Marcelo Aimola Email and Phone Number
MBA in Leadership at ESMT Berlin (European School of Management and Technology) and in Executive Finance at Saint Paul Business School, bachelor’s in accounting at Trevisan Business School (Certified Accountant) and in Business Administration at Franca University Center.I am a seasoned professional with more than 16 years of experience business and investment strategic leadership, people development and management, innovation and process automation, development and monitoring of budget and key KPIs for finance and IT areas. Managing multidepartment projects in Switzerland, United States, Mexico, Turkey, and Brazil, leading in average teams of 10 people with managerial functions, always merged in a multicultural environment, interacting with multiple nationalities, mainly in American, Chinese and Brazilian multinational companies.
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Diretor FinanceiroAgrion FertilizantesSão Paulo, Brazil -
Interim CfoBelagrícola Sep 2023 - PresentLondrina, Paraná, BrazilMember of budget, risk and audit committeess, and direct reporting to board members and shareholders. Responsible for the search of operational and financial partners, leading and developing a team of more than 80 people, focused on process innovation through standardization and automation at treasury, controllership, accounting, FP&A, credit risk, collection and IT, in a company with more than 70 operational, sales and distribution units, with an annual gross revenue of R$ 6 billion per… Show more Member of budget, risk and audit committeess, and direct reporting to board members and shareholders. Responsible for the search of operational and financial partners, leading and developing a team of more than 80 people, focused on process innovation through standardization and automation at treasury, controllership, accounting, FP&A, credit risk, collection and IT, in a company with more than 70 operational, sales and distribution units, with an annual gross revenue of R$ 6 billion per year.Main Projects: Operational Improvement focusing on process efficiency and expense structure adequacy.Finance Strategy: enhancing the company’s financial structure to ensure the company is able to capture finance opportunities and gains.Continuous networking with internal and external partners, seeking opportunities to expand the existing company business and potential new business opportunities.Operational Innovation: enhance the company process by focusing on developing and implementing tech tools linked to operational efficiency. Show less -
Senior Controller / Investment Portfolio ManagerDakang Agriculture&Food 大康国际农业 Jun 2022 - Sep 2023São Paulo, BrasilMember of budget and risk committees, also partnered with executives from subsidiary companies to define key information and format that should be reported e discussed with board members and shareholders.Main achievements:Managerial Reports: Preparation of managerial reports comparing key financial and operational indexes from de subsidiaries, including benchmark with peers in the market.Finance and Operational Strategy: Support subsidiaries in the definition of operational and… Show more Member of budget and risk committees, also partnered with executives from subsidiary companies to define key information and format that should be reported e discussed with board members and shareholders.Main achievements:Managerial Reports: Preparation of managerial reports comparing key financial and operational indexes from de subsidiaries, including benchmark with peers in the market.Finance and Operational Strategy: Support subsidiaries in the definition of operational and financial strategy to address current and legacy issues, avoiding disruptions in the corporate structure and enhancing the transparency in the business information.M&A Disputes: Actively support in the collection of information and technical analysis to guide company lawyers and seek for the best possible solution for the company and the shareholders. Show less -
Finance ControllerLongping High-Tech Dec 2020 - May 2022São Paulo, BrazilResponsible of developing and enhancing finance reports to internal and external business partners, leading and training a team of 15 people, strategic and operational management of cash-flow, debt and derivatives (currency and commodity), active management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting, credit risk, account payables and account receivables departments, in an organization with 3 industrial units, mor than 1 thousand employees and gross revenue of R$ 3 billion per… Show more Responsible of developing and enhancing finance reports to internal and external business partners, leading and training a team of 15 people, strategic and operational management of cash-flow, debt and derivatives (currency and commodity), active management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting, credit risk, account payables and account receivables departments, in an organization with 3 industrial units, mor than 1 thousand employees and gross revenue of R$ 3 billion per year.Main achievements:Turnaround: Finance turnaround performed in 4 years, from an annual loss of R$ 0.5 billion to a net profit of R$ 1.2 billion.Credit Limit: Increase of company credit limit with financial business partner to more than R$ 1.4 billion.Credit Risk: Develop and enhance credit risk policies to cover a customer portfolio of more than R$ 4 billion (+2 thousand customers).Derivative Protection: Designed and deployed new hedge structures for commodities and currency, reducing operational risk, generating a positive result of R$ 10 million in the first year.Audit Process: Audit report clean and issued within 40 days after year closing. Show less -
Accounting And Cost ManagerLongping High-Tech Feb 2018 - Jul 2020São Paulo, BrazilResponsible of developing and enhancing finance reports to internal and external business partners, including investors, leading and training a team of 7 people, active management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting and cost, investment projects control, budget and forecast preparation and management and support to FP&A team with feasibility analysis and project payback time, in an organization with 3 industrial units, mor than 1 thousand employees and gross revenue of… Show more Responsible of developing and enhancing finance reports to internal and external business partners, including investors, leading and training a team of 7 people, active management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting and cost, investment projects control, budget and forecast preparation and management and support to FP&A team with feasibility analysis and project payback time, in an organization with 3 industrial units, mor than 1 thousand employees and gross revenue of R$ 3 billion per year.Main achievements:Tax Strategy: Design and implementation of tax strategy by leading a statutory restructuring that generated an immediate saving of R$ 40 million in the first year and potentially R$ 300 million in the following years.Process Improvement: Internalization of accounting processes in 3 months’ time, improving information quality and reducing accounting closing time from 15 to 4 workdays.Policies: Development and deployment of finance policies and procedures from scratch, reducing operational risk perception and consequently the time and cost of external audit.Process Efficiency: Strong improvement on finance controls and processes, diminishing audit report issuance from 4 to 2 months.Managerial Reports: Developments and distribution of monthly financial reports, including key financial KPIs.ERP System: SAP implementation, focused on accounting, cost, tax, fixed asset and inventory transactions.M&A Dispute: Technical support on collecting and analyzing information to help company lawyers on legal claim, resulting in a saving of more than U$ 50 million. Show less -
