Peangelo Miranda
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Experience
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FORTNA
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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700 & Above Employee
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Director Project Financial Planning and Analysis
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Jan 2021 - Present
Responsible for the Global Project Control team, developing and leading the communication processes between Project Control and project management/delivery on all client projects. This includes designing a uniform project setup and tracking system, integrating/training of the tracking system throughout project management and maintaining and monitoring the system on a consistent basis. This position is responsible for coordinating and monitoring project proposals to ensure that project scope and margins are consistent with company expectations and guidelines. Show less
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Regional Finance Director - LATAM
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Aug 2015 - Present
Responsible for handling all responsibilities of international project comptrollership, including directing, managing accounting, and financial processes for national and international projects (budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, financial reporting, financial statement preparation, payroll reporting, and tax payments). Report directly to CFO. Also responsible for overseeing client relations from financial perspective; for developing financial plans and EAC/ETCs with project managers, operations managers, and engagement partners; and for managing hedging and currency translation adjustments.• Oversee financial performance of projects, controlling financial results against budgets, resulting in increased profitability or cost reduction by standardizing business processes that did not exist before in the region.• Manage LATAM Region P&L and Balance Sheet forecasting process, including inter-company activities between foreign entities.• Work with US tax experts, aligning subsidiary tax strategy with Fortna US.• Set up accounting for operating companies in new countries.• Managed implementation of ERP Microsoft Dinamics AX in LATAM.• Optimized taxes through contract creation, ensuring effective handling of local VAT and other local tax issues for region. Show less
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International Project Controls Manager
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Dec 2014 - Dec 2015
Responsible for developing and maintaining accounting practices, financial controls, processes and systems, proactively achieving improvements. Creating strategies and processes related to sharing of delivery resources between countries, including international billings, tax withholdings, and transfer pricing.• Served as international tax lead, establishing cross-border resource sharing model. • Ensured compliance to plans, driving continual cost / margin management. • Oversaw development of project control methodology, providing guidance and oversight for national and international projects. • Developed current methodology used for all Project Controllers to calculate the ETC / EAC for multiples related projects in 1 engagement, increasing visibility, standardization, accuracy and level of effort, resulting in all project’s ETC presented the same way. Minimized number of hours each individual Project Controller needed to spend to prepare forecasting report, reducing preparation time and increasing accuracy. Show less
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Unisys
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Project Controller
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Feb 2014 - Nov 2014
Delivered commercial support for practice. Accountable for financial control of projects assigned for business unit sectors in North America ranging in size to contracts. Controlled and managed financial results against budgets. Developed financial plans and EAC / ETC’s with Project Managers, Operations Managers and Engagement Partners.• Ensured compliance to plans, driving continual cost / margin management.• Monitored and reported financial progress of various key engagements versus agreed plans. • Delivered forecasting, analysis and reporting of investment lockup, order, revenue, cost, margin and expenses by project.• Worked on one of the largest and more complex projects at Unisys Corporation, controlling costs, invoicing and revenue as well as reporting to Unisys and client the status of overall engagement. Managed a huge inventory of equipment and services, personally responsible for keeping accurate information to ensure exceptional client satisfaction. • Monitored and reported financial progress of highly complex multinational projects, ensuring compliance with standardized processes and procedures. Show less
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Business Excellence Manager
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Jan 2006 - Jan 2014
Defined worldwide processes (100+ operating units) for Oracle Project Accounting and financial control of projects. Managed process and system alignment primarily in order-to collect cycle, local statutory requirements, reporting and accounting processes. Led productivity projects focused on increase efficiency using Oracle tools and reduce redundancy / cost within financial operations. Supported Project Controllers and Project Managers organization worldwide with any inquiries related to Oracle Project Accounting, PADW, Order Management, and Services Contract.• Contributed to implementation of Oracle Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution. • Key member of Oracle Release 12 Upgrade project team, the largest upgrade that Unisys had achieved to date. Played key role as leader in making project a success, receiving GOLD Award for leadership during implementation.• Led Credit Automation process within the Professional Service Automation (PSA) suite in Oracle Project Accounting, this new feature implemented worldwide in 2013, the new functionality saved hours and hours of time for Project Controllers and share service center plus increasing the level of control, earning GOLD Award for leadership upon successful implementation.• Implemented strategies for rollout of advanced financial and management skills to Project Controller organization worldwide, identifying margin erosion and leading indicators to highlight early warnings of problem projects.• Served as member of team that implemented Project Controllers organization in Bangalore India in 2006. Show less
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Business Excellence Analyst
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Oct 2004 - Dec 2005
Oracle Project Accounting SME World wide; provide direction on the financial management of projects and use of OPA; including aligning business processes to application. Provided Project Management expertise to the Bismarck Shared Services Center for implementation of various finance driven initiatives and activities. Implementation of new Unisys accounting processes; mapping of legacy applications, conversion, training, support and process reengineering.Process lead for world-wide Project Controller Office (PCO) rollout, a global organization created standard global processes, policies, roles and responsibilities for the financial control of projects. Defined use of Oracle Projects for PCO organization. Implemented training in UK, US, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Successfully implement Brazil subsidiary Project Financial Control function. Understand the unique accounting and tax implications in Brazil and ensure that processes incorporated GAAP and Brazil Statutory reporting requirements Show less
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Senior Project Controller
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Sep 2000 - Oct 2004
Managed financial control of projects for all BU Sectors projects in Puerto Rico, ranging in size to contracts of $10M. Controlled and managed financial results against budgets. Developed financial plans and EAC / ETC’s with Project Managers, Operations Managers and Engagement Partners. Monitored and reported financial progress of various key engagements versus agreed plans. Develop pricing models and work through pricing / costing to BAFO.• Performed forecasting, analysis and reporting of investment lockup, order, revenue, cost, and margin and presales expenditure by project. • Monitored and reported financial progress of highly complex multinational projects, ensuring standardized processes and procedures were followed. Show less
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Financial Analyst
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Feb 1995 - Sep 2000
The Financial Analyst provides support to the Finance Director in Outlooks creation and budgeting; Financial Management including the creation outlooks and budgets, review project financials and work with Finance Director to optimize revenue and margin. Ensure compliance to plans and drive continual cost / margin management. Create & negotiate financial submissions for change orders and scope of work changes. Produce annual financial operating plans for Subsidiary. Manage month end close, AP, AR, GL, Payroll functions and Annual financial budgets and income targets process; Cash flow and treasury decisions. Preparation of management and statutory accounts and supporting information. Executive Steering Committee financial assessments and special projects. Worked collaboratively each cost center owner to develop annual financial plans.Preparation of Profit and Loss accounts and Balance Sheet for the practice. Management reports, budget variance reports and exception reporting. Managed cash projections and cash flow planningReconciliation of balance sheet accounts; manage audit and taxation activities for the practice. Preparation of percentage of the cost of work, time basis or fixed price billings. Show less
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Education
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1997 - 1999
IESA
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master Business Administration -
Universidad Central of Venezuela
Bachelor of Business Administration, Major
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