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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Responsible for the financial management of various operations across Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia), working closely with global teams. Key responsibilities include:• Financial Close: Leading the monthly close process, including reviewing account reconciliations, variance analysis, and ensuring the accuracy of financial information.• Service Management: Overseeing external service providers, ensuring quality and timely delivery, with a focus on meeting SLAs.• Tax Compliance: Supporting tax-related matters in collaboration with local and global tax departments.• Asset Management: Managing the entire lifecycle of fixed assets, from acquisition to disposal, ensuring compliance with IFRS and US GAAP standards.• Financial Analysis: Conducting financial analyses to support strategic decision-making.• Process Improvement: Implementing projects to optimize financial processes, automation, and internal controls.• Team Management: Providing indirect leadership, delegating tasks, and developing talent.• External Audit: Managing statutory audits in Brazil and Colombia.Key achievements in 1 year:• Reduced intercompany payables by 25%.• Decreased tax burden in a specific intercompany operation by 95%.• Defined and corrected the company's Share-Based Compensation accounting.• Implemented cutoff dates to ensure the efficiency and accuracy of financial information.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Responsible for performing the accounting analysis of all balance sheet accounts;• Responsible for preparing and presenting quarterly reports with analysis of variations in the Balance Sheet and Income Statement;• Support in the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing process;• Preparation of aging reports to track balances in the Balance Sheet;• Preparation of rebate calculations;• Development of controls to mitigate potential errors;• Responsible for assisting other departments in providing necessary information for Audits and Tax Inspections;• Proactively contacting other teams to understand and follow up on open topics;• Responsible for coordinating the external audit process, serving as the main point of contact for internal areas and ensuring the delivery of requests;• Preparation of Financial Statements in Brazil, the United States, and Canada (IFRS/BRGAAP/USGAAP);• Relevant ad hoc analysis within the area.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Responsible for statutory reporting in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia);• Monitoring the work of internal and external auditors;• Preparation of Financial Statements in Brazil;• Providing accounting support to all departments of the company, such as creating and/or allocating balance sheet and income statement accounts, validating new scenarios within the SAP system, identifying potential issues, among others;• Analysis of monthly financial closing;• Support for Risk & Control Matrix (RCM) and Minimum Control Standard (MCS) reports;• Preparation of Control Environment Council (CEC).

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Responsible for analyzing monthly closing management reports for 5 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico);• Approval of balance sheet account reconciliations;• Control of fixed asset projects;• Support for Annual Budget and its quarterly revisions;• Reconciliation of the global system with the local systems of each country;• Analysis and implementation of improvements in accounting processes.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Analysis of the balance sheet and income statement of 5 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico), identifying variations and explaining them to stakeholders with different reporting lines in Oracle HFM (Hyperion Financial Management);• Preparation of account reconciliations;• Collaboration with the Shared Service Center located in Poland, identifying issues and implementing preventive controls.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Accounting support for the implementation of the SAP system in 5 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico);• Validation of accounting parameters for each type of operation (purchases, sales, etc.);• Preparation and validation of initial balance uploads for the new system.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Controlling, Audit And Compliance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting