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Head Of Controlling
FLORA AGRONEGÓCIOHead Of Controlling
Mar. 2022São Paulo, BrazilBrazilian family group based in the southwest of the State of Goiás focuses on agricultural production, energy generation, grain seeds development, grain storage, and livestock. Reporting to the Transformation Director, with a solid contribution to the Finance and Operations Directors regarding Agriculture Operations Cost and Performance execution. - Strategic and financial planning process (all business) with costs and expenses control (fixed and variable) also monitoring and analyzing planned vs. actual results, identifying points of attention, and proposing improvements. - Reports for decision-making and KPIs to measure efficiency (cost, revenue, margin, profitability, capital, personnel efficiency).  Implementation of an audit process with strong internal controls and Monitoring tools - AP/AR Management and cash flow efficiency reports
Operations Controller for the Americas
OntexOperations Controller for the Americas
Dec. 2020 - Apr. 2022Reporting to the Financial Operations VP in Belgium and the Americas Operations VP in USA | 5 indirect reports (Brazil, USA, Mexico and Australia) Responsible for Financial Control of Operations in the Americas region for 5 plants in Brazil, USA, Mexico and Australia; responsible for links with plant controllers in periodical consolidation of analyses and reports. • Management of annual budgetary planning for the Americas Operations area including the 5 plants, ensuring schedule compliance by accompanying cost executions (actual x budgeted), analyzing cost and production-volume variations. • Activity as Business Partner for the Regional CFO contributing to AOP evolution, execution and delivery. Financial support for strategic and operational decision-making in the Americas Region. • Active financial support for the Strategic Planning process, developing financial models and multiple scenarios for business and special project opportunities. • Key-Member of the management team, implementing business practices with financial impact, such as improvement incentive programs and other initiatives that drive sustainable business. • Work with production areas in seeking process loss reduction, providing information and analyses comparing losses among factories and at headquarters, reducing waste through the PDCA continuous improvement cycle. • Analysis of major business projects in preventive and challenging scenarios to optimize business performance. • Activity in standardization and automation initiatives, spearheading efforts to implement local and global best practices, delivering analyses and adding value to the business with agility, innovation, and intellectual curiosity challenging the status quo. • I challenge the premises utilized in cost studies, compared to more efficient production practices with a view to reducing final product costs. Studies in financial feasibility of investments.
Plant Controller
OntexPlant Controller
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2020Goiânia, GoiásReporting to the Operations Director and the CFO | 4 direct reports Working as Finance Business Partner to manage and control the production costing process involving local and/or global corporate guidelines, local legislation, budgetary planning for materials and resources and providing information for decision-making, monthly/annual results that add value to businesses, and support in calculating sale cost; directly responsible for the transformation-cost budget. • Activity as Plant Controller integrating production systems with operation consolidation at 2 factories, with impressive savings. • Implementation of production-machine based costing, enabling identification of the most and least profitable SKUs, developing correct projects for each category. Remodeling costing to better reflect product complexity, implementing machine-based cost in alignment with global company guidelines. Standard Cost implementation to facilitate variation monitoring. • Elaboration and assessment of annual budgets together with the Financial department to reach cost objectives. • Support for the Operations Manager in preparing operational reviewing and in implementing financial and operational controls in order to fulfill business objectives. • Participation in aligning financial projections with demand projections (S&OP) to avoid financial impact on future results. Participation in the annual budget process for sales and reviews. • Assessment of all reports to ensure financial data reliability in all plant processes, analyzing business trends. • Development of P&L metrics to facilitate the main performance indicators. • Reconciliation of the entire physical inventory and accuracy control in transactions and registries, conducting annual financial audits. • Management and approval attainment for all requests for capital expenses, maintaining control over all factory processes within budget.
Plant Controller
Nestlé BrasilPlant Controller
Sep. 2007 - Sep. 2017Itabuna/BA• Preparation/presentation of manufacturing budgets for direct labor, material yields, operating outputs, and fixed costs. • Preparation of weekly and period-end financial performance reports with comments and recommendations for corrective actions (KPI's). • Support the plant manager in the monthly presentation of operating results to senior management. • Assures correct application of internal control, accounting practices, and policies. • Provide coordination between engineering and operations to ensure proper documentation of amounts, savings justification, and follow-up of expected results, expenditure tracking, and retired asset disposition documentation. • Assure compliance with internal controls for factory assets, including raw materials, supplies, machine parts, capital equipment, and petty cash. • Work as a strategic co-pilot to the plant manager and factory leadership team on financial and business issues and initiatives designed to improve factory operational performance. • Manufacturing Outsourcing Operation Controller, inside Supplier location – Cocoa Process. • Preparation of all outsourced manufacturing budgets for material yields and operating outputs. • Support and control local Cocoa purchase team, assuring compliance with internal policies and acting as support for Commodities Controller identifying gaps and implementing better remote controls.
Project Controller
Nestlé BrasilProject Controller
Oct. 2005 - Aug. 2007Itabuna Area, Brazil• Maintenance of Accurate project costs and forecast based on time writing budget, set up a system to monitor budget and expenditure for Project R and established cost control procedures to ensure tracking of all project costs to gather relevant progress and monitoring data.
Fixed Assets Accountant
Nestlé BrasilFixed Assets Accountant
Jun. 2004 - Sep. 2005Feira de Santana Area, Brazil• Leading role in the validation of all Fixed Assets issues in Globe Project for Brasil Implementation of SAP system, identifying the business or operational matters affecting fixed assets, and recommending ways of improving the structure and processes for better controls. • Reconcile fixed asset ledgers to the GL monthly; Resolve any resulting discrepancy raised; Ensure proper inventory accounting. • Attend audit schedules and resolve issues raised by external auditors, prepare depreciation and other fixed asset-related entry adjustments.
Accounting Analyst
Nestlé BrasilAccounting Analyst
Apr. 2002 - May. 2004• Perform general accounting processes and controls. • Record journal entries and ensure information accuracy through monthly analysis and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and analysis and variance research.

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