Gerardo Rivera Email & Phone Number

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Drive Value across the operational, strategic dimensions of our clients´organizations. Support Commercial strategies toward profitability, facilitate the M&A diligence, focused on supporting entrepreneurs, SMEs and Corporations to define and implement strategy including any capital raise efforts.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Finance & Sales supporting role.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Business Processes Optimization Advisor, Company Risks Administration, Financial Planning , Management Control Systems.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Strategic & Financial Planning, Treasury, Company Risks,Corporate Finance, Business Development, M&A, Cash Mgt , Global Risk Management, Administrative Control Systems, Strategic Planning.

Cancún Area, Mexico

Strategy & Business Development, Project Finance, Start-up processes, marketing and branding Strategies,Cash Management

Cancun, Qr , Mexico

Corporate Finance & Administration ( CFO ) , Subsidiaries financial Consolidation, Management Control Systems , Information Technology Optimization Processes , Human talent Administration, Strategic Planning, Legal department.

Monterrey, Mexico

Finance & Administration Business Processes Optimization Analysis, Administrative IT processes improvements, Strategic Financial Planning, Best practices ,Corporate Governance,Business Process Reengineering, IFRS adoption, Key performance Indicators Systems Adoption, Corporate Governance.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Responsible of supervise and monitor all the financial operations including: payroll, accounting, ensuring tax and financial compliance (Internal controls), cash management / treasury & derivatives, credit-finance ,leasing, purchase-option´s, buy back´s, rent-to-rent operations, finance restructuring, reporting analysis, planning, preparation of executive reports for board meetings, dealing with internal, external auditors & legal consultants, AR´s.& AP´s. management, safeguard all the company assets, risk management, managing the HR function, leading IT function, assist CEO and COO in making business and strategic recommendations, compliance with all aspects including SOX and the Corporation values & principles.Achievements:A credit risk scoring assessment was redefined and launched, implemented new internal accounting policies, rules and procedures, the ERP Globe-Synergy Exact was adjusted to improve stock inventory control, accounting and monitoring customer credit lines, using a web intelligence platform, a $10M vendor program was negotiated with a Mexican leasing company, a functional currency USD reporting was implemented, reduced from 12 to 6 days in the month end closing, a restructuring of staffing was completed. Directed reporting of ten people and 10 branches throughout Mexico.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Direct and safeguard the financial resources of the corporation, overseeing the budgeting plans and cash management, including banking and external audit relations, monitoring the business in all aspects: financial, fiscal planning and tax compliance, assisting the CEO & President on capital structure and debt management as well as strategic capital investments, making executive reports for board meetings, managing the corporate HR function and leading IT function providing permanent back-up services for the corporation.Achievements:Implementation of centralized treasury operations using an electronic banking network and zero balance accounts (12 legal entities–$2.5M monthly), launching a presentation and business dashboards and scorecards system with interactive visual analytics using Crystal Xcelsius for board meetings (in progress), improved corporate structure of legal entities, boosting an ERP Intelisis throughout the organization (98% completed), issuance of accounting and administrative policies enforcing the internal controls, negotiation of credit lines for $3M and long term $5M. Directed staff reporting of fourteen people and five controllers. Internal Auditing supervision. Corporate Auditing committee implemented.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Responsible for financial consolidation and conversion to Mexican general accepted accounting principles including analysis GAAP, SOX, preparation of holding companies financial statements, fiscal planning as well as compliance in México & USA, business plans consolidation, business valuations, preparing information for operation and management executive meetings, corporate finance issues and having active participation in due diligences toward acquisitions.Achievements:Reduction from 25 to 6 days in consolidation process, reduced effective consolidated tax rate by 75% using diverse tax strategies, generated key performance indicators reports within a web intelligence platform, flexible model constructed in spreadsheet Excel for financial consolidation of 20 legal entities (10 plants, 5 Service centers, 2 holdings & 3 trading companies in México, USA, Central America and U.K.), developed financial plan for each of two holding companies, participation in four strategic acquisitions diligences, US federal taxes reimbursement obtained close to $2.5M. Directed staff reporting of four people in México and a controller in USA. Participated in the SOX project implementation in all the Steel Division companies. Model created in excel for business plans consolidation and tracking.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Responsible for financial and fiscal consolidation, prepare feasibility studies, financing availability, coordination of internal and external auditing, short and long term financial planning.Achievements:Participated in the negotiation of $50M for a new long term restructured debt, responsible for a seven legal entities Mexican fiscal consolidation, preparation of the budget and projections for long term financing for two legal entities, active role in strategic planning process.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Responsible for treasury operations, financial planning, budgeting & cash forecasting, corporate finance issues, prepare business valuations, make financial analysis, Mexican Stock Exchange quarterly reporting.Achievements:Increased efficiency in treasury operations, participated in the maintenance of Medium term note program for $10M, timely preparation of quarterly reports to Mexican Stock Exchange, realized financing activities for a $60M Medium term notes program.

Responsible for short & long financing, corporate finance issues, improve relations with investors and financial analysts, negotiate financing credit lines for working capital and long term projects.Achievements:Established $200M revolving line of credit and $77M projects finance using World Bank sources, maintenance of $250M Euro-Commercial paper program and $200M Medium term notes program, follow–up studies of the corporation shares price performance at Mexican Stock Exchange, preparation of top executive special reports.Corporate Financial Planning Executive (Jul 90- Feb 93) Job description:Responsible for financial planning, consolidation of business plans, prepare projections for business valuations, prepare financial performance ratios analysis and top executive reports.Achievements:Designed new model in excel spreadsheet for financial planning purposes and its analysis, created of new executive business reports for financial analysis, finished diverse project investments analysis, completed some sensitivity-impact analysis studies, implemented project feasibility valuations, developed relations with financial institutions, 8 Mexican and 4 foreign.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Job description:Responsible for financial consolidation, preparation of quarterly financial information for Mexican Stock Exchange.Achievements:Created model for financial consolidation using spreadsheet excel for 10 legal entities, preparation of consolidated financials in a quarterly basis for Mexican Stock Exchange, implemented a three years corporate finance data base, preparation of new top executive reports for Board meetings.

Job description:Responsible for providing profitability & performance ratios analysis, preparing consolidation of business plans, implemented administrative control for management, prepared analysis of the consolidated fixed costs, making reports for the Board meetings in a monthly basis.Achievements:Launched administrative control system reports of responsibility centers, reduced time from 15 to 8 days for the consolidated fixed costs analysis, created top consolidated executive summaries and information for Operational meetings.

Master In Business Administration, Finance

Education record

Mba, Administration