAM consisting of a total of 16 countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Panama.  

The Cluster Finance function works closely with cluster and global stakeholders to drive accurate financial reporting, business performance, manage commercial results, and identify opportunities for improvement. 

The Cluster Finance Director is responsible for driving decisions, strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting, delivering management information, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. 

The role involves providing coaching to the finance team, guiding strategic projects, and executing analysis of cluster initiatives and new service offerings. 

This role works with Cluster and Global Commercial Finance to bring best practice to the market, drawing on global insight and data. 

The role requires a combination of strong business acumen, commercial finance, and partnering and communication skills, and the ability to guide strategic projects within the market, e.g., new category/channel/product creation and launch. The strong combination of business acumen is what drives increased business performance in the market, being the preferred business partner for the local management teams.  

Required competencies include high energy, strategic understanding, stakeholder management, effective communication, people management, change management skills, and an international mindset. 

Leadership:  

This role includes direct responsibility for at least three team members, oversight of local functions, and overall management responsibility for 13 full-time employees (FTEs), 2 in direct reports.  

We are seeking an experienced leader with the ability to inspire and manage a high-performing team with a focus on development and collaboration.  

You will be building trust throughout the organization and towards Global, fostering accountability, teamwork, and excellence at all levels. 

Reporting Structure:  

The Finance Director, LATAM, reports to both the LATAM GM and SVP, Global Commercial Finance, and is expected to be an active member of the Global Finance  

Qualifications:  

• +8 years of experience in a senior business finance role, ideally from a Cluster/Market FD Role within a global organisation – a mix of US/Europe and LATAM experience is preferred  

• Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry 

• Understand strategic development and business priorities 

• Strong demonstratable stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing 

• Strong and effective communication  

• Change management skills 

• Fluency in English - verbal and written. Spanish is a plus.  

• An international mindset. 

• Willing to travel regularly and an international mindset.  

About Pandora LATAM:  

Our Corporate Office is in Panama City, Panama, in Central America. From there, we provide support to all our stores and colleagues in the region, and manage the distribution of our Pandora jewellery across the region 

The Pandora LATAM team consist of more than 110 employees working at our office in Panama City, and additional 50+ employees working in our regional office in Mexico.  

The Pandora Latin America region encompasses over 700 points of sale, including over 590 Owned and Operated stores.  

About Pandora:  

Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.  

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023.   

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.