Leonardo Lapa Valença Email & Phone Number

State Of São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Independent consultancy practice for solutions in finance.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Startup in solar photovoltaic renewable energy.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Assists management in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
• Monitors and directs the implementation of strategic business plans.
• Participates in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.
• Developed financial and tax strategies, as well as performance measures that supports the company's strategic direction.
• Manages all tours production day-to-day accounting and finance as well as the settlements with each tour accountant.
• Manages any third parties to which financial, legal, and accounting functions have been outsourced.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Managed engagement teams (from 3 to 25 professionals) deliver solutions that help clients improve business performance and operational efficiency.Interim controller role:
• Redesigned/improved internal Accounting closing, A/R, A/P processes (managed departments up to 25 professionals).
• Day-to-day responsibilities: month-end close, accounting records, vendor invoice processing, accounts receivable, capital expenditures, management reporting and financial planning.
• Industries: car rental and leasing, wholesale distribution, technology.Shared Services Center (SSC) implementations:
• Back-office operations: Finance, HR, Legal, IT support, Procurement, Logistics.
• Geographical scalability: from regional (Northeastern Brazil) to Latin America coverage.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

• Global Corporate Center:
• Month-end close, accounting records, accounting systems, vendor invoice processing, capital expenditures, management reporting and financial planning and controls.
• Developed FCF robust analytics and estimation processes that helped improve forecasting accuracy by 80%
• Led ZBB implementation across departments, conducted knowledge transfer to entity owners, developed annual budget within framework. Initiative part of a global cost leadership program devised to bring $4B of gross.
• Back-office operations: Finance (accounting and treasury).
• Geographical coverage: Asia–Pacific operations (Gurgaon, India).

Joinville Area, Brazil

• Recurring role:
• Overall responsibilities: financial statements consolidation, actual vs. forecast analyses, management reporting, annual budget consolidation.
• Global operations under scope: Brazil, USA, Mexico, Italy, Slovakia and China).
• Team of 2 professionals.Special projects (PMO role):
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX): led annual compliance efforts (controls validation, testing, certification).
• Business Performance Management (BPM): harmonize global financial analysis platform with implementation of standardized solutions (chart of accounts, product category structure, business intelligence system).

Feira De Santana Area, Brazil

• Overall responsibilities: accounting, tax, payables, receivables and financial reporting.
• Enhanced budgeting process and accountability mindset towards cost centers managers that enabled up to 15% business unit’s profitability increase.
• Provided analytical Finance support for logistics redesign project that represented total cost productivity gains of up to 30% to the product distribution footprint.

Salvador And São Paulo Areas, Brazil

• Supervised, assigned and reviewed work of staff auditors and assisted in the preparation of audit reports.
• Created work products such as audit analyses, substantive tests of relevant balance sheet/income statement accounts and engagement documentation, evaluated and tested processes and related controls, prepared audit.
• Examined internal control frameworks and identified opportunities to achieve results beyond compliance for companies across a wide array of industries (i.e.: petrochemicals, agribusiness, mining, tobacco).
• Helped corporate clients build and implement sustainable improvements to their internal controls structure either related to the overall internal controls design or to specific control issues.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Mendoza College Of Business, Business Administration And Management, General, Cum Laude

Management Graduate Program (Finance Track), Harvard Extension School, Corporate Finance

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba)