Experience

ESHOP GROUP

• Guatemala
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Chief Financial Officer

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  I manage operations in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala & Panama, and I have been able to transform the company from independent managed structure to a regional managed structure for support functions mainly Sales, Finance and Human Resources. I transformed following regional functions: Treasury, Payroll, Procurement, Accounting, Internal Audit & Supply Chain. I migrate El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica & Panama to a new version of SAP BO. Implement CRM, FSM, Payroll & FEL modules. I migrate accounting information to NIFF Pymes model.I effectively coordinated with operating divisions to shorten the reporting process for monthly closings and improve forecast accuracy.I developed client profitability model to better understand overall client contribution. I restructured finance department and streamlined processes.



UHY International

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Sep 2018 - Nov 2020

  I outsourced resources to Denimville, S.A. Professional assistance to build a Finance Division at Regional level in Central America and Mexico. Handled Cash Flow of USD$300M. I created the Finance Division with all operational departments, including Treasury, Accountant, Procurement, FP&A, Internal Control. I implemented SAP BO as the official ERP for all 7 Legal entities. I exported blue jeans to Singapore, USA, Mexico and European Community. I outsourced resources to Denimville, S.A. Professional assistance to build a Finance Division at Regional level in Central America and Mexico. Handled Cash Flow of USD$300M. I created the Finance Division with all operational departments, including Treasury, Accountant, Procurement, FP&A, Internal Control. I implemented SAP BO as the official ERP for all 7 Legal entities. I exported blue jeans to Singapore, USA, Mexico and European Community.



OneLink

• Regional Chief Financial Officer

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  I managed Finance Planning, Business Review for C1-Administration Level. This included P&L Administration at EBITDA level, Forecasting and Budgeting for Central America and Colombia. I also improved closing cycle from previous level of 20 calendar days to 5 working days. I restructured Finance Department, creating and implementing the Regional Finance Department. I successfully implemented annual plan by entity, client, country and line of business.I reduced SG&A expenses from 17% in 2016 to 8% in 2019.



Capgemini

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• REGIONAL REPORTING SR. MANAGER / SR. FINANCE CONTROLLER

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2016

  I served as the single point of contact between LATAM entities, India operational entities and Corporate Office in Poland and Paris. I also reviewed and reported to corporate Monthly Closing, Monthly Forecasting, Annual Budgeting and provide guidance for financial and operational reporting to all BPO Business.I successfully implemented the financial business share services transition from Santiago Chile to Guatemala City.I provided internal processes for OTC, general accounting, taxes and financial reporting for Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Guatemala. I oversaw the automation of transferring financials from local ERP to Essbase Datawarehouse used by corporate.



Cisco

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• AMERICAS SR. CONTROLLER

  • Jul 2004 - May 2014

  Liaised between FP&A, Operations and IT teams to design better reporting tools. Monitored all financial activities, and kept management advised of any situation that could have a negative impacts on financial performance.- Monitored expenses and revenues to ensure that region spends went according to plans.- Developed WW Sales Operations Performance Dashboard.- Automated the weekly and monthly forecast process.- Increased sales from USD$1,450M in 2012 to USD$2,128M in 2013.

• LATAM SR. CONTROLLER

  • May 2007 - Dec 2012

  Provided HC & OPEX analysis, while consolidating expense and analysis for more than 100 cost centers with multi-country and multi-currency.- Fully automated and took responsibility for the annual Sales/Expense/HC Plan Setups. - Oversaw product, services, advanced services, and managed services.

• CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN CONTROLLER

  • Nov 2005 - May 2007

  Designed financial reporting tools to analyze the finance performance. Managed financial and operational reporting, such as Latam Sales Performance. - Monitored all financial activities and advised management of situations which have potential negative impact on financial performance.- Automated year-end process and new year set up. This included AM Performance, Stack Ranking, Funnel Reviews, Expenses, Weekly forecasting, quarterly performance, mid-year review, end-of-year performance reporting.- Increased sales from USD$420M in 2005 to USD$700M in 2007.

• CENTRAL AMERICA SR. SALES FINANCIAL ANALYST

  • Jul 2004 - Nov 2005

  Collaborated on corporate governance assurance, SOX compliance and revenue assurance. Teamed with Finance Director on pricing and set up of new deals for presentation to upper administration.- Won deal with ICE in Costa Rica for USD$500M for a new connection between Miami and San Jose CR.- Gained deal with TELMEX in Mexico for USD$850M for 3G Technology.- Automated weekly forecast process.



Baxter International Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Regional Financial Analyst

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2004

  Liaison between FP&A, Operations and IT. Consolidation of Latin-America Annual Operating Plan & 3 forecast processes a year. Create and develop financial models & reporting. Support all Business Intelligence Project activities. Provide finance software training.Achievements:• Creator of the Regional Reporting Package, including Preliminary Net Sales, Foreign Exchange Effect on P&L statement.• Successfully implemented migration from different ERP’s to JDE in 19 countries.• Successfully implemented migration from Hyperion Essbase to Cognos as the financial planning and reporting tool.