Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Senior Finance Professional with 20 years of international experience across FP&A, Controlling and Finance Transformation. I specialize in building and fixing finance functions that work, from forecasting frameworks and executive dashboards to ERP implementations and shared service migrations. Known for being hands-on and results-driven, I translate complex financial data into clear insights for C-level and Private Equity stakeholders. I lead teams with a focus on accountability, skill-building and lasting impact. Key achievements: • Rebuilt finance functions from scratch in 3 countries (France, Spain, Switzerland), each time inheriting a dysfunctional operation and restoring full financial control and reporting standards • Led the standardization workstream of a Shared Service Center migration, delivering $1.2M in annual savings across 29 countries • Implemented Ramp virtual card solution to centralize $100M in annual consular fee payments, generating $1.5M in annual cashback and reducing payment rejections by 90% • Rebuilt cash forecasting accuracy across 29 countries, improving investor confidence in liquidity reporting • Designed Excel and Power BI dashboards giving Senior Leadership real-time visibility on business performance Areas of expertise: FP&A · Financial Controlling · Finance Transformation · ERP Implementation · Cash Flow Forecasting · Budgeting · Financial Modelling · Power BI · NetSuite · Shared Service Center Trilingual: French · English · Spanish
Promoted to Senior Director in January 2025 following expanded global scope across 29 countries. Reporting to SVP Finance, with regular exposure to CEO and CFO, and preparation of financial reporting for Private Equity stakeholders and lenders. • Led the standardization workstream of a Shared Service Center migration, project-managing the design and documentation of global SOPs across 29 countries and contributing to the organizational design of the new team. Project delivered $1.2M in annual savings. • Led the global rollout of NetSuite ERP across all group companies, maintaining all implementation deadlines • Implemented Ramp virtual card solution to centralize $100M in annual consular fee payments, generating $1.5M in annual cashback and reducing payment rejections by 90%, significantly boosting operational team productivity • Rebuilt the 13-week and annual cash forecasting process for 29 countries, dramatically improving accuracy and investor confidence • Designed Excel and Power BI dashboards giving the Senior Leadership Team real-time visibility on revenue trends, productivity and business performance
Promoted to establish and lead the newly created FP&A department, building processes, systems and frameworks from scratch across a global scope. • Led preparation of the consolidated budget for the travel business unit ($100M across 22 markets) • Built Excel and Power BI dashboards to measure operations team productivity and support business transformation • Presented weekly financial insights, revenue trends, risks and opportunities to Senior Leadership Team and Private Equity representatives • Modeled business cases for revenue growth initiatives and new market implementations
Brought in to fix a broken finance function in France, then progressively handed Spain and Switzerland for the same reason, each time inheriting a dysfunctional operation and rebuilding it from the ground up across 11 entities and 3 business lines (Travel, Immigration, Document Legalization, $25M combined revenue). • Rebuilt financial operations from scratch in France (2013), Spain and Switzerland, in each case inheriting a situation where basic financial hygiene was missing • Managed statutory audit processes for French entities over 10 years, maintaining a clean audit record with Grant Thornton and subsequently PwC, and building a strong relationship with external auditors • Led the legal, financial, fiscal and HR coordination of a group entity merger in Spain, consolidating multiple subsidiaries and delivering significant efficiency gains across payroll, VAT and financial reporting • Conducted a full cost review across all 3 countries, challenging vendor relationships, initiating RFPs and participating in negotiations, delivering $0.5M in cost savings • Drove $1M positive cash flow impact by reducing DSO, moving customers to prepayment, implementing a structured dunning process and conducting customer reviews jointly with account managers • Managed end-to-end financial operations: P&L, monthly reporting, compliance, audits and tax declarations across 3 countries simultaneously • Managed a team of three, progressively developing their skills from basic bookkeeping to higher value-added finance tasks, building a more capable and autonomous function over time • Participated in finance due diligence processes for company acquisitions, assessing financial controls, processes and reporting standards of target entities • After 10 years, voluntarily resigned to pursue a new challenge and was offered a newly created FP&A Director role to retain expertise and redirect it globally
Produced monthly P&L reports and managed weekly cash forecasts supporting senior management decision-making. Implemented CEGID as a billing tool, streamlining the invoicing process and improving operational efficiency.
Managed investment operations throughout their full life cycle. Implemented Sage Patrimoine software to automate asset depreciation calculations, improving financial process efficiency.
Supported SAP implementation for accounts receivable, defining requirements, creating reports and drafting internal procedures (SOX standards). Assessed customer creditworthiness and managed overdue accounts to minimize financial risk.