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Braga, Pt

Braga, Portugal

As a Product Owner, my main function is to translate the market's problems so that our team of developers can create technological solutions that adequately face these challenges and market pains, always keeping the customers' experience and success in focus.As head of operations, I am responsible for coordinating the work of the support, customer success, administrative and financial teams, with the aim of ensuring the adequacy of the processes that support the sales and development teams, which I supervise indirectly. , always aiming to ensure that customers and partners will have the best possible experience when using our product.My main orientation is to support the team of around 15 professionals, so that they design efficient processes and manage to implement them, as a way of ensuring the execution of each of their tasks.Highlight for the following assignments:- Team building and feedback to all professionals with whom I work directly;- Lead the evolution of product development;- Monitor the activities of the commercial team;- Participate in acceleration programs;- Support on investment processes.

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

As a Product Owner, my main role is to translate the market's problems so that our team of developers can create technological solutions that adequately address these challenges and market pains, always keeping the customer's experience and success in focus.As a head of operations, I am responsible for coordinating the work of the support, customer success, administrative and financial teams, with the aim of ensuring the adequacy of the processes that support the sales and development teams, which I supervise indirectly, always with the aim of ensuring that customers and partners will have the best possible experience when using our product.My main orientation is to support the team of around 12 professionals, so that they design efficient processes and manage to implement them, as a way of ensuring the execution of each of their tasks.Highlight for the following assignments:- Form the team and give feedback to all 12 professionals with whom I work directly;- Lead the evolution of product development;- Monitor the activities of the commercial team;- Monitor open innovation programs.

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Assistant professor of the Specialization in Business Management course, teaching the discipline of Financial Administration, including the preparation of lesson plans, support material, evaluation materials and monitoring of student performance.

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

As a director, in addition to managerial attributions, I began to accumulate responsibility for monitoring the Recife office's billing, as well as monitoring the result and meeting the billing and team allocation targets, as well as serving all the company's international clients in the branches in the Northeast and the representation of Brazil on the Natural Resources Committee of BDO Internacional.The following attributions stand out:- Technical discussion of relevant audit issues with clients;- Team field training;- Preparing and conducting classroom training for seniors and audit assistants;- Performance evaluation and feedback from 100% of the office's technical and administrative team;- Monitoring office goals;- Representation of BDO Brasil before the Natural Resources Committee of BDO Internacional.

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Manager in charge of all administrative activities at the office in Recife, in addition to technically conducting audit work for companies of different sizes and industries. Responsible for career monitoring and feedback for around 20 professionals, ranging from trainee to supervisor, and responsible for conducting the selection processes for all professionals in the firm.The following attributions stand out:- Technical discussion of relevant audit issues with clients;- Team field training;- Preparing and conducting classroom training for seniors and audit assistants;- Performance evaluation and feedback from 100% of the office's technical and administrative team.

Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil

Responsible for the personnel, accounting, tax, financial, revenue auditing, costs and warehouse departments, reporting directly to the hotel's CFO (and acting in his place when the position is vacant), I was responsible for the operation's cash management, for negotiation with suppliers and hotel entrepreneurs.Leading a team of 9 professionals, it was my responsibility to define personal goals and ensure field training for all of the team, in addition to monitoring the monthly closings and budget follow-up with the CFO Latam and supporting the preparation of the annual budget.Highlight for the following activities:- Cash flow management;- Preparation and monitoring of annual budgets;- Team building and feedback to team members;- Implementation and monitoring of internal controls.

Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil

As responsible for the accounting department, which included: personnel department, accounting, tax, cost control and reporting for the United States, it was also my responsibility to assist the internal and external audit teams, in addition to monitoring the goals and performance of a team of 8 professionals reporting directly to me.During the period I was in charge of the department, I conducted a Value Chain Mapping process, which allowed the reduction of accounting closing time by about 70% and increased the level of assertiveness of processed closings by more than 50%.I can highlight the following assignments:- Provide field training for the team;- Accompany individual and team goals;- Ensure compliance with the rules issued by the internal audit and monitor the execution of the internal and external audit processes.

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

As accounting and reporting manager, my responsibilities included managing a team of around 50 professionals with various levels of experience, in addition to conducting technical discussions and supporting strategic decision-making by the board of directors of the group companies. During the period leading the team, I was part of the Concentra Project, which restructured the department's work dynamics, allowing the reduction of the average accounting closing time from 7 to 3 working days.Highlight for the following assignments:- Discussion of relevant technical topics with the company's senior management, directors and auditors;- Management of team training and acting with an internal instructor if necessary;- Field training, career monitoring and feedback from 5 employees reporting directly to me;- Definition and monitoring of personal and team goals for everyone on the team.

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

As an audit supervisor, I acted as manager of less complex projects and collaborated with the results achieved by PwC's Recife office. In constant contact with clients located in multiple cities in Brazil and in the State of New York, in the United States, I had the opportunity to lead remote teams, directly contributing to the training of more than 20 professionals. Highlighting the following functions:- Technical conduction of audit work and initial adoption of accounting practices in the Utilities and Energy sector, including discussion of relevant technical topics with audit partners and clients;- Act as a career coach for less experienced professionals, especially for senior associates and associates, including career feedback from teams and coachees;- Acting as Champion of advanced auditing practices (Aura Project);- Acting as main trainer in auditing and accounting practices training (FET, Assurance 1, Assurance 2, Assurance 3 and Assurance 4).

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Gestão Empresarial, Mba Em Gestão Empresarial

Bacharelado, Contabilidade

Accounting graduation on the first graduated class on IFRS in the State of Pernambuco.

Bacharelado, Administração

Activities and Societies: Scholarship holder of the scientific initiation program at the University of Pernambuco between 2001 and 2002.