Leader responsible for the management and administration of the firm's financial and tax activities, ensuring the financial soundness and regulatory compliance, as well as offering expert advice to clients on tax optimization & financial strategies.Implement financial policies and procedures to improve operational efficiency and profitability of the firm.Tax Advice: Provide to clients comprehensive tax advice including tax planning, compliance with tax obligations and tax risk management.Sustain changes in tax legislation and its impact on the firm and clients. Represent clients before tax authorities in audits and procedures.Financial Strategy: Develop long-term financial strategies aligned with the objectives of the firm and clients. Identify investment and financing opportunities that maximize value for the company and clients. Participate in forums and conferences to represent the firm and expand your professional network.

• Implemented an ERP with positive impact on productivity, assertiveness and cost reduction.• Created a Shared Services team of 30 people: bilingual & trilingual.• Made a successful transition of the Accounts Payables and Travel expenses areas, from USA & Canada to the Service Delivery center in Mexico. An achievement that Mexico shared Globally.

• Identified 85MM USD of financial and fiscal risks, endorsed by professional firms.• Designed the financial and tax strategy between group companies for the use of 57MM USD of tax losses.• Recovered 25MM USD of VAT, additional to the pre-established objective, as a result of positive lobbying and convincing evidence before the authorities.• Obtained a cash flow benefit of 2.1MM USD as a result of highly effective renegotiations with suppliers.• Led a high-impact corporate restructuring and merger project, going from 32 to 8 group companies.• Created, reinvented and rebuilt highly competitive teams.

• Reduced the amount owed to the authority by 356MM USD as a result of positive lobbying and convincing evidence before the authorities through 2 governmental audits.• Achieved a 5MM USD increase in the company's cash flow, as a result of the decrease of provisional tax payments, approved by the authorities. • Reduced the external audit fees by 8%, as a result of the automation of the issuance of financial statements. Optimization of analysis against the audited ones.• Analyzed and created the expenses to be prorated and invoiced by the Shared Services area to the different companies of the group, taking care of factors such as the Profit share.• Regularized the ownership of land permitted by the “Registro Agrario Nacional” (RAN), as a result of the review and update of Series “T” Shares.• Carried out the hiring of the accounting team for the company-government investment project of “Cafesca” www.cafesca.com, the largest freeze-drying plant in Latin America in Tapachula Chiapas.• Successfully managed capital reductions and increases, in coordination with the professional firms in charge of the execution of legal acts and notices before the authority.• Certified the company in VAT matters before the authorities.• Coordinated and achieved, for the benefit of the company, the tax deduction of bad debts.• Coordinated with professional firms, writs of protection as a result of tax reforms considered unconstitutional.

• Implemented a corporate accounting reporting system. This brought with it new policies (change management).• Achieved large cash flow positive impacts as a result of renegotiations with customs agents (direct impact on our account instead of advances).• Achieved the automation of some processes such as payroll payment, fleet management and the control and monitoring of slow-moving inventories (this last one with tax benefits as a result of Inventory destructions in accordance with legal procedures).

• Manage the financial information acting as a link between Corporate Financial staff.• Directs the financial reporting and internal control of eighteen Distribution Centers along the Mexican Republic.• Whole accounting: Adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Policies.• Taxes, Finance reporting and analysis of Business plan vs. real results.• Distribution center IT and administrative area.• Inventory: Reconcile it with shipping and returns on a monthly basis.• Support meetings to ensure understanding of business environment and customer service requirements.

• COCA-COLA DE CHILE.; SANTIAGO-CHILE (SOUTH LATIN DIVISION) 2005 & 2006.South Latin-American countries.• COCA-COLA INTERAMERICAN; SAN JOSE-COSTA RICA. (LATIN CENTER DIVISION) 2003 & 2004.Central America, Caribean islands, Venezuela, Colombia & Ecuador.• COCA-COLA EXPORT CORPORATION (MEXICO DIVISION) 1996 – 2002 Mexican Republic• Designed and implemented a revenue system for the Coca-Cola system that was exported to Latin America ("SCAP").• SAP Latin America Implementation. A unique opportunity to challenge myself and create value thru many cross functional teams, lead and learn business processes.• My strength in budget control and reporting deviations to Atlanta allowed me to be the “back up” of the financial “peer” in Latin Center Division (Costa Rica), which triggered my long stay in Central and South America.• Generate financial information, acting as a link between the Division and Corporate (Atlanta, USA).• Business plan, analysis & explanation of variances versus real numbers to Corporate.• Consolidate financial information: Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Central America and the Caribbean• Budget and control of operational expenses.• Systems: implementation, special requirements and/or projects.• Latin American support in the SAP Finance and HR module• Purchasing, Marketing, TV and cooperative budget control. Promotional projects. Evaluation of new products.• Financial analysis of key accounts: contract review, financial evaluation and deferred obligations.

Operative audit for all Corporate offices and branches in the Mexican Republic.Issue recommendations, internal controls and final reports.

Financial auditor.