- Standardize financial information and report budget vs. actual and variance analysis across 9 entities/5 segments/7 ERP systems to North America and corporate offices senior leadership. Provide consultation to operations’ leaders to assess deviations and improve business performance.- Upgrade and management of region’s CPM/BI data base for planning, reporting and analytics. Correlate financial performance to benchmarks and provide insights for decision making to North American and Brazilian corporate heads.- Liaise with corporate offices to align regional budgets and forecasts to global requirements. Promote ownership and accountability.- Prepares business plans, “make or buy”, pricing, project analysis and KPIs to support management at all levels.- Supported post-acquisition manufacturing expansion to build capacity for Embraer and 3rd party aircraft seat programs.- Assessed and integrated acquisition’s financial processes and functions into global shared services organization.

- Coordinated joint venture’s headquarter implementation in Ireland and manufacturing in Mexico under the IMMEX program through a sheltered operation (maquiladora). Realized significant savings by optimizing tax structure in Ireland/Mexico- Built a motivated and diverse team across locations, by acknowledging cultural differences and stimulating individuals’ talents.- In charge of all accounting functions and report to JV partners. Provided audited financial statements to the Board of Directors and shareholders.- Prepared, negotiated and obtained board approval for expansion plans and annual budgets ($100M annual sales, 1200 employees). Secured $38M funding to support company’s growth.- Supported the CEO and the board of directors with monthly forecasts, make or buy, capital management, pricing, bid’s and long term agreement negotiations.- Implemented standard cost and variance analysis. Reported performance to stakeholders at all levels.- Implemented company’s compliance program per board of directors and shareholders directives.- Implemented finance related modules of company’s R4 ERP and Adaptive Planning.

- Prepared business plans, defined strategies and coordinated joint venture’s build up and implementation in the US, UK and Brazil (business modeling, accounting, tax planning and legal compliance - $15M annual sales).- Secured funding to support company’s expansion into UK and Brazil.- Hired, trained and coordinated teams across three countries.- Provided company with financial planning and analysis, general accounting, cost accounting, cash management and compliance functions.- Implemented policies and procedures, systems and controls (e.g. Oracle ERP and Adaptive Planning).- Coordinated company’s annual budget and monthly forecast. Prepared and presented management reports and operation analysis.

- Improved communication between US subsidiaries and parent company by disseminating corporate directives and policies and addressing both side’s issues.- Acquired general knowledge in customer support and aeronautical services for the North American airline industry.- Improved accuracy of monthly SAP R/3 processing by consistently analyzing and solving inconsistencies of the process.- Coordinated month-end intercompany reconciliation.

- Supported sales campaigns and provided contractual performance. Reduced execution time for aircraft pricing by 30% with new pricing model and added functionalities.- Provided finance expertize in multi-disciplinary working groups.- Ensured accuracy and prevented tax exposure in inventory valuation. Improved accuracy by 70% and execution time by 60%.- Assigned & responsibilities to controllership cell dedicated to Commercial Aviation BU.

- Solved termination pending issues of construction sites.- Developed general knowledge in construction sites’ technical issues.

- Supported sales campaigns with pricing. Developed and maintained official pricing tool.- Provided costs forecast and profitability analysis by product family and market segment.- Prepared and maintained official spreadsheets, managed data collection for budget process. Reported to headquarters.- Led the implementation of finance, inventory and sales modules of local ERP.