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Netherlands

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led the preparation of monthly P&L and cash flow rolling forecasts, utilizing various scenarios to create comprehensive management reports for the CFO and Cost Center Leaders. Proficient in MS Excel for accurate.
• Managed the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts, overseeing long-term financial planning and maintaining budgets throughout the fiscal year to ensure financial stability and strategic alignment.
• Directed the monthly close process, reconciliations, and analysis, executing ad hoc assignments and special project investigations using MS Navision to support informed financial decision-making.
• Oversaw technology and systems integration (including Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, MS Excel, and SQL) for data collection, organization, and quality analysis. Implemented data-driven processes to enhance.
• Reviewed and revised Purchase Order (PO) and pricing data using MS Navision and MS Excel to analyze the impact of raw material cost fluctuations on overall expenses, ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Provided actionable insights through business KPIs, metrics, and margin analysis utilizing MS Excel and Power BI. Delivered comprehensive data-driven recommendations to optimize business performance.

Toronto, ON, Canada

• 100% remote.
• Transformed evolving requirements into new reporting models, including conducting impact analyses on accounting setups using Power BI and Power Query to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Managed financial reporting and consolidation, preparing balance sheet items and profit and loss statements in compliance with both internal and external regulations.
• Led the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual group reporting processes using QuickBooks, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Executed budget and forecast processes with MS Excel to facilitate precise financial planning and performance assessment, supporting strategic decision-making.
• Conducted recurring and ad hoc financial analysis, interpreting data to draw actionable conclusions and providing targeted guidance to stakeholders.

Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil

• I was working in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic (01/2021 to 08/2022)
• Served as a Cost Specialist on a full-time contract, collaborating directly with teams in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay to ensure seamless business operations and continuity.
• Managed assembly orders using SAP, ensuring accurate posting of all entries in alignment with the Bill of Materials (BOM) for precise cost tracking and inventory management.
• Oversaw Purchase Order (PO) accuracy, verifying correct pricing and conducting detailed analysis of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) using SAP and MS Excel.
• Executed cost allocation processes, applying ratios and labor hours to analyze the final cost of products, ensuring accurate cost attribution and financial planning.
• Developed and maintained dashboards for the Production team using Power BI, ensuring effective data integration and transformation (ETL) for informed decision-making.

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

• Assisted in the system implementation (MS Dynamics AX) leading production and inventory activities, mapping and understanding process to the chart of account been recorded correct.
• Reconcile the Purchase Price to Cost variance, and PO price variances (PPV).
• Responsible for Month End Cycle ensuting all expenses were booked correctly, preparing regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs and analyze manufacturing costs.
• Analyze and recommend costs and cost savings.
• Managed the raw material, packages, labor' overhead and bill of materials in order to determine the cost effect.
• Maintened a close relationship team with AP, AR, Controller, Sales, Marketing, Purchase, Production, Supply Chain, Tax, and Accouting to ensure business continuity.

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

• Acted as Cost and Budget Analyst creating new products, BOM, and standard cost in the SAP system.
• Responsible to coordinate the Inventory Counts period, with Factory and Warehouse managers, we choose the best period to start the process; responsible to call and collect quotes for external tools needed, and creating.
• Ensure the assemblies were posted correctly to avoid inventory discrepancies, and that all expenses by Cost Center were booked according to forecast. Responsible to close the SAP period and calculating the actual cost.
• Update the profitability reports, and reconcile the inventory GL accounts.

Hortolândia, São Paulo, Brazil

• Responsible for calculating the standard product cost of Finished Goods products, and making comments explaining the variance against the actuals.
• Ensure Cost Center's expenses were booked correctly, and explain big variances; also the Ratios and Cost Absorption (adding expenses in Finished Goods) were processed correctly.
• Created KPI Reports to show the month-end results.
• Helped to coordinate the Year-end Inventory, and support to Audit external duties.

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Worked as a Cost & Budget Intern, and 3 months later I got an offer to become an Assistant. My responsibilities were to keep the KPI report updated, create new products in the SAP system, ensure the BOM (bill of materials) is correct, update all reports comparing the budget and actual by Cost Center, make comments explaining the variance between actual.

Accounting, Accounting And Business/Management

International English School - Toronto, Canada

English as a second language

Supply Chain, Accounting And Business/Management