The Brink's Company is a global leader in secure logistics and cash management, operating in more than 50 countries with a long-standing reputation for trust, resilience, and operational excellence. As part of a multi‑year finance transformation, Brink's is redefining its global accounting, reporting, and controls model to operate at scale through greater standardization, automation, and insight-driven execution.
The Market Controller plays a critical leadership role in this transformation. This position is accountable for the integrity, timeliness, and compliance of all financial reporting across the Market. The role serves as the single point of accountability for close execution, consolidation, controls, statutory and external reporting, and audit outcomes, combining deep technical accounting leadership with strong operational and execution governance.
Reporting Relationship:
Reports directly to the Global Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
Core Responsibilities
Market-Level Financial Close & Reporting Leadership
Own end-to-end oversight of the period close and consolidation across the Market, including multiple legal entities, operating models, and currencies.
Ensure close calendars are achieved with consistency, accuracy, and predictability.
Review and approve market-level trial balances, key estimates, and high‑judgment accounting entries.
Serve as the primary escalation point for issues impacting financial integrity, compliance, or timing, driving resolution in partnership with market teams and center-led functions.
Market Execution & Delivery Ownership
Drive Market close performance, including fleet accounting, intercompany eliminations, and complex multi-entity consolidations.
Serve as Brink's primary owner of Record-to-Report execution delivered through managed services, governing SLAs, KPIs, and structured service reviews with strong root-cause discipline.
Lead resolution of execution issues impacting close quality, cycle time, or reliability, with a focus on sustainable improvements rather than workarounds.
Accounting Policy & Technical Leadership
Act as the Market authority on the application of US GAAP (and IFRS where applicable), ensuring consistent execution of global accounting policies.
Review and approve complex, non‑routine transactions and policy exceptions within established governance frameworks.
Partner closely with Corporate Technical Accounting and Finance Centers of Excellence to ensure effective policy implementation across entities.
SOX, Controls & Risk Management
Own market-level accountability for Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) across market entities.
Partner closely with the Corporate Controller and SOX teams on control design, operating effectiveness, deficiency remediation, and audit readiness.
Identify and manage financial reporting risks, ensuring timely mitigation and clear executive visibility where required.
External Reporting, Regulatory & Audit Leadership
Oversee statutory and regulatory reporting across jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local and corporate requirements.
Lead engagement with external auditors, including audit planning, information coordination, issue resolution, and final sign-off.
Maintain a continuous state of audit readiness through strong documentation, defensible accounting judgments, and disciplined evidence retention.
Own remediation of audit findings, delivering durable control and process improvements.
Data Integrity, Master Data & Governance
Champion financial data integrity across the market, including chart-of-accounts usage, hierarchy governance, and master data changes impacting multiple entities.
Ensure financial reporting structures enable accurate consolidation, reporting transparency, and scalability.
Transformation & Continuous Improvement
Play a leadership role in shaping Brink's future global accounting and close model.
Drive standardization, simplification, and automation across the market accounting and reporting processes.
Partner with finance transformation, technology, and operations teams to improve scalability while maintaining strong financial controls.
Help shift the organization toward a more predictable, analytics‑enabled close and reporting environment.
Talent Leadership & Development
Build bench strength across the controllership organization, including succession planning for critical roles.
Qualifications & Experience
Required / Preferred Background
12-15 years of progressive controllership or senior accounting leadership experience in complex, multi‑entity environments.
Proven ownership of public-company controllership, including SOX compliance and SEC reporting in a multinational context.
Deep technical expertise in US GAAP with hands‑on experience applying standards in operational close environments.
Demonstrated experience leading statutory reporting, managing external auditors, and resolving complex accounting issues.
Proven track record of improving close quality, strengthening controls, and reducing defects or cycle time.
Experience governing shared services or managed service providers, including SLA/KPI oversight and continuous improvement initiatives (required, given Accenture delivery model).
Additional Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
CPA or equivalent professional certification strongly preferred.
Strong analytical and judgment skills with the confidence to challenge results and drive fact‑based decisions.
Ability to lead effectively across geographies, cultures, and hybrid delivery models.
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Experience leading through organizational or delivery model transitions (e.g., outsourcing, regional consolidation) preferred.
