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Houston, Texas, US

Founded in 2018, Emergency Safety Solutions is an automotive technology pioneer developing lighting and digital alert solutions to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries from crashes involving disabled and vulnerable vehicles.https://www.ess-help.com/

Houston, Texas, US

Founded in 2018, Emergency Safety Solutions is an automotive technology pioneer developing lighting and digital alert solutions to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries from crashes involving disabled and vulnerable vehicles.

Houston, Texas, US

London, GB

• Control Risks is a privately-owned British specialist global risk and strategic consulting firm specializing in political, security and integrity risk.Regional CFO for North America and Latin America
• Lead a team of 50+ professionals covering all treasury, tax, FP&A, accounting, controls, and project coordination activities across 7 countries in the western hemisphere.
• Close collaboration and business partnering as member of the Regional Executive Committee leadership team.
• Set up and stabilized shared services center in Mexico City supporting North America accounting.
• Created FP&A function and organized teams by vertical expertise.
• Implemented FP&A tool to streamline budgeting and forecasting.

• Mears is an American industry-leading energy infrastructure solutions company offering engineering, construction and maintenance services to the oil and natural gas, electric transmission and distribution.
• Partnered with President and senior operations leadership to develop Monthly Business Review dashboards for two companies; these dashboard metrics enabled data-driven insightful discussions and decisions leading to.
• Partnered with Ops Sr VPs in identifying and measuring indirect cost pools, setting profitability targets, and executing needed restructuring.
• Led the accounting integration of two acquisitions representing an additional $17M+ in revenue.
• Owned the analysis, forecasting, and budgeting activities for a construction related entity and an engineering service-related entity.
• Led the accounting close and related compliance activities involving percentage of completion (POC) accounting, WIP, job costing, and reporting.

Middle East & Africa, OO

• Applus Velosi provides quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and certification services to multinational oil and gas companies. It is a subsidiary of Applus Services, a Spanish public company that was.
• Major player in key change management and restructuring initiatives to reduce costs, streamline operations, and effectively maintain performance across all functional areas. Shortened financial close by 4 days.
• Partnered with Region President in implementing difficult RIF while realigning roles and prioritizing mission-critical work streams.
• Provided cost analyses which strengthened pricing negotiation position, enabling the sales organization to achieve favorable outcomes with our customers that include the major oil companies, EPCs, and major midstream.
• Reduced past-due accounts receivable and decreased DSO.
• Outsourced payroll, enabling cost-effective processing, as well as a scalable payroll operation and providing the company with timely, accurate tax filing and reporting at low incremental cost.

Houston, Texas, US

• Baker Hughes is a Fortune 500 international industrial service company and one of the world's largest oil field services companies.North America Drilling Services (DS) Product Line FP&A Lead; US Land DS Ops FP&A Lead:
• Managed 25+ person FP&A and billing teams that added $16+ million in additional cash flow by reducing DSO from 62 days to 58.
• Increased field margin in $1.3B region by implementing and enforcing maintenance policy which significantly reduced costs, restored client confidence in tool reliability, and maintained favorable pricing.
• Managed regional budgeting process based on key business drivers.Global FP&A AMO Lead; Western Hemisphere FP&A AMO Manager:
• Led 16-member global team of FP&A managers and their analyst teams in supporting global Assembly, Maintenance, & Overhaul (AMO) group managing more than $150 million in inventory.
• Reduced costs by advising senior supply chain managers on ways to decrease AMO headcount, CAPEX, and inventory.

New York, US

• LECG was a leading expert services public company. They provided independent testimony, authoritative studies and advisory services to inform legislative and regulatory decision makers and help resolve commercial.
• Recruited to leverage forensic expertise in analysis, investigation, and development of an expert testimony report for fraud case involving the former owner of a web-hosting company, resulting in a $20+ million.
• Assisted the testifying expert in preparing an expert report regarding facts of the case and describing the offshore re-insurance captive industry to the court.

GB

• Sr. Associate - Forensic Services; Associate - Forensic Services:
• Promoted to work directly with forensic services directors and partners; prepared investigation plans, conducted interviews with client staff, and wrote/delivered highly detailed findings to attorneys and corporate.
• Conducted forensic accounting investigations in areas including embezzlement, misappropriation of assets, kick-back schemes, M&A transactions, DoJ violations and more in countries including Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador.
• Key member of engagement Project Management Office (PMO); vetted 20 foreign commercial business agents in 12 countries as part of an M&A transaction. Coordinated efforts between the PwC US and 12 international PwC.
• Country leader on FCPA investigation of a DoJ reportable violation in Ecuador; led US/Ecuadorian PwC team.
• Performed FCPA due diligence for M&A transaction where major US-based bank purchased 20% equity stake in large Colombian bank.

• Led 15-member team in 4-month project in Antigua to reorganize/reconcile contents of a large warehouse with $8+ million in construction materials; accounted for 96% of stock and established process to enable ongoing.
• Provided key support to Corporate Accounting Manager through preparation/Analysis of financial statements.
• Prepared intercompany reconciliations in more than 30 currencies and reviewed operating expense prior to disbursement.

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Bba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting