Manager Accounting

JUAN CARLOS SOLORZANO LinkedIn

Dallas TX: 469-***-**** E-mail: acr337@r.postjobfree.com Skype: jc_solorzano Strategic visionary leader with broad experience in multi-national/industries Proven ability to quickly analyze key business drivers, innovate and develop strategies to maximize bottom-line A business leader with integrity and significant experience in a multiple of industries & countries. I have the ability to understand, lead and manage several tasks with great focus and precision. I am Bilingual (Spanish) and multicultural

(U.S./ Mexico/Central America), with more than 20 years of experience in the USA and international markets. A team builder executive with superb ability for dealing with people from diverse cultures & nationalities with areas of expertise in:

Staff Development

Regulatory Compliance

Budgeting/Forecasting

Tax Planning

Strategic Planning

Business Process Redesign

U.S./Mex./International GAAP

Full P&L responsibility

International Operations

Information technology

Banking

Legal

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SIGMA ALIMENTOS (Parent Corp: ALFA). Costa Rica Tel.005**-****-**** (>10 Years, >13 with ALFA) Sigma is the leader in the production and distribution of refrigerated frozen food products in Mexico, with presence in the USA, Europe, Central America and South American markets. In 2014, the company sales were $5.4 billion USD. Regional Administration & Financial Controller (CFO) – Central America 01/05 – 03/15 Reporting to Julio Mijares, VP of Central America Division with regional annual sales of $200 Million USD. Promoted from Senior Consultant – Board of Directors Relations with sister company Alestra AT&T

Accountable for the company’s financial operations in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, overseeing financial controls, reporting & planning, administrative functions, general accounting, cost accounting, taxes, credit, treasury, information technology, budgets, and forecast. Oversee staff of 7 (Strategic Manager, Controller, A/R Manager, Cost Accounting Manager, Tax Manager, Internal Control Manager and IT manager; 45 people total) and support the operations for over 2000 employees in Central America. Specific Contributions:

Built and developed financial models to improve the reliability, timeliness and accuracy of the financial information, reducing the monthly closing period and reporting from 5 days to 2 days.

Generated yearly net departmental savings of over $500 thousand USD by restructuring financial organization and developing cost saving programs.

Worked with CEO and Corporate in the planning, execution, & analysis of the short-long term strategic regional plan.

Successfully directed the defense of a tax case in El Salvador, preventing an $8.0 Million USD tax liability.

In charge of merging 9 companies into 1, reducing operational & auditing annual expenses for $120 thousand USD.

Sponsor teamwork, coaching, hiring and retention of needed talent, allowing people in department to be promoted more frequently to other key management positions within the organization.

Implemented financial policies to ensure compliance with corp. guidelines and facilitated PriceWaterhouse audits.

Collaborated with CEO and upper management to obtain approval for capital investments of over $50 Million USD that supported the explosive revenue annual growth of 16% (From 2005 to 2009: $120 Million USD sales).

In 2009, during the economic crisis, improved working capital by 13 days by restructuring the receivables department, reducing inventory levels in Central America & negotiating longer periods of payments with our vendors. Alestra AT&T – (Parent company: ALFA). México: Monterrey, 2001 – 2004. Tel. 005*-***-*** 5999 (3 Years) AT&T in partnership with ALFA and Bancomer provides voice, data, video telecommunications and Internet services to business, consumer, and government agencies in Mexico. Alestra revenues for fiscal year 2004 were $420 Million. Senior Consultant - Board of Directors Relations 10/2001 – 12/2004 Reported to Juan Pablo Legorreta, VP of Strategic Planning New Business and Development.

Was accountable for the broad business aspects of the corporation by interacting with internal and external environments for the purpose of identifying issues and making recommendations that were useful to the senior management and the Board of Directors.

Oversaw competitive research, benchmarking financial analysis and statistical studies.

Established corporate metrics that drove business value and contributed to the organization long term health. Specific Contributions:

Established corp. leading indicators that drove business value and contributed to the organization long term health.

Implemented an operational forecasting planning process that permitted the organization to be more proactive to the external environment.

Increased efficiency and effectiveness of capital investment programs by establishing policies and procedures.

Developed and implemented new project authorization procedures.

Assisted Director of Strategic Planning with long term corporate business plan, budgets and forecast.

Completed 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 department budgets. NEC Business Network Solutions (BNS) Irving, TX 1999 – 2001, tel. 214-***-**** (3 Years) NEC is quoted in the Japanese stock Market with revenues in excess of $5 Billion Dollars per annum. Revenues for the BNS division in fiscal year 2001, which ended in March 2001, were $500 Million. Cost Accounting Manager (Project Accountant Manager) 7/99 – 6/01 Reported to the Senior Vice President of Finance, Isamu Kawashima, alongside the Vice President Controller, J. Hoover.

Managed cost and contract accounting activities for the company including preparation and analysis of accounts, sales through gross profit budgets, forecasts and monthly reporting.

Managed, supported and developed staff of 5 Project accountants.

Organized conversion of legacy accounting system to Peoplesoft.

Presided over the contract accounting function inclusive of actual versus budget analysis, event based costing and billing through to job and/or project cost closure. Specific Contributions:

Developed Peoplesoft financial queries used by operations and management to forecast and review actual vs. budget sales and cost activities.

Increased the accuracy and accessibility of information for numerous tasks.

Improved the department's effectiveness and productivity by standardizing Peoplesoft queries for Balance Sheet reconciliation and Income Statement reviews.

Dallas Airmotive. Dallas, TX 9/88 – 7/99, tel. 214-***-**** (11 years) Dallas Airmotive overhauls aircraft engines for government, commercial and private aviation companies with 36 regional locations in USA and 1 in the U.K. Revenues for the aviation division were $500 Million per year. BBA, Dallas Airmotive parent company, is listed in the U.K. stock market and has revenues in excess of $1 Billion per year. Inventory Accounting Manager 9/88 – 7/99

Reported to Controller, Randy Hightower.

Progressed from accounting supervisor to inventory accounting manager (1995 – 1999). Progressed from accountant to accounting supervisor (1992 – 1995). Progressed from material technician to inventory analyst to accountant (1988 – 1992).

Managed cost and inventory reconciliations for the GL and maintained integrity of perpetual system records and general ledger accounts for commercial jet inventory (32 product lines, including Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Tay, A250, with more than $69.5 million dollars net of reserve). Specific Contributions:

Generated monthly reconciliations for 70% of the General Ledger. Reduced inventory losses from more than $300K to less than $50K per year and improved inventory GL account reconciliations.

Enhanced inventory controls for more than 10 shops located in the United States and Europe. EDUCATION AND OTHERS:

Amberton University Master of Business Administration 5/98 University of Texas Bachelor of Science in Accounting 8/96 Fluent in English and Spanish, proficient with large integrated computer systems, SAP, PeopleSoft, Advanced MS Excel skills and Power Point.

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