Finance and Reporting Team Leader

Montevideo, UruguayPermanentPosted Jul 29, 2026

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

As a Finance and Reporting Team Leader, you will be responsible for coordinating and leading the GL & Reporting team, ensuring the accurate and timely execution of accounting and financial reporting processes. You will ensure compliance with IFRS, corporate guidelines, and internal controls while driving continuous improvement and supporting the development of the team.

How you create impact

  • Supervise the daily activities of the Accounting and Reporting team.
  • Ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual closings are completed within corporate deadlines.
  • Review and validate journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reports.
  • Coordinate financial audits and prepare financial statements.
  • Drive process improvements, automation, and standardization initiatives.
  • Lead team training, development, and engagement activities.Maintain strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and ensure compliance with company policies.

What we would like you to bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting (required).
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting within multinational environments, including experience leading teams and coordinating audits.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Advanced English proficiency, both written and spoken.

What's in it for you

Are you passionate about leading teams and ensuring excellence in financial processes?

Join Kuehne+Nagel as a Finance GL & Reporting Team Leader and become part of a global company where your work makes a real impact.

Your career can be much more than you imagine!

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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