Budget preparation, control, cash flow and reporting. Accounting for Regional Projects and LAC Bureau. Accounting support and coordination for LAC countries. HQ reports, Financial Statements and audit support.

In charge of Capital Assets accounting for Grainger US and other Grainger affiliates outside the US, Capital Budget controls, analysis and reporting, supervise a team of five

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Responsible for internal controls support and training for global and country markets procurement activities.Manage global effort to standardize procurement processes across 33 countries in 4 continents.Steward annual global procurement budget and performance reporting.Globalization of procurement activities; designed and implemented the business model and process for a global procurement company, resulting in aquisition price reductions, tax benefits, cash flow improvement and process efficiencies. Minimizing working capital and maximizng profit using existing and minimal additional resources.

Handle financial activities including accounting, taxes, financial reporting, budgeting & stewardship, internal and external audits & controls, risk management and treasury.Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic: 350 stations, 4 terminals, 200 employees, 30 finance employeesIntegration of financial processes of Chevron with Puma Puerto Rico: 180 stations, 100 employees and 2 terminals

Lead Guatemala financial activities including accounting, taxes, financial reporting, budgeting & stewardship, internal and external audits & controls, risk management and treasury.Guatemala: 200 stations, 2 terminals, 125 country employees, 25 finance employees.Central America: 600 stations, 10 terminals, 800 total employees, 130 finance employees.Integration of financial processes of ExxonMobil and Puma in Central America countries: 500 stations, 650 employees, 2 refineries, 8 terminals and 2 airports.

Panama Finance Manager during the transition period on the sale of ExxonMobil markets in Central America to Puma Energy. Supervised 4 employees.Transition team member on the sale of ExxonMobil markets to Puma Energy in Central America.

Led internal audits and controls activities for Retail Latin America & Caribbean (27 countries) maintaining strong audits results and minimize irregularities and controls gaps.Coordinated numerous internal controls assessments and supported annual corporate internal audits. Transition team member on the sale of ExxonMobil fuels assets in Central America in 2011, Mexico in 2009 and Peru in 2006; manage the data to be transferred from one company to the other and implement and monitor interim additional controls during the transitions.

Migrate and implemented JD Edwards Financial Modules in the Caribbean and Central American countries: general ledger, inventory valuation, fixed assets, cost centers and financial reports including data conversion process, training and after implementation support in 18 countries. Immediately after last JDE country implementation, the company started a SAP implementation for 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.Migrate and implemented SAP Financial Modules in Latin America and the Caribbean: general ledger, inventory valuation, fixed assets, cost centers and financial reports including data conversion process, training and post-implementation support in 27 countries. Lead a team of 3 employees and 3 contractors.Concurrent with the SAP implementaion, the accounting and financial reporting processes were centralized to one Accounting Center for the Americas.

Lead financial activities, including accounting, payroll, taxes, IT, financial reporting, budgeting, stewardship, internal audits & controls, general services, credit and treasury. Supervised 14 employees.Migrate accounting and financial activities and processes to a centralized Accounting Center.Identified, mentored and developed employees with leadership potential.

Responsible for financial activities, including accounting, payroll, taxes, IT, financial reporting, budgeting, stewardship, internal audits & controls, general services, credit and treasury. Supervised 2 employees.Migrate accounting and financial activities and processes to a centralized Accounting Center.

Manage financial activities, including accounting, payroll, taxes, IT, financial reporting, budgeting, stewardship, internal audits & controls, general services, credit and treasury. Supervised 5 employees.Overview of the Lago Annuity Foundation operations - pension payments to around 2,000 annuitants. Transition team member for the sale of ExxonMobil assets to Coastal in Aruba. Close remaining ExxonMobil business activities in Aruba after the sale of assets to Coastal; taxes, payables, collections, etc.