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Lead project development, implementation and management for large-scale projects from PMO. Continuously drive alignment across teams of each area on launch timelines, perform and track the budget according to the CAPEX approved, communicate status and risks to Executive Leadership and implement as a Digital Transformation practitioner. Develop and maintain an effective relationship with stakeholders, team members, and assist the project sponsors and champions to sustain project results. Create, negotiate and expose proposals between areas and to Executive leadership. Support process improvement, process automation, and system enhancement initiatives for all the areas as Financial Services, Controllership, Finance Services, Accounting, Technology, Ecommerce, SCH, Manufacturing and Treasury. Expertise in audit the information related to sustainability related to IRFS S1 and S2, ESG. Also I contribute with the savings and 0BZ initiatives.

Responsible for working within all stages of project management, primary work closely with project managers to ensure that all budgeting, scheduling and coordination processes run as planned. Lead the project in FICO, Product Owner of Costing and Payables areas. Responsible of improve and customized specific reports to be alligned for Financial Consolidation. Expertise in Manufacturing and Retails industries of Walmart CAM (Central America)

In charge of the Audit Department, coordinate and develop specific audit plans, complete annual audits, risk assessments, test strategies, write up the observations and recommendations in the audit inform, review the compliance with tax regulations and summarize and communicate the internal control gaps to management. Before November 2016 my position was Accounting Manager, I was in charge to oversee the daily operations of the accounting department, process month end close, account payable/receivable, payroll, treasury, budgeting, cash, forecasting, general ledger, revenue and expenditure variance analysis, capital assets reconciliations. Monitor my team and establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles for each process.

Provide Independent Financial Services as a Mentor and Adviser to entrepreneurs and capitalists or investors for various types of businesses, these consultancies are under Multiverse and Collision Factory Organization and as a Freelance, I give them support in budgets, forecast, create financial statement and how to analyze this reports, improve the cash flow processes and financial margins and how to implement or improve financial processes in their companies or business in progress.

Responsible for supporting Budget Managers and Coordinators and the Head of programming to manage cash, grants and cost share trough close monitoring of expenditures, direct and indirect costs, burn rates. Coordinate the provision of financial information to the program areas, supporting the program team to efficiently manage budgets avoiding over-spending and reduce under-spending. Responsible of developed new financial analysis tools. My position requires the accurate preparation of financial information as the cash forecasting on a monthly and quarterly basis; develop the budgets comparison reports comparing monthly expenses versus budgets. Support the Finance Manager in the leadership of the finance department. Prepare and give training to the Project Managers and Coordinators related to the new tools and how to manage the budget for each project and support them in this financial area. Prepare audit reports for external audits from USAID.

With experience in carrying out procedures for each process review and control all sales related income in the different methods of payment and contracts with third parties of fuel and articles of the convenience stores. Detect and minimize any risk to carry out investigations of the differences between the sales and the incomes. Make a daily review of all adjustments and provisions for controls and compliance laws by countries such as Germany, Norway, United Kingdom and Ireland. Financial Analysis of Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Results, and explanation of variances with all the support documentation. Assistance in Audit (Internal & External) ensuring communication and prompt response to collaborate in the correct verification of the processes and figures for Finances to be presented accurately and timely.

With experience in Audit different organizations and companies in the financial area as fiscal. Consulting to growing businesses to improve the structure scheme of them, giving them follow from the organization and the profile to each position.