CLAUDIA FERNANDEZ BARRON

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Finance Manager / Director with vast experience in International Corporations in London, US, Mexico and Latin America. Expert in Accounting and Finance Areas like Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Intercompany Reconciliation, Payroll, Costs, Inventories, Month and Annual End Close (US/London/Local GAAP), Corporate Reporting, Internal and External Audit, SOX, Internal Controls and Compliance, Transfer Pricing Studies, Local and Deferred Tax.

Executive, Public Accountant, Bilingual.

My principal skills are based in Re-structure of the Areas of Accounting and Finance, defining Functions and Responsibilities, prepare the Corporate Financial Report, Documentation of Procedures that helped the implementation of Internal Controls, prepare and delivery of Individual Audited Financial Statements, strategies to recovery of past due Portfolio and maintain these healthy, strong experience in keep an excellent Cash Flow, enough experience in keep in good level the Working Capital, and strong knowledge in NIF s (Financial Reporting Standards) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). I m effective liaison between the Local Office and Regional Office (Headquarters), Supervisor and Coordinator with Regional Teams in Latin America, Leadership and Couching with my Team and promote the Team Working.

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

JAGUAR EXPLORACION Y PRODUCCION November 2022 – April 2023

(Oíl Company)

Sr. Manager of Administration, Finance and Internal Control Report to CFO located in Dallas, Texas.

Reporting directly; Controller, Sr. Manager of Supply Chain, Treasury, and IT. My Responsibilities in this Position were firstly, the design of a Risk Matrix, to present and Action Plan to mitigate possible Control Risks and be in Compliance to be listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange. Compliance with Monthly Accounting Closings, Development, Review and Implementation of Policies and Procedures, Supervision that the Objectives of the Supply Chain Area are met; including the Negotiation of Contracts with Vendors, as well as that corresponding to the Treasury and IT Areas.

GRUPO DELTA August 2022 – November 2022

(Chemical Trading Company)

Controller Compliance

In this Position I report directly to the CFO. Having the support and involvement of all the Areas, and an Internal Auditor reporting directly to me.

As a Head of Internal Controls and Compliance, I was in charge of the Development, Review and Implementation of the Policies, Procedures and Manuals. I had the opportunity to be the 2nd. on board in the Order to Cash Process Project, carried out by the KPMG Team, as well as being a support for the Accounts Payable Area, regarding the Reports presented to the Presidency.

SENIOR FINANCE/ACCOUNTING ADVISOR January 2020 – July 2022

Senior Finance and Accounting Advisor for Mexican and Multinational Corporations with operations in Mexico.

INTERTEK Testing Services de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. September 2018 - October 2019

(Services Company www.intertek.com)

Intertek Mexico s revenue of £ $2.9 billion and has 1,400 employees. Mexico Finance Manager

Intertek is an English company, where the LATAM Corporate is located in Houston, Texas. I reported directly to the CFO of Latin America (LATAM), online dotted to Comptroller LATAM and Internal Control Director. Leading a Comptroller, 2 Accounting Managers, Tax Manager, Billing and Collections, Accounts Payable, Purchases, Treasury, Payroll and Legal.

• Responsible for 6 legal Entities located in Mexico and the Financial Control of them, strong support for Monthly London/Local GAAP Financial Close, generating deeper understanding into key drivers of P&L and Balance Sheet, ensuring management of inter-company breaks and balance sheet substantiation, reach the goal of Working Capital, have a healthy Portfolio, Cash Flow, attend and coordinate the Corporate and External Audit, delivery of Individual Audited Financial Statements of 6 Companies and 2 Consolidated, Transfer Pricing Studies, and IMSS Audit.

• In this Company I started as Comptroller Mexico and after 3 months I was promoted to the Position of Mexico Finance Manager; the achievements were Re-structure of the area of accounting and finance, defining Functions and Responsibilities, Documentation of Procedures that helped the implementation of Internal Controls, prepare and delivery in 3 months the Financial Audit Statements from 2016 to 2018, managing to change the external audit approach from 2018 (No trust in controls) and in 2019 (Trust in controls), thereby reducing substantive testing by 50%, as well as reducing overtime of this service to 70%. Contributing to the 2017 Transfer Pricing Studies were issued in November 2018, with a delay of 5 months and those corresponding to 2018 were issued in April 2019. Have been strong support in the Legal Area for the implementation of IFRS 16

(Leases), reach the objective established by the Corporate with respect to Working Capital, based on compliance with credit limit dates for both suppliers and portfolio recovery. CHEVRON ENTERPRISES, S. DE R. L. DE C. V. January 2008 - June 15, 2018

(Petrochemical Company. www.chevron.com)

Chevron Mexico s revenue of US $25 million and has 300 employees Accounting Supervisor

Chevron is an American Company, where the Corporate is located in San Ramon, California. I reported directly to the Corporate Finance Director.

