Javier Mart nez

Address: **** **** ******* ****

N. Charleston, SC, 29420

Cell phone: 1-843-***-**-**

e-mail: ab9ewm@r.postjobfree.com

** ***** ** *********** ********** in financial and accounting areas in

leading multinational companies in manufacturing industries. Multicultural,

international background.

Permanent immigrant status (Green Card), fully authorized to work in the

U.S.

Personal Characteristics:

Critical thinker

Hands-on manager

Change agent

Strategic view

Creativity

Team builder

Focus on business

Continuous improvement mindset

Professional Experience

Giant Cement group

Cement and construction materials production and distribution, ready mix,

and aggregates, as well as resource recovery services. $300m revenues, 700

employees. Charleston, SC

VP & CFO Mar 2008 to Present

Reporting to CEO in the USA and functionally to the Corporate CFO in Spain.

Member of the Board of Directors. Member of the Executive Committee. Member

of the Pension Committee. Member of the Credit Committee.

Functions : Finance, Administration supervising Shared Services Teams:

Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Credit, Treasury and relationships

with banks and financial institutions, External Audit, Investment Project

Financing, Analysis and Control of Capital projects, Budget and Strategic

Plans, Financial and Cash Flow Projections, Reporting to Group, Overseeing

achievement of financial covenants. Also Responsible for IT.

Achievements:

- Reorganization and consolidation of administrative and back office

functions, reducing staff from 36 down to 23, achieving annual savings

in excess of $600k.

- Migration to International Financial Reporting Standards.

- Implementation of new internal management information system including

instauration of monthly rolling forecasts and KPIs for all the

operations.

- Complete refinancing of total debt of the company ($430 million) with

a private equity backed group, extending maturity of the debt by 6

years.

- Lead program for Working Capital reduction from 28% on revenues, to

19%.

VP Planning & Control Aug 2006 - Mar 2008

Functions : Strategic Planning, Control Procedures, Improvement of internal

processes, Internal Audit.

Achievements:

- Integration of Dragon Cement group.

- Reimplementation and harmonization of accounting systems: chart of

accounts, management reporting.

- Implementation of new costing system

- Design of financial model for p&l projections, as well as financial

and cash flow projections.

- Implementation of new Capital Expenditure control system.

Dragon Cement Company

Cement and construction materials production and distribution, ready mix,

and aggregates, $80m revenues, 180 employees. Portland, ME

VP Planning & Control Aug 2000 - Aug 2006

Functions : Finance and Treasury supervision, Relations with Financial

Institutions, Analysis and Control of Capital projects, Management control,

Support to Management Team, Internal and External Audit, Budget and

Strategic Plan preparation, Strategic Analysis, Analysis and Proposal of

Potential Acquisitions, Continuous Improvement programs, Reporting to

Group. Coordination of sales forecasting, production planning and

distribution/logistics needs.

Achievements:

- Participation in the expansion and modernization of the cement plant

for a total investment of $60m. Preparation of economic analysis,

strategic evaluation, design of logistic alternatives and follow up of

investment.

- Negotiation of club deal for financing of plant expansion

Smurfit Espa a, S.A. Subsidiary of Smurfit Group.

Paper manufacturing and distribution, corrugated packaging, paper sacks,

forestry operations. Madrid, Spain

. Controller - Corrugated Division (Spain & Portugal) Jul 1998 - Jul 2000

Functions : Management control, Preparation and follow-up of Budgets and

Strategic Plans, Capex analysis and internal reporting

I took part in the acquisition process of several companies in Spain,

Portugal and Russia.

. Project Leader- Oracle Financials Implementation Jun 1996 - Jun

1998

Functions : Compilation of requirements, Selection of software, Selection

of team members, leadership and coordination during all the phases of

design, implementation, final users training, data loading and start-up.

. Corporate Accounting & Tax Manager Jul 1990 -May 1996

Functions : Preparation of internal accounting reports, Statutory Accounts,

Consolidation, Reporting to Group, Audit, Preparation of Tax Returns, Tax

reviews and Tax Planning. During that time I took part in the working teams

formed to evaluate and prepare several acquisitions and mergers of

companies.

. Treasury Department Manager Jan 1988 - Jun 1990

Functions :Payments and Collection of bills, Negotiations with banks,

Financial and Exchange rate risks, cashflow projections.

Academic background and other training

MBA, IESE - Universidad de Navarra, Spain.

IESE Business School earned the number one spot in the Financial Times'

2012 overall ranking of business schools offering executive education

programs. The school has been ranked consistently among the top three

programs in the annual ranking in the last years.

B.A. in Business Administration (Ciencias Econ micas y Empresariales),

Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.

I have attended to several courses and seminars on matters related with

Accounting, Corporate tax, Tax planning, Team Building, Decision making and

Problem solving (Kepner-Tregoe) and others.

User of Oracle Financials (GL, AP, AR y FA), and Payroll, as well as other

ERPs like J.D.Edwards and SAP. User of Reporting and Consolidating tools

Hyperion and Cartesis.

Very good knowledge of several accounting standards: IFRS as well as US

GAAP

I am used to work with personal computers and I am a regular user of office

tools such as Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Exchange, Lotus 1-

2-3, Word Perfect.

Languages: Spanish (native)

English (bilingual)

French (intermediate)

German (basic)

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