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Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal

Ferreira de Sá is currently one of the biggest and oldest existing companies producing rugs in Europe.Founded in Portugal in 1946 by Joaquim Ferreira de Sá, a dedicated manufactory in the north of Portugal, has maintained its roots and evolved into being the largest and one of the oldest luxury rug manufacturers in Europe.

Porto, Portugal

Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal

Interim CFO at Ferreira de Sá, one of the market leaders in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of luxury rugs.

Porto, Portugal

Porto, Portugal

Vila Do Conde, Porto, Portugal

Board member accountable for the financial, fiscal and IT functions, reporting directly to the Chairman of the BoD and to the owner’s representative (private equity). Leading a finance/IT team of ~10 people (partly outsourced).Job Mission: Oversee the company’s fiscal activity, including budgeting, reporting and auditing. Support and facilitate the company’s sale in the short-term.Key outcomes:• Financial costs optimization by ~20% and financial debt renegotiation.• Restructuring collections (reduction of average DSO by ~20%).• Extensive and successful due diligence on the company's sale process.

Porto Area, Portugal

Leading ~100 people, accountable for planning, managing and organizing the operations of the SSC provided services, aligned with group strategy based on SLA. Reporting to Group Corporate Controller (based in the US).Job Mission: Set up, from scratch, a global SSC structure (legal entity, office premises, team) to provide financial services such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cost Controlling to the group subsidiaries. Key outcomes:• Build up the SSC team with a distinctive continuous improvement culture.• Successful process transitions from Europe, US and Canada subsidiaries (>15 transitions).• Implementation of key technologies (ERP SAP and JDE) and IT enabling tools (ticketing system, AP workflow, closing cockpit).

Porto Area, Portugal | Montabaur, Germany

Lead the General Ledger team (10 direct reports in Portugal and Germany), reporting to Group VP Finance Operations (Germany). kp Europe: turnover ~€1Bln; ~3,000 people.Job Mission: Lead the accounting activities for the region, including oversight of financial closings and managing year-end audit process; develop best-in-class processes through automation and standardization; lay groundwork for a global SSC (namely R2R, P2P, O2C). Key outcomes:• Finance 2.0: group wide standardization and consolidation of processes and policies such as Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash and accounting guidelines. • Leading, developing and empowering a high-performance team in PT and Germany.

Porto E Região, Portugal

Porto E Região, Portugal

Porto E Região, Portugal

Accountable for all financial aspects of the business. Lead the Finance team (5 direct reports), reporting to Group VP Finance Europe & Asia (Germany). Legal representative with broad powers. Portugal: turnover ~€80Mio; ~300 people.Job Mission: Accountable for financial health of the company; monitoring business operations while setting a strong business partner culture with the functional areas. Key outcomes:• Finance 2.0 core team member in taskforce for finance transformation.• Best plant in Europe & Asia for 2 years in a row (operational/financial performance).• Matrix organization setting. S&OP meetings core team.• Direct involvement in several operational improvement projects (Lean/Kaizen culture).• Campus project. Large capex investment amounting >€10Mio with EU funds (QREN).• Zero Base project. Turnaround | segment profitability analysis | profitability >€20Mio.• kpOne project. Global ERP SAP harmonization across the group.• Shut down of two plants => new plant near Porto (greenfield investment: >€50Mio).

Porto E Região, Portugal

Porto E Região, Portugal

Core finance team member with 3 direct reports (since 2004) and reporting to CFO Iberia. Portugal: turnover ~€50Mio; ~200 people.Job Mission: Providing accurate and timely financial analysis, reporting, budgeting planning and monitoring internal controls, evaluating and managing risk. Coordinate audit process. Key outcomes:• ERP SAP rollout in Portugal. Project management and start-up team member.• Spain (Porriño, Vigo) subsidiary - setting up an internal control system.• Netherlands (Kerkrade) subsidiary - reorganization of financial department and closure of the annual audit. Focus on external audit and cash management.• Deployment of Finance Division in the new subsidiary in Brazil.

Porto E Região, Portugal

Lead Internal Audit team (5 direct reports), reporting directly to the Head of Internal Audit. Steering planned audits (operational and financial) of group companies.Key outcome: Internal audit planning established (operational and financial).

Porto E Região, Portugal

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit and collaborating with him, on planning and setting up an internal control structure. Conducting audits, presenting conclusions and solutions.Key outcomes:• Establishment of an Internal Audit department from scratch.• Audit to the Bank's branches in SONAE hypermarkets throughout the country.

Porto E Região, Portugal

Porto E Região, Portugal

Deloitte: ex-Arthur AndersenKey outcome: Cape Verde Airlines (TACV) – core team member in an accounting restructuring project for TACV in Cape Verde (Praia, Santiago).

Licentiate Degree, Auditing

As working-student

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management

Activities and Societies: Founder academic Tuna (guitar)