Regional Finance DirectorÂ Resume Rocklin, California - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Controller, Finance Director with more than 20 years of experience managing complex multinational financial operations in USA and Latin American countries.
Knowledge of USGAAP, IFRS. Implementation of ERPs, Shared Services Centers.
Multilingual skills: English, Spanish and Portuguese
Change Management
Financial Analysis
People Development
Strategic Planning
Global Mindset
Process Improvement
Mergers & Acquisitions
Reorganization
Budget/Forecast

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Rocklin, California

Regional Finance Director

Responsibilities:

Minimize risk exposure to the subsidiaries; ensuring USGAAP and local compliance have been performed,
Explanation of quarterly variances in Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
Develop effective reports, presentations and communications to Top Management of financial trends, KPIs and activities in Latin America subsidiaries, and CSS.
Responsible of local financial statements according to local GAAP, and managing relationship with external auditors.
Coordination with other Global Finance verticals such as FP&A, O2C, S2S, Payroll, Sales Ops.
Member of global commission process, including ASC 606 analysis.
Member of global standard chart of account implementation.
Member ERP (Fusion) implementation team.
Lead continuous process improvements in the region, related to close processing, external and internal reporting.
Legal Entity Combinations for Acquired companies in Chile, Colombia, and Peru: MICROS, Logfire.
IFRS implementation in Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

Confidential

Regional Controller

Responsibilities:

Responsible for USGAAP reporting, Latin America countries income tax and non income based tax filing preparation, external audit. Mergers & acquisitions: due diligence and integration. Testing of new software releases.
In charge of Latin America Controllers Group, with 9 subsidiaries across Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. 4 direct reports, 10 people in total.
Quarterly Analysis of Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the region.
Participation in variance analysis actual vs. forecast with Strategic Financial Analysts.
Legal Entity Combination for acquired company: SUN Microsystems.

Confidential

Country Controller

Responsibilities:

Perform financial analysis on budget vs. actual expenses on a monthly basis.
Assist Finance Directors of lines of business with recommendations to reduce expenses, and strategically manage on cost drivers.
Conduct ad hoc financial analysis including Day Sales Outstanding by Line of Business, and Aging of Gross Trade Receivables.
Maintain Balance Sheets, Financial Reports, and Profit and Loss statements. Ensure corporate reporting deadlines are met for designated reports. Meet Schedules for SEC filings, and integration of acquired companies.
Manage teams across a multi - facility environment:
India, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable groups in charge of transactional processes. Approve of Balance Sheet reconciliations.
Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil, Finance team as liaison with statutory regulations.
Interface with Regional Financial Analyst of Line of Business to analyze variations in operating expenses.

Confidential

Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

Team Leader of the Shared Services Center based in USA for Latin America, integrating corporate accounting from eleven countries into one single location.
Prepare and maintain documentation of the Confidential Ledger processes in order to standardize these processes worldwide.
Perform General Ledger Accounting, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliation, closing statements, analysis and schedules for subsidiaries in Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile and Peru.
Participate in ERP (Oracle Financial) system implementation/upgrade during the setup of the Confidential.