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Regional Controller, Regional Internal Audit Mgr., Internal controls SOX, ERP Systems installation, Business and Financial Consultant. ( US & Int’l subsidiaries )

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Professional Summary:

A senior multilingual financial professional with over 27 year experience in US domestic and Int’l operations. Highly successful in protecting the top and bottom lines (ROI - ROA %) while effectively re-organizing, funding and controlling business expansions, consolidations, merger & acquisitions, and other developments. U.S. / IFRS and foreign GAAP conventions reporting and managing of operations under challenging economic conditions in the US and abroad (strong competition, cycles of fast growth, reorganizations, phasing out and re-launching of new products and businesses). In the last 11 years specialized in SOX – Risk assessment activities, and in the Internal auditing profession. Hands on, game changer talent if needed, goal - career - Company driven.

Areas of Expertise:

* US domestic & Int’l financial management. * Logistics and operations management.

* US GAAP / IFRS reporting & consolidation of subs. * Zero base budgeting and business modeling

* Merger & Acquisitions ( Due diligence processes ). * International treasury and funding.

* Operational and Financial audits. Risk Assessment. * Anticipating cycles of currency mega-deva-

* Oracle, BPCS, JDE systems installations and upgrades. luation / control the balance sheet exposure.

* Design of financial policies and procedures / manuals. * World - wide transfer pricing expertise.

* Internal control systems. Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. * Profic. In Word, Excel, PPoint, and Hyperion.

Professional Experience – Achievements:

SONY AMERICAS

Business-Financial Consultant

Chicago – IL. & Miami FL.

Aug 2010 to:

Present 2015

Directed full scope financial and operational audits and benchmarking studies of operations (between USA, Brazil, Mexico Subsidiaries), focusing deeply into the details of the operating activities (the Subsidiaries as a whole operation), Sales, Customer Service, Mfg. Processes, Costing of processes, Distribution, etc., ), and lay out the plans for enhanced internal controls and operational improvements. Achievements:

* Led the transition from manual accounting operations into fully integrated ERP Co’ operations systems.

* Together with the IT USA area, refined and upgraded the Oracle – JDE operations Systems at all levels.

* Analyzed, designed, and installed successfully a new costing system (ERP base, via Oracle – JDE tools).

* Improved the coordination, communications and business execution between the different Co’ functions.

* Slashed overtime cost ($ 180,000 p/year just in the cost accounting area).

* Shorten the month end closing and reporting to Head Office from 4 days to 2 days.

* Just in time operations, better controls of inventory and costs, resulting in millions of US $ savings.

* The subsidiaries are now much better equipped with the ERP system to handle enlarged operations.

BRITISH PETROLEUM

Regional Assurance & Compliance Mgr.

Miami - FL.

Sept 2005 to:

March 2010

While directing and executing the annual audits plan (financial and operational), at different locations (USA, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, others.), via sophisticated SOX Risk Management analysis / mapping of operations of the Lubricants Division “Castrol” operations), and team work with the BP Security Int’l operations, this prepared the area for key critical recommendations to the Corporation. Achievements:

* Caused the Corporation to re-think their core operational strategy in Miami and Latin America operations.

* Led the Corporation to phase out the old retail business model into licensed local Mfg. / wholesalers, in 2009.

* Dramatically reduced operational risks, and costs by tens of millions of US $ while sales continued growing.

* Together with the BP downstream division, achieved to remit and settle above 117 million US $ Payables at

the preferential rate despite strong exchange controls, saving more than 30 million US $ to impact the P & L.

* Excelled in Risk management assessment, internal audits, participated strongly with the Hot Line area and

the Int’l Security department in special investigations” (Major accomplishments).

TECH DATA INC

Regional Internal Audit Mgr.

Clearwater, Miami FL.

Oct 2004 to:

Sept 2005

In charge of the execution of the annual audit plans, at different locations ( USA - Miami, Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Portugal subsidiaries ). Major achievements:

* Directed assurance and compliance audits for the Latin America operations ( 6 Countries ).

* Enhanced for the first time the internal audits standards for the international operations, complementing

strongly the Chief Audit Executive ’s delivery capability to the Audit committee of the Corporation.

