Swire Properties USA Miami & Hong Kong 2010 - 2014Senior Manager Financial Reporting and Analysis• Financial reporting, planning and analysis for publically traded worldwide conglomerate.• Prepare capital budgets and other financial analysis for largest commercial project in USA.• Oversee audits, tax and complex reporting issues related to IFRS such as valuations, derivatives,• Assist in obtaining $500 million construction loan from banking syndicate.• Vastly involved with compliance and internal control issues of publicly traded company.

Duty Free World Miami, FL 2007 – 2009CFO - Chief Financial Officer• Responsible for overall finances of organization with $100 million in revenues worldwide.• Extensive experience in Latin America and European accounting operations, tax & legal regulations. Financial consolidation of foreign financial statements into USA GAAP.• Supervised staff of 25 (finance & accounting, AP, AR, MIS, human resources, data entry).• Restructured subsidiary capital accounts resulting in tax savings of $200,000.• Assisted in setup of Madrid, Spain office facilities and operations. Heavy tax & legal exposure.• Placed new commercial and health insurance packages resulting in $98,000 savings.• Obtained $4 million line of credit from Fortune 100 financial institution.• Oversaw implementation of 500+ point of sale (POS) computer devices.• Negotiated bankruptcy settlement with legal and customer resulting in collection of $95,000.

Apollo Ship Chandlers, Inc (Discovery Cruise Line) Miami, FL 1998 – 2006Director of Finance and Administration• Full oversight and hands-on financial management of a company with 10+ separate business units and over $200 million in revenues. Supervised staff of 34 employees.• Extensive tax experience with Brazilian, Argentine, Spanish operations and governments.• Implemented new ERP software solution which permitted salary reductions of $300,000 annually.• Streamlined accounting process enabling financial statements to be completed by 3rd of month.• Negotiated new health insurance contracts that provided $175,000 annual savings.• Placed forward Euro hedge contracts that provided annual savings of $400,000.• Negotiated revised terms with major customer resulting in $402,000 additional revenue.• Established new banking relationships resulting in $100,000 + in annual interest income. • Vastly improved management of accounts receivable & payable permitting $12mm in distributions.• Hands on supervision provided over $500,000 in additional revenue by ensuring accurate invoicing.

Sea- Barge Ocean Cargo Line (Sea Star) Miami, FL 1994 – 1998Controller • Oversaw the successful turnaround of the accounting and finance functions. Prior to my arrival company was extremely late in financial reporting and had many problems in accounts receivable collections, accounts payable processing and cash management.• Extensive travel to review and supervise Puerto Rico operations including local tax compliance.• Involved in merger and acquisition analysis and due diligence.• Presentations to stockholders of quarterly financial results, annual budgets and special projects.• Greatly improved credit and collections and days receivable outstanding.• Successfully placed several lease purchase agreements and bank loan financing.• Supervised conversion from AS 400 to RS 6000 and corresponding software implementation.• Negotiated new telecommunications contracts saving $150,000 annually.• Placed new commercial cargo insurance policy saving over $200,000 annually.