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Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

Responding to the Corporate Internal Controls and Corporate Risks Director, I am responible to coordinate the implementation of the corporate risks strategy of the Company, including the reporting of the corporate risks to the governance structure (Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Administrative Council).I am also responsilble to review the risks responses to the collected risks and supervise the strategies defined by the areas to mitigate those corporate risks.

Responding to the Corporate Internal Controls and Corporate Risks Director, I was responsible to implement the internal controls strategy for the Corporate funcion, acting as a focal point to the controls implementation and cooperationg with the Risk Management area to define a Corporate Risk Matrix to support the Controls implementation. I was also responsible to discuss and review the policies and procedures of the areas and coordinate the disclosure of the the policies of the areas that were not yet published.

Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

• I was responsible to consolidate the regional financial results as well as the budget process for the Latin America region, acting as a focal point between the Germany consolidation team and the CFO’s from the LATAM affiliates.• Budget process includes the transfer price calculation for the equipment sent from Germany plants to regional affiliates and the affiliates within the region. • Report consolidated results to headquarters and to the regional structure (CEO and CFO) supporting them in the management board presentations.• Support the other areas of the company such as marketing and M&A regarding regional expansion strategies.• Work together with the corporate controlling team in the impairment test calculation for the region and providing audit evidence for this calculation. • Provide support to the regional affiliates regarding corporate requests such as Service Level Agreement updates and margin calculation.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Act as main project leader for the implementation of the Internal Controls process in Latin America Region , working on regular process reviews in order to achieve the conformity with regulatory requirements (SOX, SEC Review) together with the Germany Headquarters team and the consultants that support the poject. The project steps include: i) the review of the implemented controls using a control framework; ii) a risk management report and a risk assessment in all coutries that belong to the LATAM region; iii) enhance the internal framework in order to include different areas (Legal, Compliance, Finance and Production) aiming to improve the quality of information provided on the financial statements; iv) follow up the audit observations raised by internal and external auditors.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

As Finance Project Manger I worked together with multiple departments to conduct projects related to the Controllership Department, such as ERP implementation in accquired companies, due dilligencies, Purchase Price Allocation reviews, as well as process reviews of the Controllership area.

Assunção, Paraguay

As Business Controller I was in charge for the following areas: Accounting, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Procurement, IT and Treasury, managing a team of 15 people. Main accomplishments included:- reducing default A/R balances in 25% by working together with legal and commercial departments; - Capex control, capitalizing 98% of the available Budget in 2013 (US$ 1,3 Millions), accomplishing one of the best capitalization rates of the region; - reducing the inventory level through sales strategies together with commercial area. Focused on items with slow move;- Coordinated the JDE re-setup Project, managing eventual conflicts and achieving the targets for system go-live.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

As Capital Asset Manager I led a team of 8 employees which main responsibilities were to control and review the investment and capitalization process for the assets purchased by the company. Capitalization annual budget;• Activities included fixed assets control, sales and write-offs, P&L impact analysis, as well as participation in the capex approval process; • Main challenges included the fixed asset module re-implementation in the existing ERP, and the coordination of construction in process control together with engineering group.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

• As internal control manager I led a group of 8 people responsible to create and review the company’s policies. Main achievements included the implementation of limits of authorities for the company operation in Brazil, deriving from the President’s approval; • Additionally, the Internal Control group is in charge of monitoring the Six Sigma indicators reported to the headquarters in the US. There is a variable compensation reward over these projects and an evaluation of the P&L impact of the reported savings associated to those projects; • Managed the audit issues raised by internal audit together with the audited areas to assure it would be resolved.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

• Auditor in charge for planning and supervision of the auditing work. Internal audit results were submitted to the IA Director in the headquarters, as well as the directors involved in the audited areas;• Audited cycles included Treasury, Pension Plan, Fixed Assets, Shared Services Centre, Procurement to Pay, Recording to Reporting, Order to Cash, Inventory and operational company related cycles. Also participated in investigations together with Corporate Security group; • Participated in finance and process audits for SOX and non-SOX works in the following locations: Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Spain, Italy, China, Chile and Mexico.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

• Manger in charge to implement the back-office area, organizing the subsidiary cash flow (accounts payables and receivables), treasury operations, procurement and IT. Also coordinated accounting , HR and legal coordinating third-party offices which rendered services to the company;• Implemented internal controls and compliance processes; • Prepared the budget and performed a monthly review with the Regional VP, the Controller and the CFO; Attended the Ernst& Young External Auditors; and Coordinated the local ERP implementation.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Mba, Finance

B.A., Economics

Economics