Manage a Sales finance business partner team; Sales investments and Rebates management; Create and maintain operational reports to track key performance indicators of the business, communicate insights; Drive issue resolution and process improvement projects; Ensure compliance to policies and controls; Analyse results, understand drivers and propose actions to improve top and bottom-line performance

Led regional financial planning process and management reviews with senior leaders up to VP level; Actively participate in key strategic and financial processes in the region for Opex management for all business units (Consumer, Pharma and Medical Devices); Function partner for Commercial CoEs of Latam; Development and implementation of process improvements and change management; Process simplification and standardization within finance.

Leader of Internal Controls in Brazil, in charge of stablishing and managing control’s assessments in strategic processes to identify critical gaps and process improvement opportunities. Promote the importance of Internal Controls throughout the organization.

Led financial planning reporting of business reviews and long-range plan collaborating with Center of Expertise in Costa Rica in managing projects, engaging local stakeholders to understand assumptions and considerate precise business information to develop an accurate plan. Led monthly closing process collaborating with Controllership in managing calendar and guidelines, ensuring accuracy of information through intensive analysis and stakeholders’ alignment; Led indirect cashflow reporting process, including for planning cycles, collaborating with Accounting, Treasury and Credit and Collections.

Led business case construction for category innovation projects providing recommendation on best course of action taking into consideration financial KPIs: profitability, NPV, IRR, payback, as well as qualitative KPIs: brand strategy, price positioning vs. competition, cost absorption. Managed alongside the multi-functional team the development of local Innovation for Home Care and Ice Cream, building financial business case, and influenced marketing team to implement the most realistic and yet challenging scenario.

Managed quality control through internal financial leadership, reviewing business services to effectively manage P&L, while directing performance improvements through financial inputs. Responsible for developing and controlling the administration of marketing and trade marketing budgets for Wash Additives categories, analysing quarterly business strategies to drive performance through financial planning. Coordinated financial evaluations of corporate marketing tools, introducing effective process recommendations.

Preparation and distribution of monthly financial results for sales field; Creates and update One Page report for leadership; Analysis of the main variations of results; Support and lead sales team in the preparation of revenues plan; Create scenarios and projections; Sales Budget monitoring; Validation of invoices and Control of payments; Pulling data and modeling database.1 Direct Report - Administrative Apprentice

Preparation, analysis and consolidation of projects financial reports according to R&D Department KPIs; Project's budget monitoring, identification of over spending causes (planned vs. actual ) and justification of deviations; Projection development of annual/monthly expenditures in R&D and monitoring quarterly reviews; Support in project planning (cost, schedule, scope, communication, quality and risk); Stakeholders support for achieving goals and results; Status monitoring of projects meetings and support in decision-making for deviations solution; Support in Portfolio Management (financial analysis).