FP&A Sr

• Apr 2023 - Present

FP&A Specialist - Budget and Controllership

• Sep 2021 - Apr 2023

• Working closely with the leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan • Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts • Analysing financial and operational results to better understand company performance • Utilising BI tools to delivery meaningful insights into business performance • Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results • Provide detailed analysis and commentary on cost centre results • Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions • Reviewing existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts • Evaluating previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets • Communicating results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction and streamlining operations • Provide insights to senior management around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability Show less

Controllership Analyst

• Oct 2019 - Sep 2021

• Responsible for the Controllership sector of the Santa Catarina unit with direct reporting to the CFO established in São Paulo. • Manage the accounting close process for a portfolio of business units to ensure high quality accounting accuracy, timely and meaningful reporting, and compliance to IFRS. • Provide guidance on Controllership procedures and policies to finance and operations leaders. •Supports implementation of policies, internal controls, accounting standards and procedures to drive performance • Responsible to ensure timely delivery of all information required as part of the month end close process to the head office located in London . Completion and analysis of monthly and quarterly submissions of results and reporting requirements to ensure accuracy, including completion of reporting schedules and sections of the Balance Sheet Analysis. • Co-ordinating and addressing internal and external auditor queries • Cross train with S&OP team to understand all operational processes, and provide lead assistance with accounting questions • Budgeting and forecasts, participation in strategic planning, KPI's monitoring, slow moving inventory management, reporting and analysis of sales, costs and product margins • Support the financial team in internal controls, operating expenses, contract control, CAPEX and OPEX control, cash flow, financial investments, exchange and hedge contracts. Show less

Finance and Accounting Analyst - FP&A

• Sep 2013 - Aug 2018

• Performance in the Financial Control sector of the Consulting and Advisory Unit of the FGV, reporting to the CFO. • Control and analysis of financial reports, proposing improvements in processes • Preparation of Management Reports for weekly board meetings • Preparation of the specific Balance Sheet for the Foundation and closing of the month in the management scope • Reporting and analysis of sales, billing, receipt, fixed cost, variable cost and margin for private projects and competitions executed by the Foundation • Preparation of budget and forecasts, Actual x Budget monitoring, Strategic Planning, Unit Activity Report containing KPI's. • Feasibility Analysis, sales control and default, collection, aging list, project cash flow and resource application plan. Show less

Finance Supervisor

• Oct 2002 - Aug 2013

• Coordinate the accounts payable department, controlling and executing payments for materials and services, imports, taxes, payroll, cash control, negotiation, control and payment of insurance and commissions on sales; • Coordinate the accounts receivable department, monitoring and managing the daily cash receipts, tracking delays in receipt; • Credit and collection, management of credit limits, SERASA consultation, default control, aging list, protest processes and notary offices, negotiation with customers on deadlines and bank managers on financing and investment Rates, calculation of interest and expenses; •Monitoring of various insurance contracts and demands for services, certificates and documents for bidding processes •Preparation of financial reports: Financial and bank reconciliation, cash flow of accounts payable and receivable, budget monitoring (actual x budget), cost analysis and consolidation of results; •Responsible for accounting management, participation in the definition of the company's participation regime, tax control and tax analysis; • Responsible for foreign trade operations, as well as contact with suppliers (China, India and the United States), monitoring the import process with the customs broker, composition of product prices, closing exchange rates and calculating exchange rates • Participation in the implementation of the system, from the choice of the ERP, analysis of the demands and mapping of the Financial module processes (Accounts payable, receivable, bank movement, cash flow), Billing and Inventory Show less

Management Trainee

• Oct 2000 - Aug 2002

Company's young apprentice program in partnership with CAMPS Company's young apprentice program in partnership with CAMPS