As Finance Executive working in multinational companies within the Textile, General Industry, Automotive and Technical Inspection and Certification industry, I’ve been responsible for over 12 years for the financial leadership and management. Supporting Local as well as Senior Management at headquarters overseas, I acquired my experience related to strategic and operational planning, Controlling, M&A processes, tax, labor, financial risk, working capital and all kind of contingency management working in Germany, the United States and Brazil, thus making it mandatory to know and follow international rules of Compliance also defined within SOX.My professional development occurred in a Lean environment and search of continued improvements in all areas. During my career I proved special skills referring to cost analysis, implementation of cost cutting measures, search of synergies as well as opportunities to simplify internal processes to improve the result and the cash situation.Based on detailed return on investment analysis, I approved numerous strategic investment projects including several for the purpose of risk mitigation. As part of my responsibilities I led difficult negotiations, reviewed and signed important short, medium and long term legal contracts with business partners. I’m familiar with the use of ERP systems like SAP or QAD and took advantage of Business Intelligence tools like IBM Longview or Hyperion Retrieve.I developed a performance driven and open leadership style based on Key Indicators and succeeded to push my teams in Finance, Controlling, Purchasing, Information Technology to excellence.Fluency in Portuguese, English, German, working knowledge of Spanish