Fleischmann ChileFINANCE MANAGER
Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2015Avenida Fresia 1921 Renca, Santiago de ChileReporting to the Chief Financial Officer, and running a team of 12, responsible for managing and supervising cash, credit and collection, payment area control domestic suppliers. Import controls and flow of payments to foreign suppliers; strategic design and supervision of currency hedging operations; and negotiating financing terms of working capital and credit terms with local and foreign suppliers.
• Prepare and submit of consolidated financial statements for 2012 (audited by Deloitte).
• Develop new control model of the Strategic Business Units management, based on SQL, which enabled correct analysis of Economic Value Added.
• Lead relationship and ongoing bank negotiations to raise additional financing to UF450,000 from prior limit of UF270,000; lower the cost of monthly financing rates from around 1.5% to 0.4% for factoring operations and reduce financing costs from 2% to 1.3% on an annual basis, for performance bond.
• Achieve closure on real estate guarantees with local banks worth UF80,000.
• Key user in implementing SAP Business One ERP modules for Banks, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Reporting of projected cash flow and cash flow to IFRS standards.