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Lille, Fr

São Paulo, Brasil

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

o Direct report to regional head of FP&A Latam, managing 2 talents and leading finance teams towards Latin America strong and sustainable growth.o Coordination of month end close, forecast and annual budget cycles - accountable for tracking & explaining performance variations, the reasons why and acting alongside multifunctional teams to mitigate the main drivers and leverage the best opportunities.o Preparation of monthly financial reviews to the Executive Committee, reporting full P&L with detailed analysis by country, brand/category, pricing vs inflation and risks & opportunities + right storytelling to help the executives focusing on what is more important so they can confidently make the best decision for the company. o Support the strategic plan agenda, focused on the long term (5 year plan).o Support the local finance teams in M&A and divestiture processes.o Finance digital transformation Latam lead, managing a Data Analytics analyst and acting as a PMO of main projects focused on automation and process optimization - challenging the status quo, asking questions others haven't thought, connecting multifunctional areas and simplifying the complex.

São Paulo

- Category Financeo E2E P&L for RB: net revenue, margin and profitability analysis. Deep dive into main deviationso Financials for new product lauch availabilityo Marketing spend: budget control for marketing and trade marketing initiativeso Business partner for marketing and trade marketing teams- FP&A Brazilo Plan and forecast processeso Month/year closing process and analysis for leadership team presentationso Responsible for full P&L of commercial business unit- Tax Financialso Tracking of tax benefits (M&D)o Mapping of tax opportunities: risks and opps

São Paulo, São Paulo

- Trade terms re-designo Payment terms standardizationo Pricing structure harmonization by channels and brandso Off-invoice efficiency study: gross sales to shelf price optimization- Price Increase process optimization: alignment of marketing price strategies oriented to sales execution. Analysis of trade investment sufficiency vs competition- Drastic reduction of price divergence due to new robust on invoice discounts control- FP&A Commercial Finance: analysis of closing figures by customer and product segments, mapping topline P&L deviations vs forecast.- NPD: new product development pricing- Creation of new Pricing reports in ERP (JDE) – on invoice trade spend tracker- Masterdata on invoice adjustments management in ERP.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

- Sales structure change project: all RB Home and Hygiene prices recalculated to set a new Pricing structure to fit Sales vision by channel and regional location.- Pricing focal point to Home & Hygiene and Healthcare business unit I) Map and correct all price divergences II) Provide technical support for the new Health Sales Finance created III) J.D.Edwards knowledge transfer for the new Finace team IV) Control and analysis of OTC sell in prices (Over The Counter - medicines regulated by Anvisa-CMED) V) Advanced Price (on invoice discounts) optimization and harmonization VI) Efficiency tracking of new trade terms over gross sales and net revenue VII) Pricing deployment due to new DCs opening- Financial support for the Sales team: customer in-depth analysis aligning trade/marketing, category and channel strategies.- New Product Development (NPD): pricing and P&L for new products.- New Ship To Price Table: construction of all RB products for a brand new ship to considering the customer channel and location.- On invoice discounts calculation per SKU/Customer and masterdata management in ERP (J.D.Edwards)

São Paulo

Pricing Intern- Responsible for Weeks of Stock Report: calculation of RB customers' days on hand considering sell in, sell out, transit and stock informed. Analysis of the scenario and the outliers, showing potential issues for the Sales Team.- Member of the Genesis team - calculation of all sell in prices after taxation changes due to M&D process (split between Industry and Commercial). - Financial support for the Sales team: customer in-depth pricing analysis, aligning trade/marketing, category and channel strategies- New Product Development (NPD): pricing and P&L for new products.- New Ship To Price Table: construction of all RB products for a brand new ship to, considering the customer channel and location.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

- Responsible for goals calculation and KPIs update for balanced scorecards and masterdata management in Mereo- Construction of managerial reports with the main target deviations for the executive comittee- Interface with FP&A global team for P&L analysis

Executive Mba, Finance

Bachelor, Industrial Engineering

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