SUMMARY:

• Dedicated accounting/finance executive with both public accounting and industry experience (retail, manufacturing and financial services) who is able to quickly learn and adapt to new business environments. Drive results by collaborating with leaders and business partners to customize best business processes. Strengths include:
• Leadership of international teams Financial Modeling (Adaptive Planning) Fluent Spanish
• Internal Controls (SOX) Hyperion Essbase Confidential /IFRS
• Business expansion to new markets Employee Development Relationship Management Cash Flow Management Financial Statement Consolidation Reporting and Analysis
• Statutory compliance/reporting Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Accounting/Reconciliation process

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SENIOR MANAGER FINANCE

Confidential, Concord, NC

Responsibilities:

• Quarterly preparation of full - cycle SGA forecast and sales/ Confidential model projections (Adaptive Planning Software)
• Business start up - Successfully launched full cycle finance operations in Mexico City from ground up:
• Accounting - Developed monthly accounting closing/reconciliation process. Selected local accounting/compliance partner. Implemented accounting treatment of IVA (VAT) and IEPS tax on newly-formulated nutritional product line
• Hired and managed local Mexico Finance Manager and a team of analysts
• Treasury/Banking - Selected strategic banking relationships and established merchant processor (credit/debit cards) and e-commerce partnerships. Defined business requirements and fraud filters for credit card payment process and attested to PCI compliance
• Tax - Partner with Confidential Global Tax Executive to develop Mexico-specific tax strategy and draft intercompany agreements in compliance with transfer pricing study and corporate policy
• Legal - Implemented ideal legal entity structure given business strategy
• Systems - Developed detailed flow mapping of cash flow processes and defined key finance business process requirements, which were used by multiple departments for systems integration of the online POS website, merchant processor and reporting tool (PeopleSoft)
• Weekly review of cash flow projections for cash repatriation forecast
• Expense optimization - Worked with functional departments to decrease SGA expense by 19% through eliminating discretionary/redundant expenses
• Monthly forecast variance reporting across all LATAM business units and departments

SENIOR FINANCIAL REPORTING ANALYST

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Managed/oversaw team of 9 analysts during the annual filing process for 170 Regulatory Reports
• Quarterly preparation of complex high-level compliance reporting for loans bank-wide
• Led discussions with business partners regarding Fed instruction interpretation and coordination with SEC reporting
• Drove initiative to document a training module for business partners to better understand Confidential and OCC loan reporting requirements
• Managed reporting relationships between business managers and CFO group executives

Technology Finance Analyst

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Led team of six business partners through monthly managerial accounting closing process for technology software development area across multiple departments
• Participated actively on a project team in the development of a Hyperion Essbase cube used to monitor monthly resource hours and rates across all initiative technology groups within the bank. After development, served as system administrator
• Prepared/analyzed complex monthly forecast variance reporting for technology executive

GLOBAL FINANCE/ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

Confidential, Mt.Holly, NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for management and development of a team of nine international controllers in foreign countries
• Consolidation of financial reports for Spanish & Portuguese-speaking subsidiaries (Mexico, Central America, Dominican Republic/Haiti, Colombia & Brazil) and Canada
• Prepared monthly and quarter-end reports involving inventory, fixed assets, gross margin analysis, inter-company balance reconciliation, inter-company profit elimination, and foreign exchange rate transactions for senior management review
• Increased communication effectiveness between corporate CFO/Treasurer group and 9 different international subsidiaries by providing managerial support to local controllers (work performed both locally and through international travel)
• Managed relationships with business partners and international auditors by understanding and fulfilling financial reporting needs
• Developed knowledge of complex Mexican and Costa Rican deferred taxation and IVA (VAT) law
• Led documentation team for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 implementation (SOX) - Mexico/ Confidential
• Coordinated full-cycle Confidential financial audit engagement logistics for all Confidential & South Confidential subsidiaries through daily communication with local controllers/auditors
• Actively involved in on-site accounting due diligence for Brazil-based joint venture
• Reconciled audited financial US Confidential statements of international subsidiaries to local accounting records and reports