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Argentina

Buenos Aires Y Alrededores

- Monitor and analyze product profitability within the Profit and Loss (P&L) statements, implementing strategies to optimize revenue and manage costs effectively.- Perform comprehensive financial analyses for product initiatives, encompassing cost estimation, budgeting, and return on investment (ROI) assessments to facilitate informed strategic decision-making.- Create and evaluate detailed business cases for new product initiatives, incorporating market analysis, competitive research, and potential revenue projections.- Define, track, and manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure product performance and overall business objectives, ensuring alignment with corporate goals.- Develop and maintain scorecards to monitor product performance, providing actionable insights and updates to stakeholders on strategic initiatives.- Collaborate closely with marketing, sales, and engineering teams to communicate product visions and align strategies across departments.- Regularly assess product and project performance, utilizing data analysis to drive improvements and make recommendations for future initiatives.- Lead and mentor a team of professionals, cultivating a collaborative environment that promotes creativity and innovation in product planning

Provincia De Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial operations including the cash flow management.- Preparing and reviewing the financial statements and reports in compliance with accounting standards and regulatory guidelines.- Collaborating with the CFO to develop and execute financial strategies that align with the company's goals.- Leading the budgeting and forecasting process, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop accurate financial projections.- Develop and maintain product-level financial models and performance metrics.- Working with product and business leaders within the organization to identify data and trends that will enhance the quality of decision making and highlight risk and opportunities.- Collaborating with product managers to make data-driven decisions on pricing, features, and customer acquisition.- Define and track critical success metrics and KPIs of the business, collaborating with other divisions to address them.- Supervising and leading a team of finance professionals. Providing guidance, training, and support to team members.

Buenos Aires Y Alrededores

- Responsible for the annual forecasting, reporting and consolidation process and working with the department heads for Argentina & Chile as business partner to build the budget and to deliver financial insights and recommendations to leadership for strategic and operational decisions.- Coordinating the monthly P&L forecast process for the actual fiscal year, including review of variances with department heads.- Leading monthly, quarterly and annual accounting closing for the region.- Monthly review and approval of Financial Statements and perform P&L and Balance Sheet analysis for Argentina & Chile.- Contributing to maintain effective Internal Controls, ensuring adherence to corporate compliance requirements (i.e., CP&Ps, SOX 404, Anti-Corruption), regional policies and procedures.- Research, analytical studies, cost benefit analysis and prepare financial and statistical reports to provide recommendations to management on a regular basis related to actual and forecasts.- Implementing processes to ensure Financial Statements integrity, Balance Sheet Review and Income Statement analysis, among others.- Development of KPI’s, analytical tools, dashboards and models to track performance and drive profitability.

Buenos Aires Y Alrededores

- Managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department.- Responsible for the monthly closing activities by approving accruals, accounts receivables and approval of manual journal entries.- Review financial reports and perform P&L and Balance Sheet analysis. Analysis of significant and unusual balances.- Account reconciliations review and approval. Taking the initiative to prepare actions plans and documenting issues of concern for areas of responsibility and working collaboratively with management to bring them to conclusion.- Responsible for accounting figures, ensuring they are accurate and in compliance with Corporate Accounting Policies under US GAAP.- Review of financial data for accuracy, issues detection and supports of day-to-day accounting transactions.- Approval of Foreign Exchange Rate Exposure report, understanding the monetary position in different currencies.- Recruitment, hiring and training of new accounting employees in the standardization of activities. Leading a team of 4.

Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Leading the monthly, quarterly and yearly closing by controlling revenue, approving accruals, accounts receivables and manual journal entries.- Evaluating and ensuring all accounting activities in compliance with US GAAP and local GAAP. (SAP)- Preparing and completing financial consolidations and reporting schedules, monthly, quarterly and annually.- Performing monthly Sales, General & Administrative expenses analysis, ensuring they are accurately reported.- Preparing and monitoring forecast deviations and reporting status in a timely manner.- Identifying and verifying financial transactions for multiple departments.- Responsible for balance sheet reconciliations and policies analysis; actively participate in quarterly Balance Sheet Review. Ensuring that the variances are understood and accurately derived.- Developing and enforcing internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflow.- Overseeing the Accounts Receivables Department, following up the collection process and reducing bad debts by direct coordination with the customers as necessary.- Maintaining, developing and improving inventory and cost accounting data in accordance with US GAAP and SOX internal control requirements.- Sales analysis, sales costs and gross margin.- Generating Foreign Exchange Rate exposure and trend reports, understanding the monetary position in different currencies (Argentinian Pesos and US Dollar).- Managing the CAPEX process, including approval workflow, budget configuration; tracking expenses to ensure the success of projects and proper accounting data. (Oracle)- Developing and implementing process improvements, documenting desktop procedures and processes to achieve efficiencies.- Leading a team of 3.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Perform monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounting and financial closing activities.- Coordinate GL accounts reconciliation process.- Responsible for Intercompany Process. Perform and control monthly intercompany reconciliations and coordinate intercompany settlements. Analysis and explanations of fluctuations and imbalances. Interaction with other teams in order to determine the correct accounting treatment for unusual operations.- Preparation and analysis of financial and performance reports.- Responsible for document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls and to comply with SOX.- Provide accounting support to other teams, auditors and internal customers.- Identify and analyze process improvements, including process automations in order to reduce resources and time.- Ensure that the accounting procedures of new business and government regulations are in compliance with US GAAP, Chevron policies and SOX.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

- Preparation and analysis of monthly management reports (cash flow, cash conversion cycle and other key performance indicators).- Preparation and analysis of the monthly legal entity financial statements that are reported to Headquarters.- Payments preparation by accruing expenses; assigning account numbers; requesting disbursements; reconciling accounts.- IFRS reporting packages preparation and calculate consolidation adjustments.- Audit schedules preparation as requested by external auditors during annual financial statement audit.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

- Reporting and Control.- Accounting tasks preparation related to the settlement, reporting and balance sheet accounts.- Preparation, identification and analysis of deviations in the balance of accounts.- Responsible for the accruals closing tasks, interacting with external and internal customers.- Prepare and analyze monthly reports and provide feedback and explanations to the client to clarify variances.- Participate and respond to Audit, client and Partner's special requests.

- Coordination of the tasks of the area of accounts payable.- Schedule of the payments according to the due dates.- Contribute with the realization of the Finance Cash Flow.- SAP Reports. Follow-up the changes implemented to the process of accounts payable for Argentina & Chile, Brazil and México.- Analysis of provisions for those charges not joining the corresponding period.- Provide support in the identification of issues and the development of solutions related to the process of accounts payable for Argentina & Chile, Brazil and Mexico.

Programa De Certificación Internacional En Niif (Ifrs), International Accounting

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Contador Publico, Ciencias Economicas

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