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Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

Oslo E Região, Noruega

Brazil

• Led the finance strategies and management of SOX activities in Brazil, Chile and Argentina, focusing on procedures, controls and processes, correction of deficiencies, testing and certifications, ensuring the quality of financial services.• Provided financial strategies following the processes: Tax, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Project Management Report and Business Partners Due Diligence, focusing on implementing programs and solutions to accomplish the business goals.• Oversaw operations of the finance department, setting goals and objectives, implementing actions according to the business plans and client’s needs.• Provided financial and operational risk management: regularly updated risk assessment, monitored action plans, risk log update and reporting to the group's headquarters in Houston/USA.Methodologies: COSO & COBITSystems: Oracle and SAPAchievements: • Provided further support for the operational departments on the development of the internal control framework• Developed a new risk matrix after merger with FMC Technologies.

Paris Area, France

• Worked as an expat based in Paris, providing support for performing risk-based operational audits of oil & gas projects in three business segments: Subsea, Onshore and Offshore.• Delivered internal audit fieldwork including independently performing interviews and walkthroughs at field work, conduct audit testing and draft report findings. • Responsible for financial audits in the business units, including the processes; compliance, internal controls and risk assessment, to identify critical areas and fraud investigation, defining and implementing analysis and tests, to provide corrective actions and optimized processes, following the best finance practices.• Audited record on companies and projects; Technip Region A (France) • Yammal Project (Philippines) • Angoflex (Angola) • Technip Asia - Pacific (Malaysia) • Technip Brazil (Brazil) • Flexibras (Brazil) • Technip Region B (Italy) • Technip North America (USA) • Alger Refinary Project (Algeria) • Block 15 (France) • Moho Nord Project (France) • PLSV Vessel Project (South Korea).Achievements: • Built a strong relationship management strategy, providing advices and responsiveness to internal client needs, increasing process owners participation, and maintaining profitability goals for the audit process.• Mentored junior staff, delivering training and technical support including analysis and how to accurately maintain and document all necessary paperwork to ensure compliance with audit standards. • Identified wide ranging weaknesses in costing and profitability controls at major Technip plants and raised recommendations to address them.

Brazil

• Processed assessment and development, to support for the management activities, ensuring the quality in finance specifics issues and services.• Provided risk control, developing policies and procedures, managing reports and KPI's. • Led the implementation of policies and internal controls procedures across Brazil Region as determined by the Headquarter in France, suggesting improvements and to assess the compliance of departments as necessary.• Analyzed assets, tax, financial statement closing procedures, treasury, manufacturing processes and sales.• Monitored and reviewed internal processes, systems and policies, providing recommendations to ensure the risk management was minimized, delivering improvements, according to the best finance practices.• Proved performance improvement in Accounts Payable, with reduction in the number of days of overdue payments.Achievements: • Successfully managed a reduction process in the number of failed controls by 60%• Improved performance in Accounts Payable with reduction in the number of days of overdue payments by 90%.• Designed and implemented an authorization structure for Oracle System.

Brazil

Internal auditor for the 74 units of the group at the time. Focusing on cost reduction and identification of losses and potential savings.• Managed the finance duties, focused on cost reduction and identification of losses and potential savings.• Planned and monitored Internal Audit tests, to ensure the efficiency of internal controls.• Oversaw the accounting practices adopted regionally by checking the correct alignment with BRGAAP practices.• Planned and oversaw the accounting process and practices, adopted regionally by checking the correct alignment with BRGAAP requirements.• Performed effective risk and control assessments, working closer with the team to surpass the target of paying the cost of the audit area by identifying savings, also preventing possible losses for the business.Achievements: • Achieved the target of paying the cost of the audit area by identifying savings, also preventing possible losses for the company (Target: BRL 2MM; Savings: BRL 4MM).• Identified weaknesses in costing controls at sites and raised recommendations to address them.

Brazil

• Planned and implemented internal controls testing, ensuring the quality and to increase compliance and efficiency of finance processes.• Implemented internal control department, developed procedures and control standards, provided support for procedures and accounting questions, according to the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as the constant checking of issued laws by key regulators, CVM and Central Bank.• Performed full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.• Analyzed and evaluated accounting documentation, reports and data, including the standardization of procedures and internal controls, mapping and operational risk assessment.• Managed reports to the board and the corporate headquarters.Achievements: • Set up the Internal Control Department from a zero base, introducing the concept and function successfully, and enabling its purpose to be fully understood by the company.• Developed risk matrix of the company and support in compliance with section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley, including process documentation, and other evaluations as necessary.100% development, documentation and formalization of the 100% politics and procedures.

Brazil

• Provided general, industrial and commercial auditing, including services related to the evaluation of internal controls, accounting procedures and financial reports.• Audited multinational companies, with reports in national and foreign currency, including special auditing reports such as: financial evaluation and analysis of financial reports.• Participated business process and audits, identified opportunities to improve operational process and control efficiency, as well as evaluated accounting, compliance and governance practices.• Evaluated reports for incorporation of companies and due diligence for company acquisitions.• Experience in companies that work with IFRS and US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley project, using COSO methodology.Achievements: • Presented a range of reports to senior management based on findings from ongoing analytical review and testing of key controls.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Associate'S Degree, Project Management

Activities and Societies: The aims is to ensure that a project includes all the necessary steps to assure successful work. Therefore.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Financial Management Services

Activities and Societies: Improve the knowledge about the modus operandi of the finance function in the company, its intersection.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management

Associate'S Degree, Sustainability Applied To Business

Activities and Societies: Understanding of facts and concepts related to sustainability Knowledge of contemporary trends and innovations.

Associate'S Degree, Corporate Finance

Activities and Societies: Investment and financing decisions, analysis of key financial indicators and their implications in planning.

Associate'S Degree, People Management And Strategic Process

Activities and Societies: - Management and Leadership - Communication and Feedback - High Performance Teams - Conflict Management.