Deborah Guedes

Finance Manager @ KitchenAid

Grimbergen, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Finance Manager | FP&A & Finance Transformation | 12+ Years of Experience I turn complex financial data into clear decisions. With over 12 years across FP&A, cash flow management, AP/AR operations, and financial reporting, I partner with senior leadership to drive business performance — not just report on it. My background spans multinational environments across Brazil and Europe (Ernst & Young, AB InBev, Whirlpool/KitchenAid), where I’ve led month-end close cycles, built forecasting models I’m comfortable owning the numbers and the narrative behind them. What drive me is to make finance smarter. I’ve led process automation and visibility improvement initiatives using Anaplan, Power BI, SAP, and TM1 — reducing manual effort and increasing the accuracy of supply chain and cash flow reporting. I hold a certificate in Financial Management & Compliance from Insper and am fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish — an asset in the cross-border, cross-functional environments where I thrive.

Experience

  • KitchenAid EMEA Finance Operations Manager at Whirlpool Corporation
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Credit control management - Revision and approval of customer credit - Order management (block involving credit limit) - Revision of credit policy and communication to stakeholders - Process review with key stakeholders (AR, sales, OTD), resulting in 30% reduction of the disputes and overdue - Contact with sales and customer to solve more complex disputes PTP management - Implementation of PTP process for 7 new entities - Implementation of OCR system to automate invoice scanning - Implementation of automated payment run - Payment run reviewer - Follow up of master data change, vendor creation with procurement Cash flow reporting - Responsible for the Accounts receivable and payables balance sheet reconciliation - Preparation of cash flow forecast for accounts payable and receivable Team lead - People leader of accounts payable (3 people) and accounts receivable (4 people)

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (9 yrs 1 mo)
    • Supply Planning & Performance Business Cycle Manager
      Aug 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Responsible for month end cycle closing for vilc - Preparation of presentation for the senior leadership on Supply Chain closing - Responsible for WAPT and inventories closing and reporting to the senior leadership - Responsible for preparation of presentations for Global and Chief Supply Officer - Lead project to improve visibility of Supply Chain figures by brewery and cost/hl - Responsible for target setting

    • Business cycle FP&A Senior Specialist
      Mar 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Coordination of 3YP and 1YP process with GHQ functions and FP&A Zone teams. Responsible for running the P&L and Economic profit models and reviewing the outcomes with Global FP&A leadership. Scopes review and validation with Global FP&A Director and VP. Led project to create the integrated planning model in Anaplan, which moved the 3YP and 1YP excel models to an online tool, facilitating the visibility for all stakeholders

    • FP&A Junior Specialist
      Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Coordination of 1YP bottom-up process. Alignment of key deadlines with global stakeholders. Reconciliation of P&L 1YP top-down guidance with bottom-up submission. Led project and developed the 1YP bottom-up Anaplan model which anticipated the visibility of Total ABI budget calendarization by country and brand.

  • Audit II at EY
    Feb 2012 - Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Audit of financial statements (Br GAAP and US GAAP) Process mapping, risk assessment and performance of walkthrough (IFRS and SOX) Performance of test of Controls (IFRS and SOX) Inventory validation by test of Controls and test of details