Operations ControllerBunge Aug 2017 - Jan 2018São Paulo, BrazilResponsible for leading and training a team with more than 30 people, continuous improvement for process in accounting, billing, inventory, fixed asset, operational investments and internal controls, for the Food & Ingredient business, with 12 industrial units, including wheat mill, saturate fat (mayonnaise, margarine, etc.) and tomato sauce.Main achievements:Inventory: Organize and manage inventory physical count in all units, with adjustments level under 0,2% of the inventory… Show more Responsible for leading and training a team with more than 30 people, continuous improvement for process in accounting, billing, inventory, fixed asset, operational investments and internal controls, for the Food & Ingredient business, with 12 industrial units, including wheat mill, saturate fat (mayonnaise, margarine, etc.) and tomato sauce.Main achievements:Inventory: Organize and manage inventory physical count in all units, with adjustments level under 0,2% of the inventory balance, highlighting the internal control efficiency and reducing process risk in the department and consequently simplifying the external audit process.Billing: Improvement in the process standardization for the wheat mill units, reducing by half the exceptions and increasing the operational efficiency, reducing the time waste from the team to address each exception. Show less -
Accounting And Tax ManagerSolazyme Bunge Jul 2015 - Jul 2017São Paulo, BrazilResponsible for leading and training a team of 8 people, management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting, tax, fixed assets, billing, inventories and internal controls, including supervision of external audit processes.Main achievements:Fixed Asset Management: Conciliation of all fixed assets in place, including identification of each item e review of all accounting and tax records, all related to the construction of the industrial plant that cost R$ 400… Show more Responsible for leading and training a team of 8 people, management of daily routines and continuous improvement for accounting, tax, fixed assets, billing, inventories and internal controls, including supervision of external audit processes.Main achievements:Fixed Asset Management: Conciliation of all fixed assets in place, including identification of each item e review of all accounting and tax records, all related to the construction of the industrial plant that cost R$ 400 million.Process Efficiency: Improvement of accounting processes, solving prior years problems that total U$ 10 million.Internal Controls (SOX): Implementation of internal controls, including developing SOX Matrix and rotative test system. Show less -
Lead Senior - Global Internal AuditBunge Oct 2012 - Jun 2015São Paulo, BrazilResponsible for supervising Internal audit projects fieldwork for several customers, including training staff, perform risk assessment, develop audit scope, perform process analysis, and develop action plans to address issues raised.Main projects:Financial Processes: Review of financial processes related to vegetal oil extraction operation in Turkey, to ensure governance in place to mitigate potential fraud risks.Tax Credits: Review and design of action plan to speed up the… Show more Responsible for supervising Internal audit projects fieldwork for several customers, including training staff, perform risk assessment, develop audit scope, perform process analysis, and develop action plans to address issues raised.Main projects:Financial Processes: Review of financial processes related to vegetal oil extraction operation in Turkey, to ensure governance in place to mitigate potential fraud risks.Tax Credits: Review and design of action plan to speed up the usage of tax credits in a total amount of R$ 1 billion.Credit Risk: Review of credit risk analysis procedure to operations related to advance to customers, focused on grain origination (R$ 100 million).Logistics: Review of logistic operational contracts, including rail, trucks and barges, with annual transactions higher than R$ 1 billion.Leasing: Review of land leasing contracts, used to plant sugar cane and supply all 8 sugar and ethanol mills. Show less -
Senior - Latin America Audit TeamBd May 2011 - Oct 2012São Paulo, BrazilResponsible for supervising internal audit and investigation projects for Latin America region, as well as support projects in North America and Europe. Also responsible for training audit staff, perform risk assessment, design audit scope, perform process analysis and design action plans to address issues raised.Main projects:Process Improvement: Improvement of European Shared Service Center (SSC) processes, responsible to accounts receivable, accounts payables and accounting… Show more Responsible for supervising internal audit and investigation projects for Latin America region, as well as support projects in North America and Europe. Also responsible for training audit staff, perform risk assessment, design audit scope, perform process analysis and design action plans to address issues raised.Main projects:Process Improvement: Improvement of European Shared Service Center (SSC) processes, responsible to accounts receivable, accounts payables and accounting process for 25 countriesSOX Controls: Review of SOX control related to month closing process in Mexico.Fraud Investigation: Fraud investigation related to industrial spare part management and potential favoritism to suppliers. Show less -
Audit SeniorDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu Aug 2007 - May 2011São Paulo, BrazilResponsible for supervising audit projects related to internal control (SOX included) and financial statements (IFRS).Main Achievements: IPO of Sonae Sierra Brazil Group (2011 – Real State) and IPO of Fleury Group (2009 – Pharmaceutical).
Marcelo Aimola Education Details
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Leadership And Management -
International Finance -
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Business Management
Frequently Asked Questions about Marcelo Aimola
What company does Marcelo Aimola work for?
Marcelo Aimola works for Agrion Fertilizantes
What is Marcelo Aimola's role at the current company?
Marcelo Aimola's current role is Diretor Financeiro.
What schools did Marcelo Aimola attend?
Marcelo Aimola attended Esmt Berlin, Saint Paul Escola De Negócios, Trevisan Escola De Negócios, Centro Universitário Municipal De Franca.
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