• I was responsible for the Accounting and Finance Area in Mexico and Argentina for 4 Legal Entities in Mexico, including; accounts receivables, accounts payables, payroll, costs, inventories, internal and external audit, SOX, internal controls and compliance, local and deferred tax. I was also responsible for issuing Financial Statements, Transfer Pricing Study, as well as to deal with Corporate and External Auditors.

• In this Company I started as Internal Control & Compliance Coordinator and I was reporting directly to the Corporate Office in Miami, Florida. and in 2009 I was appointed to the position of Accounting Supervisor; the achievements were; I was leading and participating in different projects; merger, accounting system change from BPC S to SAP, transfer the payroll to an outsourcing company, the electronic accounting in accordance with the tax law, development and implement the service billing procedure taking in consideration its tax deduction, and rebranding of service stations in compliance with the Financial Reporting Standards (C-6) with a successful outcome, I improved and implemented some Financial and Supply Chain Process. GROUP M México January 2007 - June

2007

(Advertising Corporation)

Finance Manager

This Group was integrated by 4 legal entities; MindShare México, S.A. de C.V., MediaEdge, S. de R.L., MediaCom, S.A. de C.V. and ShareMind, S.A. de C.V. I reported directly to the CFO, and the Positions reporting to me were; Controller, Treasurer, Credit and Collections Supervisor, and Payroll.

• My responsibility in this Position was in charge of the Financial, Accounting and Tax departments, preparing the Monthly Financial Package and the Annual Tax Package, these data were sent to the corporate office in New York and Argentina.

I verified that the all process complied the SOX Law requirements. I was responsible too to prepare the Annual Budget and review the monthly variances. ADI DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. June

2002 - January 2007

Mexico Finance Manager

ADI and ADEMCO International, both Companies are of Honeywell Group. I was reporting to the CFO in New York for ADI and CFO in Miami for Ademco. I set up the Accounting Department, this was integrated by 10 People and I was in charge of the Accounting and Tax Departments.

• I was Responsible for the Annual Budget and Cash Flow and I reported the Monthly Finance Package and the Annual Tax Package. I prepared the Internal Control Manual, which allowed me to detect a Fraud, for this I needed to restructure some Positions in the Company.

• I began as Controller in this Company and reported directly to CFO in New York, in early 2003, I was appointed as Mexico Finance Manager of Ademco International Mexico, S.A. de C.V. AMF REECE INC. November 1999 - April

2002

Controller

I was reporting directly to the Corporate HQ that is located in Richmond, Virginia.

• I was Responsible for the Accounting and Fiscal Areas, I was in charge of the Cash Flow, Payroll, Payroll Taxes, Credits, Collections Supervision, and the Account Banks Controls.

• In this Position, based on my experience and practice in Internal Control, I detected a Fraud. KPMG- CARDENAS DOSAL, S.C August 1992 - November

1999

(Accounting international firm)

Supervising Senior – Auditor

I was reporting directly to the Audit Partner and Audit Manager. In these assignments have four or seven People normally supported to me directly.

• My professional experience in this audit international firm includes; Prepare and submission of Financial Audit Statements, Financial Consolidation, US Conversion of Financial Statements (FASB 52), Inflation effects on Financial Statements (B-10 Bulletin), Taxes (Income tax, Asset tax, Value Added Tax, Payroll Taxes), Social Security Quotes, Administrative Restructures and Mergers. COOPERS & LYBRAND January 1991 - February

1992

(Accounting international firm)

Auditor

I was reporting directly to the Audit Senior.

EDUCATION

Public Accountant - I.P.N. (1985-1989)

Languages: Native Spanish speaker with high English proficiency level. APTITUDES

Windows, Excel, Word, COI, NOI, SAE, BPC S, SAP, People Soft, Intelisis, Cognos, Hyperion, Visio, Power Point, Lotus Notes, Internet, Outlook, Skype, Webex Meet. ADITIONAL INFORMATION

Mexican, Married, a Son.

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