Colombia
I am a senior finance bilingual professional with more than 25 years of experience in finance and business administration in corporations across Latin America. Proven to lead effective and efficient teams that work to exceed the financial goals of my employers and shareholders. I have senior level management experience in multiple organizational areas, such as accounting, taxes, forecasting, treasury, compliance & reporting, administration and finance.
Responsible for the company’s accounting, reporting, and fiscal compliance group (27 employees). Responsibilities include: • Redesigning, optimizing and improving the company’s administrative processes to help determine needed information systems and other support required to achieve the company’s strategic goals. • Ensuring accuracy and quality of the financial information provided to the to the headquarters office. • Effecting organizational change when needed to ensure that the Neiva office, which is in charge of backoffice processes, continuously provides quality services to the corporation while ensuring compliance with local legal requirements.
Legal representative for the company, responsible for the accounting, finance, purchasing and logistics, and tax compliance. Leader of a team of 13 employees. Responsibilities included: • Managing the company’s finances and operations to achieve corporate mission and strategies. • Performing the duties of Controller, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and legal requirements, and reporting directly to the Latin American CFO based in Houston. Wood Group Peru is a company with $50 millón usd in annual sales that executes two industrial maintenance contracts with Pluspetrol, BPZ Energy and one LTSA (long term contract agreement) with Peru LNG for the maintenance of major equipment.
Provided financial, technical and legal support to Wood Group financial teams across South America—including those in the Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, and Peru offices—with the primary goal of developing, streamlining, and improving compliance with corporate policies, local legal requirements, and reporting requirements. Wood Group E&PF Management Inc., is the WG Houston Administrative and Support Company to the Americas