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Belém, Pa, Br

Belém, Pará, Brazil

In this role, I lead financial transformation initiatives that integrate automation, analytics, and cloud-based solutions. My responsibilities include:- Strategic Digital Finance Initiatives: Aligning digital finance solutions with the strategic objectives of GBS Finance LATAM to drive efficiencies and insights across departments.- Advanced Analytics and Automation: Developing automated dashboards and reporting systems for real-time decision-making in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and Controllership. I utilize Azure Databricks for machine learning, streaming data, and Delta Live Tables, as well as SAP Datasphere to perform in-depth analytics on SAP S/4HANA data.- Project Management for Complex Initiatives: Overseeing high-complexity digital finance projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring the timely and quality delivery of impactful solutions.- Cloud Infrastructure and Data Governance: Optimizing and managing Azure resources while implementing robust data governance policies to ensure regulatory compliance (GDPR, LGPD).- Stakeholder Collaboration: Acting as a central point of communication for financial stakeholders, ensuring alignment between technical solutions and business needs, and negotiating with global technology vendors to deliver high-quality solutions.

Belém, Pará, Brazil

Leading innovation strategies, business improvements, and digital transformation to Finance Processes (Corporate Finance) in Latin America

Belém, Pará, Brazil

• Driving innovation being part of Hydro Performance Team, inside its Global Business Services Finance in Latin America (GBS Finance Latam). • Development and implementation of a Cloud Infrastructure to serve with data the Finance Process of Hydro Globally. Use of Data Lake, Data Factory (ETL), Data Bricks (ETL), Data Warehouse (Azure SQL Database) and many other resources to bring solutions to Hydro's Global Business Services. • Use of Celonis to identify opportunities with the use of this Process Mining Software. • Development, follow up and management of projects and tasks related to finance reporting, analysis and process improvement at the following departments: Transactional Services, Tax, Accounting and Assets. • Use of Python and PySpark to build ETL and data quality processes using Single Nodes or Distributed Systems. • Leverage Microsoft 365 tools in order to connect its resources (SharePoint, Power BI, Power Automate, Forms, Planner, Teams) to build integrated solutions to serve the business areas. • Use of RPA to extract data from SAP ERP Modules and stage it in data warehouse to serve Power BI reports.

São Paulo, Brazil

Teaching the theory and technical considerations for building predictive Machine Learning models using Python, enabling students to solve real-world problems across various sectors and create a portfolio to showcase their skills to future employers.

São Paulo, Brazil

Instructor of Data Analytics subjects such as:- RFM- SQL Query- Data Warehouses- Data Lake Buildings- Business Intelligence with Power BI- API Connections with Power BI- ETL Softwares: Extract, Transform & Load Data- Data Visualization & Storytelling - Statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential)- Data Architecture - Linear Regression & Predictive Modeling - Classification of Grouped Data

Belém, Pará, Brazil

• Deployment of reports, data validation and automatic data extraction using SQL Query, Python and Power BI.• Lead the implementation of Power BI and Business Warehouse as a single source of truth in the company. • Elaboration of studies and simulations of changes in the company's economic and strategic planning. • Responsible for the reformulation and validation of logistical processes: KPI Book, Flowcharts, Checklists, Departmental Organization Chart, Work Instructions. Ensuring adoption in all units of the company. • Implementation of internal projects using Agile Methodology and Project Model Canvas.

Belém E Região, Brasil

Coordination of 40 warehouses and its 11 supervisors in 21 branches, present in 9 States in Brazil. Development of standard operational procedure manuals. Audit all inventories nationwide. Structuring of third-party material management processes. Responsible for the report distribution in company using Power BI. Development and follow-up of action plans to improve infrastructure and logistics procedures.

Porto E Região, Portugal

Estudos avançados (minor degree) em Engenharia Ambiental na Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Bolsa de estudos adquirida através do programa Ciências Sem Fronteiras, do Governo Federal. Estudos caracterizados pela pesquisa de métodos de contenção de contaminantes (hidrocarbonetos) em solos atingidos por desastres ambientais.

Belém E Região, Brasil

Support in the development of revenue budgets. Created optimized revenue tracking. Follow-up of market trends and commodity prices of vegetable oils worldwide. Business intelligence study applied to commodities. Feasibility study applied to the palm oil market in the Amazon. Study of optimization of logistics of palm oil production in the Amazon.

Belém E Região, Brasil

• Supervisionar o dia a dia das operações de compra e armazenagem da empresa em âmbito nacional;• Dar apoio à gerencia na formulação de relatórios em Excel para tomadas de decisão;• Certificar que os processos aprovados estão sendo executados pelas equipes remotas;• Dar suporte no desenvolvimento de estratégias para o departamento Logístico;• Manter comunicação diária com equipe remota para alinhamento de diretrizes da matriz;• Inspecionar armazéns em busca de validação dos cumprimentos de padrão de organização dos almoxarifados;• Representação corporativas em atividades locais especiais nas filiais: Início de operação de nova filial, desmobilização de filial, autorias internas e externas;• Avaliar possíveis ofensores dos processos logísticos e reportar para desenvolvimento de melhoria contínua.

Belém E Região, Brasil

Estágio em Gestão de Materiais com tecnologia MPDE®, sob supervisão da consultoria IMAM. Também foi desenvolvido um estudo de viabilidade econômica de implantação de uma fábrica de embalagens além do desenvolvimento de meu TCC na empresa.

Belém E Região, Brasil

Estágio em planejamento estratégico do sistema FIEPA. Implantação e acompanhamento dos indicadores de desempenho em conjunto com consultoria KPMG.

Belém E Região, Brasil

Assistência na criação e acompanhamento do orçamento dos projetos coordenados pelo departamento de Gestão de Projetos da instituição.

Bacharelado Em Engenharia, Engenharia De Produção

- Artigos publicados em anais de congressos e revistas: 1 Planejamento Agregado de Produção e algoritmo computacional (Curitiba). 2 Estudo.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Tecnologia Para Negócios, Mba Em Tecnologia Para Negócios

Tecnologia para Negócios: AI, Data Science e Big Data

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management

Mestrado Integrado Em Engenharia Industrial E Gestão, Engenharia E Gestão Industrial

Bolsa de estudo Graduação Sanduíche (SWG) na Universidade do Porto, Portugal, durante o período de Setembro/2012 a Agosto/2013 pelo.

Minor Degree, Environmental Engineering

Minor Degree in Environmental Engineering through brazilian governamental scholarship "Science without Borders".

Técnico Em Edificações, Construção Civil

Iniciação científica: Estudo granulométrico de uma jazida da Região Metropolitana de Belém.