Nuevo León, Mexico
Finance Professional Executive with 22+ years of diverse experience in financial services, leading fast-paced teams across dynamic organizations and environments in Latin America. Team leader who effectively meets goals through strong leadership, interpersonal communication, and analytical abilities. Experienced in establishing and implementing goals and objectives, managing change, designing successful financial strategies, overseeing budgets, toward targeted goals.
Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, pacing and reporting processes of 1.6B Base Cost in Renewables. Partner with the BUs to ensure efficient use of resources and proactively identify and execute on productivity opportunities to enable investments in growth/NPI programs. Finance expert for the transformation programs, restructuring & other structural cost-out actions. Strong partnership & collaboration with marketing, sales, global supply chain and HR business partners. Define and implement standardized processes, key success metrics and rigorous analytical tools to measure business results, financial performance & profitability drivers. Direct reports: 4 Manager & 15 Analyst. Main Accomplishments • Team reorganization, covering Tier II across globe. • Simplification on HC & C&B process • Successful activity transition and consolidation into Americas Ren Hub • 10% Stretches successfully allocated among Tier II.
Leading monthly and quarterly US Gap accounting closing, account reconciliations process, balance sheet review with Biz Partner. In charge of statutory conversion; including S2G identifications, KPMG audit and transfer price management for Biz in scope, across the region. Direct reports: 9 Manager & 54 Analyst. Main Accomplishments • Split team between US Gap and Statutory support, improving S2G metrics, reducing submission timing in ~ 100 days across Biz in Brazil. Model to be replicable during 2017/8 audits for the rest of the Biz in LatAm.
Provide support to 105 Legal entities, managing ~ 180K assets and 2B Net book value assets across the region. Centralizing FA process on US Gap and Statutory purpose with in Monterrey COE. Supporting Fixed Assets KPMG audits. Partnership with FA HQ based China. Responsible for overseen BPO operations and partnering with them on sourcing our team. Direct reports: 24 Mexico & 2 Brasil. Main Accomplishments • Realignment of the team on process wise approach, splitting the FA process in two workstream. • 0 CIP accounts unreconciled • KPMG audit centralization, reducing 10% hours on FA related analysis. • Gained Controllership Award 2016 for Closing 2 years past due internal audit.
Responsible for Us Gap & statutory reporting. Transfer pricing completion. External KPMG Audit completion on time. Direct Reports: 54 people from LatAm. Main Accomplishments • Awarded due to excellence on doing centralization of accounting process to Mty. We were able to transfer and reallocate 30+ people from several countries to Mty.
In charge of General Ledger accounts supervision (Assets &Liabilities on balance sheet) covering US Gap reporting for LatAm countries (Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia & Ecuador) P&L and Balance sheet review on Pre-& Post-close. SOX Internal Controls review. Preparation and report of Quarterly report BSR: Package 1-2, Future Lease Obligation and Hidden Liabilities Test Link between Service Center & Controllership Argentina P&L control, assessment between estimated and real expenses, analysis of deviations, accrual booking Direct Report: 8 Main Accomplishments • Accrual account analysis, 2 years unreconciled. • P&L reports on time, variation analysis implementation
General Accounting activities, Vendors account reconciliation, Provide information Monthly and annual Balance sheet preparation, Local and National taxes backup preparations and file. GL account reconciliation: Assets & Liabilities