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United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Order to Cash leader of SAP implementation in Castrol Lubricants. Led Integration process of a new joint venture for the Lubricants business in Argentina.
• Implementation of the Customer Excellence Program, aiming to improve customer’s experience year-over- year.
• Implemented initiatives to improve the S&OP process, resulting in a 5 point increase in forecast accuracy year on year.
• Finance and Operations team lead for the SAP implementation completed in 2018.
• Successfully managed the transition of the Business Support Center from USA to Europe.
• Led Finance and Operations to change business Route to market model in three countries in Latin America resulting in a 20% profitability increase vs. prior year.

Wayne NJ

• Financial Management and Control of the $ 300M P/L and B/S of the Lubricants business.
• Led the Finance function to successfully transform the business in Latin America from a Direct Sales model to a Distributor's sales model.
• Strong environment control allowed zero Internal Audit red flags during time of management
• Implemented cash improvement program that delivered 30% sustainable cash increase and a sustainable reduction of A/R past dues with month records at 0%
• Finance lead of the 5 year Growth Strategy for the Region which delivered double digit Gross Margin growth in key countries.

Conducted operational and financial audits across the business units and entities within the Group to assess the effectiveness of risk management, internal procesess and control environment to improve operational efficiency and financial performance.

• Financial Management and Control of the $ 500M P/L and B/S of the consumer electronics business, includingseveral teams in different locations in Latin America and USA.
• Lead the Finance team for the SAP implementation.
• Implemented regional improvement program that drove a reduction of 50% in working capital
• Led SOX implementation project for the Region to strengthen the internal control framework
• Successfully led the business and financial restructuring and divesting processes for the Latin America Region

• Set up Finance department to support the start-up of the RCA brand in Mexico
• Led implementation of all Finance, HR, Procurement, IT and legal processes, systems and policies to ensure an adequate and efficient internal control environment
• Primary responsibilities consisted of finance and administrative control of the legal entity including accounting, reporting, taxes, external audit, legal, IT, HR, Credit and collections, logistics and operations.

• Structured and set up Finance unit to support the start-up and development of the RCA brand in Mexico
• Led implementation of all Finance, HR, Procurement, IT and legal processes, systems and policies to ensure an adequate and efficient internal control environment
• Primary responsibilities consisted of finance and administrative control of the legal entity including accounting, reporting, taxes, external audit, legal, IT, HR, Credit and collections, logistics and operations.

Cpa, Accounting And Finance

Education record

Cpa, Finance

Graduted with Honors