Coordinate with local accounting firm and US teams to have the financial statements up to date monthly• Make sure we are compliant with the Free Trade Zone Regime at all times• Help with quarterly and year-end financial statement audit activities and periodic corporate internal controls audit activities. Including local audits under the free trade zone regime• Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements to ensure accuracy and completeness.• Establish strategy and direction in alignment with strategic plans established by top management and executive leadership.• Ensure people, systems, processes, procedures, and metrics are in place to meet both annual and long-term objectives.• Build a vision for the accomplishment of objectives.• Estimate, forecast, and anticipate trends to develop a budget for the organizational level.• Monitor monthly budget vs. actual reports to ensure non-business justified over-runs are held to a minimum.• Create and implement changes to business processes, systems, and organizational structure to improve efficiencies.• Communicate information and policies from top management to lower management.• Develop and/or implement systems to measure and report the effectiveness of functional plans and programs and the accomplishment of objectives. Reports to senior management.• Build a culture focused on high performance, continuous improvement, and customer service that operates in partnership with business operations.• Ensure open, respectful, and collaborative cross-departmental communication among direct reports, their departments, and the rest of the organization.• Recommend improvements to senior management.

Responsible for the financial management of manufacturing company, including the definition and execution of systems and policies, promoting through leadership the growth of the operation according to global demand. Attainment of objectives and general procedures, including the generation of financial statements, data analysis in a timely manner.

Senior Leadership participation on start up operation in country of Global company.Main responsibilities: accounting (IFRS/US GAAP), budget, forecasting, reporting, tax mgmt, corporate tax reporting, internal control, audit, Free Zone Regime Management, contract setup, validation, billing and collections. Support to US, Mexico and Panama,Achievements:* Successful leadership on new operation started in country* Value add in support to Corporate initiatives for growth* Improve Budget and Forecasting Tools* Actively enrollment in mgmt projects to improve operation effectiveness including systems implementation* Effective support during acquisition process to other countries (i.e. accounting, compliance, tax, treasury)* Proactive engagement in new facility building construction and facilitation, budget control &, project management* Effective support in system platform migrations (i.e. SAP, Concur, etc)* Diligent participation in new deal business review and approval

Successful interim CFO position in Fiserv India Ltd, supporting local team and participating on various key projects related to cost and process improvements.Main responsibilities: people management, accounting (IFRS/US GAAP), budget, forecasting, reporting, tax mgmt, corporate tax reporting, internal control, audit, legal representation , IT infrastructure, Free Zone Regime Management, Facility Control and Maintenance along with related areas, contract revision and validation.Achievements:* Successful leadership on management transition* Value add in support to Corporate initiatives for growth* Implement internal control systems by identifying risks and creating controls to mitigate* Improve Budget and Forecasting Tools* Create and implement policies and procedures* Actively enrollment in mgmt projects to improve operation effectiveness including systems implementation

Main responsibilities: management, accounting, budget, reporting, tax mgmt, internal control, audit, legal, IT,Free Zone RegulationsAchievements:* Actively supported company transfer of operations from Europe sites into CR* Implement internal control systems by identifying risks and creating controls to mitigate (no audit issues determined since taking over in role)* Proactive manage to create project and sale to investors allowing the site to improve output capacity and purchase costs* Self started cost reduction initiative on freight costs * Successful leadership on implementing lean manufacturing techniques in the company * Create and implement policies and procedures in various areas within the company* Actively participated in mgmt projects to improve inventory levels* Deployment of ABC costing methodology allowing to increase cost accuracy and identify KPI’s to monitor and improve.

Main Responsibilities: management, accounting, budget, reporting, tax mgmt, internal control, audit, legal, IT, HR, Free Zone Regulations also on a temporary basis production, quality, planning, customer service, purchasing, logistics, whse control.Achievements: * Cost improvements among company processes* Implementation of additional production lines * Assume non traditional roles during restructuration of the company with successful impacts on the organization* Improved month end closing cycle time * Lead transition to a multinational work environment* Implemented processes and procedures across the company* Identify risks and define required controls for the company* Completed due diligence process on acquisition allowing the investors to recover funds due to incorrect financial statement representations evidenced.

Main Responsibilities: management, accounting, budget, reporting, tax mgmt, internal control, audit, legal & ITAchievements:* Lead profit improvement projects* Successful systems migration after complete system crash (1 month transition)* Developed an improved costing system allowing to determine accurate costs and initiate efforts to manage cost down ( 40% improved CPU)* Improved month end close cycle time from 10 days down to 2 days* Lead the creation of new business units in Central America building the required back office structure (reporting, controls, accounting, etc)* Improve internal control environment and compliance with corporate SOP