Manager Accounting

TOP PERFORMING FINANCE EXECUTIVE

Finance Executive with over 16 years expertise in financial and controllership activities. Strong working knowledge of accounting, treasury, tax, and financial planning. Experience implementing and managing internal controls and compliance issues. Talent for managing change to deliver enterprise excellence with high values and business ethics.

High collaborative, detail oriented and with strong analytical skills; capable to handle multiple tasks and switch among tasks in a rapidly changing environment, and able to set priorities and meet deadlines. Articulate communicator and negotiator working effectively presenting corporate information at the board level.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Reckitt Benckiser Mexico (Household cleaning and personal care products) Controller Feb. 2010 - present

Supervise company accounting operations according to generally accepted accounting principles, enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results, and manage tax accounting and reporting.

Achievements: 2% savings in expenses. Implement and update petty cash, travel expenses and car policy. External audit report without exceptions. Implement controls for compliance audit.

Ensure the accounting and monthly closing process is completed on a timely basis and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards.

Supervise the monthly consolidation and financial reporting process. Review the balance sheet and income statement to ensure its accuracy and the propriety accounting treatment.

Manage monthly tax closing and reporting processes, tax provision and tax audits, identify tax priorities and projects to drive optimized tax utilization and effective tax rate reduction.

Direct financial audits, responsible to deliver reliable and accurate information for external auditors (annual audit of financial statements, tax report and transfer pricing study), as well as internal audits. Provide recommendations for improvements.

Responsible for the timely and accurate completion of all financial reporting as forecast and budget.

Stryker Mexico (Medical devices & Medical equipment)

Finance Manager Oct. 2008 - Dec. 2009

Manage all the financial aspects of the business such as, treasury, accounting, financial planning, audit, and taxes.

Achievements: Reduce past due from 62% to 12%. Increase operating income 25%. Implement compliance policy and procedures. Full revision of balance sheet accounts.

Supervise month end closing process to ensure that all BS reconciliations are completed monthly on a timely basis.

Support intern and external audits. Develop and maintain appropriate internal control procedures.

Ensure that all taxes are calculated and paid in accordance with requirements.

Responsible for rolling forecasts and business planning and variance analysis.

Member of Compliance Committee (Foreign Corrupt Practice Act).

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Apr. 2008 - Sep. 2008

Responsible for effective planning and analysis to provide senior management with appropriate tools, to establish goals and measure Company’s performance.

Achievements: Review and analyze credit lines. Implemented diverse payment guarantees.

Supervise and provide accurate and timely reporting for annual budget, monthly Forecast and quarterly.

Supervise Credit and collections department. Develop a client profitability analysis to set a credit line and payment terms for the customers. Evaluate financial models for capital investments.

Support business units by providing financial support to new initiatives, projects and products. Lead and support key financial projects. Implement and improve new financial systems and processes to support operations.

Collaborate with regional peers to further leverage Hyperion reporting tool and developed detail requirements for current and future business needs.

Regional Sr. Business Analyst Mar. 06 - Mar 2008

Analyze accounting and financial information to make appropriate recommendations that will impact operational effectiveness.

Achievements: Cognos implementation for forecasts and budget. Transition from Hyperion to HFM. Develop a credit & collections procedure.

Responsible of Headquarters annual regional budget and Latin America consolidation.

In charge of monthly financial statements analysis and reports for CFO and General Manager.

Project leader of key improvement projects related to inventory, collections and financial analysis.

Project leader in development and implementation of COGNOS (financial tool for budget and forecast.)

Provide system support and training to the users from different sites, on system functionalities and reports.

TV Azteca SA de CV (Open Television)

Process Analysis Manager Feb. 2004 - March 2005

Evaluate and design appropriate programs to restructure and reorganize work activities and responsibilities. (650 employees).

Achievements: Develop organization charts and salaries revision. Develop a communication plan.

Project Leader of Certification ISO 9000. Full revision and implementation of corporate policies.

Develop and coordinate training programs and compensation plans for employees. Develop a communication strategy.

Administration Manager Feb. 1999 - Jan 2004

Coordinate the preparation of the annual budget, manage and review office expenditures and provide administrative support.

Achievements: Accuracy in budget (-3% +3%). Expenses control

Develop, analyze and control the budget for every business Unit of the Marketing Vice-presidency.

Review the Cash Flow, costs and expenses for the Executive Meeting.

Implement administrative procedures for the correct authorization and control of incomes and outcomes.

Check and authorize the cash requests and bank transferences. Control of expenses of the Corporate Credit Card.

Tubos de Acero de México, S.A. TAMSA (Steel pipe products manufacturer and supplier) Credit and Collection analyst May 1996 - Dec. 1997

Coordinate international collections from international customers and banks.

Achievements: Negotiated letters of credit with high credit risk countries as Venezuela, Korea and India.

Negotiation of International letters of credit.

Review and gather requested documents for export procedure and according to the letter of credit.

Accomplish the requirements for export and import according to Mexico and other countries law requirements.

FORMAL EDUCATION

University of Texas at Austin Master in Business Administration (MBA)

Universidad Intercontinental Degree in Business Administration

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ITESM (Inst. Estudios Sup. Monterrey) Graduate in Project evaluation and administration

ITESM (Inst. Estudios Sup. Monterrey) Graduate in Finance

Instituto EconoFinanzas Letters of Credit and Stand By

EF International Language Schools English course for advanced level - Sydney, Australia.

Instituto Britania de México Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

EF International Language Schools English Canadian Courses – Toronto, Canada.

LANGUAGES

English 100% - TOEIC (year 1992) – Score 800, TOEFL (year 2003) – Score 570, IELTS (year 2011) – Score 7

Italian 40% - L’Istituto Italiano Di Cultura

COMPUTER SKILLS: Windows, Infosel, Bloomberg, People Soft., HFM, Hyperion, QAD, Cognos, JDE

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