Manager Management

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING FINANCE EXECUTIVE

Multilingual Finance professional with over 15 years’ experience specializing in manufacturing business management to increase efficiency and decrease expenses. A detailed and results-oriented decision-maker with excellent analytical, negotiating and communications skills. Highly skilled in multicultural team leadership and development across all levels of the organization.

U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card). Speak English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

TECHNICAL & SPECIALIZED SKILLS

•Global Corporate Finance

•Strategic Planning

•FP&A

•Financial Reporting

•Production Cost Management

•KPIs Scorecard Management

•Pricing

•Project Management

•Financial Modeling

•M&A

•SAP ERP System / BI (SBO PC / BW)

•IFRS / US GAAP / BR GAAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GERDAU GROUP 2002 – 2017

$15 B, Brazilian-owned steelmaker with 45,000 employees across 13 countries, and the world’s 14th largest. Gerdau is the #1 producer of long steel in the Americas.

GERDAU SPECIAL STEEL NORTH AMERICA, Jackson, MI 2012 - 2017

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier and Leader in SBQ, North American Special Steel Division with $1 B in revenues.

Director of Accounting and Financial Planning 2016 - 2017

Led the Financial and Strategic Planning process and a 25-member finance team, including 3 corporate managers and 4 plant controllers. Full P&L responsibility, directing and controlling accounting principles, practices and procedures, as well as leading production costs process and margin analysis, supporting Marketing and Sales on pricing. Advised businesses on M&A projects and supported the Executive Committee on Tactical and Strategic decision-making.

•Promoted with mission of turning around and improving relationships and collaboration within Finance Leadership Group and between Finance and other departments. Succeeded by re-establishing roles and responsibilities for corporate team, mentoring managers and plant controllers, simplifying communications and driving collaboration.

•Increased YoY Gross Margin in a tough business environment negatively impacting prices and volumes. Implemented measures for Better Production Allocation, Fixed Costs Adjustment and pushed for Variable Costs Improvements.

•Reduced total SG&A 17% vs Annual Plan (best result ever) through strict budgeting and expense controls.

•Reduced required Working Capital by $40 million YoY, leading project focused on accessing and re-establishing DOH, DSO and DPO terms. Reduced total Cash Conversion Cycle by 15 days YoY.

•Led the Strategic Roadmap Project Review (10 year plan, defining goals for 2022 and respective strategic projects supporting the goals achievement).

•Improved FP&A process by re-establishing Rolling Forecast process through financial modeling improvements (added cash-flow, working capital and production costs detailed analysis); and Leadership engagement (functional areas of S&OP, Sales and Marketing, Procurement and Operations).

•Improved Decision-Making process by enhancing Financial Reporting and Analysis, implementing Corporate Business Performance Report (Finance, Market, People and Operation KPIs) and Consolidated Production Costs Report, allowing for internal bench-marking among the plants and sharing of best practices.

Corporate Development Manager 2015 - 2016

Led the Record-to-Report E2E process for SAP ERP System implementation project, focused on enhancing financial reporting and manufacturing costing process. Advised businesses on M&A projects and supported the Executive Leadership on financial analysis and studies.

•Assigned to manage the R2R Team during SAP implementation project, dealing with software vendor, programmers and other E2E leadership (Brazil / USA). Improved costing process (Standard / Actual) and BI for financial reporting (SBO PC / BW); and assured overall financial functions were in place (statutory/managerial accounting - GL, treasury, AP/AR, tax, costing and inventory management).

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager 2012 - 2015

Promoted and assigned to the Expat Global Leadership Development Program in USA for the Special Steel Business Division. As Process Leader of Strategic Financial Planning and Controllership, managed the process for Brazil, USA, Spain and India. Managed Rolling Forecast and coordinated Production Costs analysis. Advised businesses on M&A Projects. Supported the Leadership on ad-hoc Financial Analysis and Studies.

•Successfully implemented Strategic Planning and FP&A processes in North America and India Operations, developing local managers and training leadership

•Improved Strategic Planning and FP&A process in Brazil and Spain Operations, encouraging adoption of best practices and bench-marking.

•Enhanced and Standardized Business Performance Reporting process across the operation countries (KPIs Book) and monthly / quarterly Business Updates.

GERDAU SPECIAL STEEL BUSINESS DIVISION, Brazil 2011 - 2012

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier and Leader in SBQ in North America, Brazil, Spain and India with $3 B in revenues.

Strategic Planning and Controlling Advisor

Promoted and relocated to Sao Paulo – Brazil to coordinate Strategic Planning and Business Development for the Business Division. Supported Executive Leadership on strategic projects and consolidated and reported Managerial Financial Results.

GERDAU CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Brazil

Head of Costs and Managerial Results Department 2010 - 2011

Led the Costs Management and Managerial Results process for all Brazilian Business Divisions within the Shared Services Group. Managed a 10-member finance team. Led the process of Expense Matrix Management for SG&A; Managed Inventory process, and Supported Corporate Accounting Strategic Projects. Led projects targeting improvements over the SAP FI/CO accounting information system.

Strategic Planning & Business Development Advisor 2008 - 2010

Developed the Annual Corporate FP&A template as an active project team member. Monitored, maintained and reported Strategic KPIs to the Executive Committee and Board. Implemented and Maintained the Corporate Rolling Forecast Tool (SBO PC). Performed Production Costs and SG&A Analysis, Corporate Cash Flow Forecast and Analysis, Performed Valuation Modeling, Advised businesses on M&A Projects and Supported the Executive Committee and Board.

GERDAU SPECIAL STEEL BRAZIL, Brazil 2002 - 2008

Costs and Financial Planning Advisor

FICRISA AXELRUD BANK, Brazil 2000 - 2001

Financial Analyst

DELL COMPUTER INC, Brazil 1999 / 2001

Financial Analyst

EDUCATION

MBA, Corporate Finance, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brazil 2006

In partnership with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler Business School), FGV-EAESP is the only Brazilian business school to receive Triple accreditation from all three major international accreditation institutions, and only one of 55 worldwide.

B.S., Accounting, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil 2001

UFRGS is considered one of Latin America’s Top 10 Universities and has partnership with Ohio University.

OTHER DATA

•Proficient MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

•SAP ERP System / BI (Business Objects / BW) / Oracle Hyperion Consolidation and Reporting.

•Native Portuguese, Fluent English, Fluent Spanish and Intermediate Italian.

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