ROBERT HALF, AND

OTHER INVESTORS

Internal audit Mgr., Business Appraiser

Hollywood – FL

Jan 2004 to:

Sept 2004

During this period performing as an independent contractor for Robert Half Co., while executing a full Internal (financial) audit at Broad-spire Insurance. Later on assisted several small businesses in Florida.

* Directed full scope Financial Statement audit for Broadspire Inc, as of Dec 2003, preparing the company for

external audit, on a temporary – project basis, as well as for the spin off from Lumbermen Insurance Co.

* Initiated the testing of internal controls for Cross Country / Sarbanes Oxley Act compliance. Other consulting

activities for small business ( basically Business appraisals ).

THE GATES RUBBER CO.

Regional Finance Director

Hollywood – FL, Lat. Am. Operations

Sept 1996 to:

Jun 2003

Directed the Regional financial function for this Automotive Parts - OEM Manufacturer for the Indent export sales Miami base, and Manufacturing / Distribution operations in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela. Major achievements:

* Directed the Area financial function (6 years) / clean financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen.

* Monthly financial reporting packages from subsidiaries abroad were always delivered on time.

* Installed integrated IBM – AS400 – BPCS-MIS (Manufacturing, sales and financial modules) and reduced

Area’s operational costs by 1.7 million US $ a year. Made the transition to Oracle financials in Hollywood

* Contributed to Area’s Team work in improving area’s ROI from 19% to above 25%.

* Anticipated the 1999 Brazilian mega-devaluation, avoided losses via managing the balance sheet exposure,

& generated 2.2 million US $ in translation exchange gains, a major change from previous years’ losses.

* Successful Merger and Acquisitions (Directed due diligence activities in Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela)

* During 2001 / 2002 developed the WW transfer pricing system control for the group in Denver, Co.

* Managed the operations of Tomkins Overseas Holdings in Luxembourg (Temporary assignment).

* Performed as a member of Board of Directors for eleven of the Tomkins’ subsidiaries in Europe.

* Initiated Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulation compliance for the European subsidiaries in Luxembourg.

HILTI INC.

Subsidiary Controller

Tulsa, OK, Caracas

Nov 1993 to:

Sept 1996

Directed the subsidiary financial function, reporting to Tulsa, OK. Main achievements as follows:

* Successfully directed the financial function for two factories and seven warehouses across the country.

* Always obtained clean annual Financial Statement reports from Arthur Andersen during 3 years.

* Full control on balance sheet exposure, avoided negative impact of mega-devaluations and high inflation.

* Mastered in Brady bonds operations while remitting US $ in excess despite a closed exchange system.

* The selling of the above Brady Bonds (bought at 33% sold later on 70%), with a profit of 1.5 million US $.

* Reduced DSO ratios from 110 days to 80 days, rationalized inventories from 10 month supply to 6.

SUNBEAM OSTER INC

VP. Finance – Int’l. Operations

Caracas, Frankfurt,

Miami FL.

Nov 1990 to:

Jun 1992

Directed the financial function in Germany & Venezuela. Reported to Miami’s headquarter. Achievements:

* Directed successfully the financial function for the Venezuela, Germany and French subsidiaries.

* Excelled in financial reporting, treasury management, P & L responsibility. (Audited by Arthur Andersen)

* Re-structured an entire IBM AS 400 - MIS system for accounting and zero base budgeting operations.

* Reduced DSO from 90 days to 28 by means of becoming a special business partner with our customers.

Education: Bachelor in Economic Science degree from University of Carabobo, in Venezuela, recognized in the USA via Foreign Credential Search Inc. in Atlanta, GA. and as per Fowler, White, Inc. in Miami, FL. Admitted via the “ In the National Interest of the USA ” exception in view of exceptional knowledge in global and Latin America Accounting and Finance sciences. CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the ACFE in the U.S. Member of the IIA - Institute of Internal Auditors in the U.S. CPA title registered in Venezuela. Fully bilingual English – Spanish. Exceed working requirements in Portuguese and German languages.

Others: Open to relocate in the US and abroad. Used to travel for as much as 60% of my time. Traveled intensively in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Spain, UK, Germany, France, Holland, Ireland, Channel Islands, Austria and Luxembourg, supervising and auditing local financial operations, Merger and Acquisitions as well as new projects.

Prepared on April 20th, 2015

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