Esteban Daniel Ramos Email & Phone Number

Barueri, São Paulo, Brasil

Specialist in financial solutions through consortium (credit, investment, life insurance)

> Financial Planning> Controlling> Treasury

São Paulo Area, Brazil

•Improvement to procedures, control of fees, and preparation of alternative models for contracting attorneys, reducing legal fees by more than 40% in the first year and a forecast additional 12% saving in the following year.•Introduced procedures and controls that improved the management of labor court cases, reducing the number of such cases by more than 20% in one year.•Deployed PeopleSoft to improve controls and optimize resource usage.•Leadership of a team of 14.

São Paulo, Brazil

•Completely revised and updated the budgeting model to provide a more detailed analysis of actuals v. budget, enabling the preparation of alternative approaches for correcting divergencies from plan and improve the engagement of business areas in achieving planned targets. •Responsible for implementing the pilot IBM Cognos TM1 EPS project, which was then rolled out worldwide•Standardized the regional cost center structure, enabling data to be consolidated by sector across the Latin America region. •Reduced the time taken to prepare monthly management reports by 40%.

•Established the parameters on the SAP system in Brazil to produce consistent data and reduce report preparation and delivery times.•Designed and introduced a costing model that allowed for a better understanding of the business and improve decision-making on commercial and operational strategies, increasing profitability. •Fully exploited the potential of current tools and deployed BI to optimize the use of resources to produce high-quality data and reduce preparation times by more than 20 days.•Drafted and introduced procedures to control fixed assets and inventory levels, improving overall asset control and tracing.•Reorganized the accounting sector in Brazil to improve service levels to internal and external clients.

•Identified and recovered advances paid to the customs agent which had been improperly retained in previous years. Changed procedures to improve the control of advances.•Deployed SAP in the company’s subsidiary in Miami and supported the deployment in Mexico, improving financial visibility and transparency by corporate HQ and optimizing the use of local resources.

•Brought financial control in-house in the Miami subsidiary from an external service provider.•Deployed Microsiga/Totvs in the Miami subsidiary.

•Responsible for analyzing and approving credit lines for the company’s clients in Latin America and following-up on their performance.•Analysis and preparation of proposals for recovery of debts.

• In charge of managing and supporting a team of 15 employees• Guide and support on all matters of the company

•Responsible for closing the monthly accounts, analysis of the distribution network’s assets and market changes. •Preparation of financial reports and analyses in local and foreign currencies in accordance with local and US accounting standards. Coordination of data collection and reporting to the authorities, assessment of a range of investments. Budget control, cash flow forecasting and support to the other companies in the group.

Master, Economia

Licenciatura, Administração

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