Jose Benitez - Controller, Megasapienes

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MegasapiensFinancial Controller

Jan. 2023Miami, Florida, United States · Remote• Managed financial operations, developed financial strategies, and analyzed financial data to drive business growth and profitability. • Prepared and presented financial reports to senior management and stakeholders, and led cross-functional teams to achieve financial goals and objectives. I • Implemented and maintained Oracle reporting systems to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, and ensured compliance with financial regulations and standards. My achievements include successfully implementing financial strategies to drive revenue growth and improving financial reporting and analysis to reduce costs. I possess skills in financial management, budgeting, Oracle reporting, and leadership, with a proven track record of success in finance and accounting.

Embassy of ArgentinaAccounting Department

Jan. 1999 - Feb. 2000Washington, District Of Columbia, Estados Unidos

World Financial Group (WFG)Senior Associate - Financial Professional

Aug. 2021 - Jan. 2023Estados Unidos•Educating American families about their financial options. •Provide expertise in Annuities and Long-Term Care, dedicated to providing comprehensive financial guidance that ensures clients' financial security and peace of mind.

AFIPIRS-Customs, Consultant

Oct. 2013 - Aug. 2021Campana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina• Develop an interactive MS Excel dashboard that increases productivity by 40%. Combining pivot tables, pivot charts, and Excel tables with slicers. • Worked with Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer to provide immediate access to information in databases. Generated intuitive ad-hoc query, reporting, analysis, and Web publishing. Oracle tools: FAW ( Fusion Analytics Warehouse), FRS ( Financial Reporting Studio), and OTBI (Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence).

AMERICA LATINA LOGISTICACorporate Manager Administration & Finance

Dec. 2009 - Oct. 2013Argentina• Responsible for Accounting, Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Purchasing. • Shortened the monthly financial close by 30%. Reduced manual accounting by 40% with recurring multi-ledger, multi-currency journals. Moved to a single global chart of accounts, which provides consistency and simplifies reporting. Present monthly results and forecasts to the CEO and directors in Brazil. • Developed and implemented a comprehensive strategic planning process. Presented the Strategic Plan 2012-2016 to the board of directors in Brazil. • A key member of team upgrading SAP. Improved productivity by 30% with cross-wide company training. Initiated, developed, and directed a Business Intelligence Unit that reduce reporting cycle by 40%.

Grupo EmepaFinancial Manager

Jun. 2007 - Dec. 2009ArgentinaOrganizing, leading, directing, controlling, and staffing the Finance Department for the Real Estate Division of the group. Providing weekly financial status to the project partners. Seeking loans in the domestic and international markets to provide funding for the projects. Supervising a team of eight people in different financial, accounting and budgeting tasks. Providing financial advice to the group for two main projects in the railway industry. Participate in meetings with the government and partners. Organizing meetings with multilateral organizations and international financial institutions to explore different sources of funding for those projects. Elaborating budgets and present them to the directors.

Teleperformance South ConeManager Accounting and Administration

Sep. 2006 - Jun. 2007ArgentinaLeading the accounting and reporting area for five companies located in three different countries: Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. Direct a group of ten people in the Accounting Department where four of them were CPAs. Supervising accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, treasury, and tax for all companies. Performing external reporting using IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). Providing monthly and quarterly financial information to our headquarters located in France. Examining bank accounts, cash flows and debt schedules. Managing disbursements and fund transfers and reporting to the President about the company's overall financial position. Monitoring accounting controls and developing and coordinating internal audit process. Analyzing and managing the company's tax liabilities and ensuring timely and accurate preparation of tax reports.

ITConvergenceManager Budget and Planning, Shared Service Center

Feb. 2005 - