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São Paulo Area, Brazil

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Provide financial figures to country management and business heads (monthly preparation of financial reports);Ad-hoc analysis for all kind of requests and consolidation of country figures for corporate segment); Provide insight of financial performance to the Region and HQ;Communicate with all group functions with respect to new initiatives and requests from HQ;Lead process improvements to streamline the Finance function;Provide insight for budget and forecast preparation, support financial planning;Maintain and guide usage of main Finance applications as a central base for reporting;Provide Finance opinion before launching new products of services;Member of the legal entity monthly review committee;Enforce the usage of global accounting standards; Assure compliance with accounting and reporting rules;Expert in BR and US GAAP for Financial accounting;Automate IFRS reporting, including the usage of a specific chart of accounts;Ensure that internal controls over Financial reporting are efficient and working as expected;Lead internal control initiatives such as SOX or Management Control Self Assessments;Be the Finance point of contact to the business; Escalate issues with Senior Management and provide alternatives of solution.

• Ensure that all financial activities are compliant to internal and external policies;• Ensure that the expense policy is followed and monitor key items;• Lead cost reduction programs;• Continuously improve accounting and financial reporting processes;• Manage and perform statutory and management accounting on a daily basis;• Preparation of regulatory reports: liquidity, Market Risk and Operational Limits;• Responsible for tax compliance;• Ensure accurate monthly reporting to the parent company;• Responsible for budget goals, year-end reporting and maintaining contact with auditors;• Liaison with relevant government authorities;• Analise main pefrormance indicators (KPIs) and identify issues;• Responsible to interface with outsourced providers if needed.

Leading a Regional Project including opening of shared-service centre in Mexico city. Centre will attend Puerto Rico, Colombia, Brasil, Argentina and Chile.

CIT Brazil entered into the Small Business Lending business, a market that was unexplored by BRZ unit. I was the leader of the project. We created a Service Center and a web based front-end to capture our customers’ applications. I have also implemented Risk-Based pricing strategies. My responsibilities, among others, include the development and enhancement of credit strategies. Those aim to increase approval rates and increase credit automation, without compromising credit quality.

Performing operational, financial and Sarbox audits. Accomplished several audits within the USA, South America and recently in Europe. Audit engagements were mostly financial audits.

Responsible for the creation of internal control manuals for the Argentina and Brazil business units, and ensured compliance of company policies and procedures. Participated and had a key role in the successful Leasing System implementation in Brazil and Argentina. Worked very closely with System programmers to ensure user requirements were met. Worked very closely with the CFO to create a more effective pricing model.

Responsible for the Operations department, including Pricing development & maintenance, contract issuing, funding disbursement requests, insurance and system requirements. Worked on a successful digitalization process of 3000 contracts.

June 1997 to September 1997. Responsible of the administration department. Worked closely to CFO. Monthly reports, billing & collections, insurance, inventory, and commission management were daily responsibilities.

July 1996 to May 1997. In charge of coordinating the inspection process for new insurance policies. The inspection process consisted in managing timing and logistics to make sure inspections were performed at the requested location. Responsible of 5 inspectors. Created an automatic tracking system in MS Access to control dates, forms and storage of car photographs. About 1,000 cars were inspected each month.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Contabilidade E Finanças

Bacharel Em Ciências Contábeis, Accounting

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Contabilidade Internacional Fundamental

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