Clara is the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We've built the leading solution for companies to make and manage all their payments. We already help over 20,000 large and growing businesses operate with agility and financial clarity through locally issued corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and a powerful B2B platform built for scale.

Clara is backed by some of the most successful investors in the world, including top regional VCs like monashees, Kaszek, and Canary, and leading global funds like Notable Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures, SV Angel, Citius, Endeavor Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs - in addition to dozens of angel investors and local family offices.

Financial Operations

Lead / Global Controller to join Clara's dynamic finance team. In this role, you'll own controllership end-to-end, from the monthly close to the annual audit, while modernizing how the function operates. We're looking for candidates with an AI-native mindset and proven experience automating key finance workflows.

You'll report directly to the CFO and work closely with the country controllers, as well as FP&A;, Treasury, Legal, and our external auditors. We're prioritizing applicants based in Mexico City and São Paulo, but are open to remote arrangements for the right candidate. Lead our end-to-end annual financial audit, working closely with our external auditor and local controller teams.

Plan the audit calendar, resolve technical accounting questions, and manage the relationship through to a signed opinion. Take a integral perspective on our financial operations, supporting treasury, regulatory, tax, and other relevant requirements.

Maintain a strong internal controls environment: policies, close checklists,



and account reconciliations as we continue scaling toward public-market expectations. Support lenders, investors, and regulators with audited financials and relevant due diligence requests as they arrive. Own NetSuite as our system of record, while also implementing AI tools and automation across the closing cycle and other key finance team workflows.

Build a unified controllership operating model across our local teams so every country controller works the same way. 8 - 10+ years of accounting or controllership experience, including ownership of multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation. Startup and fintech experience is also a plus – you understand the regulatory and operational context of running finance in LatAm. Proven track record leading annual audits with a Big 4 firm from planning through opinion, including technical accounting memos.

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business. MBA or CPA is a plus. Bilingual proficiency in English as well as Spanish and / or Portuguese is required. B2B fintech for spend management Certified as one of the world's fastest-growing companies, a LinkedIn Top Startup .

Product-led, high-talent-density culture — designed for builders who raise the bar. Portuguese, Spanish, and English (Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths hybrid work model If you're ready for growth, ownership, and impact — apply now and help us redefine B2B finance in Latin America. Clara's Hybrid Policy Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office, talking to or visiting customers, or working from home.

We don't enforce a minimum number of days for most roles, but you're expected to spend time at the office organically, and be at the office most days during your ramp-up or when required by your leader.

📌 Financial Business Administrator (Tijuana)
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