Paulo Roberto Silva

CFO | Finance Director | Diretor Financeiro | LATAM | Controller | Controladoria | FP&A | M&A | Tesouraria | USGAAP | IFRS | Alphaville

Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil

About

Over 30 years of progressive finance leadership across Brazil and LATAM in top-tier multinationals: STANLEY BLACK DECKER, HONEYWELL, ATLASCOPCO, BERTELSMANN, BIG4 DELOITTE/ANDERSEN, TYCO, and SARALEE (now JDE). Deep expertise in FP&A, controllership, commercial finance, treasury, tax planning, M&A, and internal controls. Key Achievements: • Margin Optimization: Drove +5% overall product margin improvement over 5 years through financial data restructuring, cost analysis, pricing strategy, and daily cross-functional alignment with commercial and marketing teams on product-level and customer-level P&L, forecasts, and margin drivers. • FP&A Transformation in LATAM: Led the design and implementation of an integrated FP&A tool across 7 LATAM countries: Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and CCA — enabling real-time budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting. • ERP Implementation: Led end-to-end SAP implementation across 2 Distribution Centers and 2 Manufacturing Plants, including process standardization, data migration, internal controls, and user training. • Revenue Recognition (US-GAAP): Redesigned and deployed a new Revenue Recognition operating model under US-GAAP, restructuring order-to-cash workflows, contract reviews, and financial reporting to ensure full compliance. • M&A & Post-Merger Integration: Led financial due diligence, valuation, and post-merger integration for multiple acquisitions, including systems consolidation, policy harmonization, and synergy tracking. • Digital Finance & AI: Currently leading the digital transformation of the finance function, deploying AI-powered automation for reconciliation, forecasting, reporting, and operational efficiency — reducing manual processes and enabling real-time strategic insights. • Brazilian CPA Certified.

Experience

  • Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (11 yrs 3 mos)
    • CFO Brazil
      May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

    • Controllership Director
      Apr 2015 - Oct 2020 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      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: SAP - Business in Brazil: • Home Products; • Power Tools; • Hand Tools; • Industrial Tools; • Tools Accessories.

  • Entrepreneur - Disney Store Products (Owner) at Disney Franchising (Fantasia)
    Dec 2012 - Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    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.

  • Country Controller at Honeywell
    Oct 2013 - Aug 2014 · 11 mos

    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

  • Regional Controller for LatAm and Brazil SSC Leader at Atlas Copco
    Feb 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

    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.

  • Controller at Arvato Brasil - Grupo Bertelsmann
    Oct 2008 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    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