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Gainesville, FL, US

Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

Implementation and development of Agro.Club, a global AgTech solutions provider, in Brazil. Making grain commercialization more transparent, efficient, and risk-free for all players involved.

Uberlândia Area, Brazil

• Managed the Brazilian operations of the company, leading the whole process from strategic planning to its implementation. The company operates in grains trading and crushing, with a turnover of $600+ million.
• Led a complete turnaround of a large agribusiness company, which included the sales of unprofitable assets, organizational restructuring, and negotiation with different stakeholders, reverting annual losses into a.
• Directed growth on trading activities through soybean export by redefining the business model, enhancing sourcing strategy and negotiation of new export corridors and logistic options, increasing it to 1.5 million.

Uberlândia Area, Brazil

• Oversaw all financial operations of the company, including accounting, planning, tax, HR, and IT with a team of 50 direct reports. Representative of the company on all legal and business issues, negotiating actively.
• Performed a thorough transformation on cash flow management and negotiation of bank credit lines, resulting in the optimization of company´s resources and new credit lines of more than $200 million, providing the basis.
• Implemented tax planning in trading and crushing businesses, resulting in $30M+ in tax refunds, tax optimization between Brazilian states and utilization of benefits for commodities export.

Uberlândia Area, Brazil

• Managed treasury, invoicing, contract management and strategic sourcing, with 25 direct reports. The company provides outsourcing and business solutions services, with a turnover of $240 million, and 18,000 employees.
• Coordinated the implementation of finance and procurement activities at the shared service center provided to Algar Group by IBM, allowing a cost reduction of 30% and utilization of best practices.
• Improved collection process, through workflow redesign and effective negotiation on relevant overdue accounts, reducing collection period by 15% (53 to 46 days).

Campinas Area, Brazil

• Directed the financial business unit for South America, leading treasury, tax, accounting, and planning. The company develops, manufactures, and supplies chemical ingredients, with a turnover of $500M, and 500 employees.
• Restructured finance department, allowing an improved cash management process, with a 30% reduction in financial expenses, and improved financial planning.
• Implemented a planning and accounting ERP, allowing an improved account reconciliation and reporting process to the company´s headquarter in the US, while complying with Brazilian tax policies (NF-e, SPED Tax and.

Londrina Area, Brazil

• Managed controlling, tax, accounting, planning and legal departments, overseeing 30 direct reports. The company operates in crop protection and seeds businesses, with a turnover of $3.9B and 7,000 employees.
• Restructured accounting and controlling departments in six months, improving processes and team development, resulting in increased efficiency and savings of 15%.
• Implemented a tax planning project, negotiating value added tax (VAT) tax credits of $5M, improving the company’s cash flow and reformulating the company’s logistics model, bringing further savings.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Directed Latin America Controlling team with 30 direct reports. Led planning, budgeting, and business strategy review. The company operates in crop protection and seeds businesses, with a turnover of $22B+ and 33,000.
• Implemented the regions financial Control function within six months, collaborating with the teams in multiple countries on the development of the company´s new planning system.
• Coordinated the budget process and meetings with the executive board for its presentation and approval, following the guidelines of the headquarters in Germany.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Managed Central America and Andean Pact Controlling, reporting to regional CFO and to the headquarters in Germany.
• Supervised the preparation of the annual budget within the countries in the region, ensuring compliance with deadlines and information quality.
• Developed an information management system in four months, allowing the preparation and analysis of the financial information for regional management and the headquarters of the company.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Coordinated planning and controlling activities, leading budget preparation and execution. Analyzed and reported financial results, working with local management team on business improvement actions.
• Coordinated the restructuring of the seeds business, with the design of a strategic action plan, and its implementation with commercial, production, and other areas of the company, resulting in the reversion of a.
• Organized the divestment of the seeds business unit (corn and soybean), defining the best strategy for handling the sales of assets, negotiation, and due diligence process.

Uberlândia Area, Brazil

Coordinated reporting of the Commercial team and led the implementation of a sales information system. Peixoto is a wholesale distributor of household goods with a turnover of $200 million.

Uberlândia Area, Brazil

Implemented internal controls within the meat processing plants and performed operational audit processes in different areas of the company. Led the reconciliation of tax and the preparation of financial reports.

Master Of International Business, Business Administration And Management

Mba, Finance, Communication And Investors Relations

Mba, Business Management

Bachelor, Accounting