Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Seasoned finance executive with 30+years of leadership experience across Brazil and LATAM in top-tier multinationals, including STANLEY BLACK DECKER, HONEYWELL, ATLASCOPCO, BERTELSMANN, BIG4 DELOITTE/ANDERSEN, TYCO, and SARALEE (now JDE). Recognized for elevating financial performance, operational excellence, governance, and organizational capability across complex, multi-country structures.CORE EXPERTISE:• Full P&L-aligned Finance leadership, overseeing Controlling, FP&A, Accounting (local & corporate), Treasury, Tax, Internal Controls, Compliance, Cost Accounting, C&C, and SSC operations.• Trusted strategic partner to Local Presidents, LATAM leadership, and Corporate executives—delivering fast, accurate, and decision-oriented financial insights to drive profitability, pricing, growth initiatives, operational KPIs, and risk mitigation.• Robust compliance and governance stewardship, ensuring SOX, USGAAP, IFRS, and BRGAAP adherence while fostering high performance, operational discipline, and long-term profitability across all business units.• Leadership of end-to-end financial planning cycles, including budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly outlooks, variance analysis, and executive presentations to local, regional, and corporate boards.• Design, transformation, and optimization of Finance Shared Services Centers across Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia & Peru), strengthening efficiency, service levels, governance, and financial controls.• Deep systems and ERP expertise, leading SAP implementations, as well as FP&A system solutions, including process redesign, integration, rollout, and user capability building.• Cross-functional leadership of regional strategic initiatives, including M&A integrations, legal entity consolidation and operational restructuring.• Strong track record in tax planning, financial modeling, cash flow optimization, and investment analysis, supporting growth, capital allocation, and value creation strategies.• Developer of high-performance Finance organizations, succession planning, organizational redesign, and a culture of accountability and ownership.• Direct interaction with key customers, explaining complex financial, commercial, and tax structures to support negotiations and strengthen pricing and margin excellence.• Expert oversight of tax books and statutory obligations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and mitigated financial risks.• Continuous improvement focused by always implementing new processes and new tools generating productivity.• Brazilian CPA Certified.
CONSUMABLE AND DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURING Brands in Brazil: Black+Decker, DeWalt, Stanley, Irwin and Lenox. Brazil Controllership Leader Company profile 2019: - Reporting to the Regional Controller in US - Manufactoring Plant for several consumer goods at Uberaba/MG and tools accessories at Carlos Barbosa/RS; - 2 Distribution Centers in SP and MG; - American Company - Employees: 1.600 - ERP: QAD (MFG Pro) / SAP and Hyperion (HFM) - Business in Brazil: • Home Products; • Power Tools; • Hand Tools; • Industrial Tools; • Tools Accessories.
A Toy Store located at a São Paulo Shopping Mall exclusively for Disney Products. Accountable only as investor from Dec-12 to Aug-14 and cumulated an operational manager role from Sep-14 to Dec-14 to try to recover the investiment. The Store was discontinued on December end thus the divestment was made in Feb-15.
DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS Brands in Brazil: Honeywell, Intermec, Howard Leight, Uvex and Miller. Head of Finance Brazil at Automation and Control Solutions Division (ACS) Company profile 2013: - Reporting to the Regional Controller abroad - Led 18 professionals - American Company - Employees: 800 - Manufactoring Plant for Special Projects at Alphaville and Scanning Equip at Itajuba/MG. - ERP: Microsiga / Hyperion - 7 Business Units under ACS Division
DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURING Brands in Brazil: Atlas Copco & Chicago Pneumatic Latin America Finance Head of Atlas Copco Shared Services Center and Brazil SSC Leader for IT, HR and Purchasing areas as well. Company profile 2012: - Reporting to the Global SSC lead - Led 30 Professionals in Finance and more 26 indirectly ones in IT, HR and Purchasing Areas, totalizing 56 professionals - Swedish company - Operational Brands in Brazil: Atlas Copco and Chicago Pneumatic - Employees: 1.100 - Manufactoring plant in São Paulo for compressors, pneumatic tools and industrial automation.
CONSUMABLE GOODS MANUFACTURING Licensed Brands in Brazil from: Disney, Sony, Universal, Warner and others. Brazil Entity names: Arvato and Sonopress A Public Company (S/A) headquatered in Germany. Company Profile 2010: - Reporting to Brazil CFO and CEO - Led 35 professionals in Finance - German Company - Employees: 1.200 - Manufactoring plant in São Paulo, Manaus, Hortolandia and Osasco for CDs, DVDs, BDs and Printing material; - ERP: SAP R/3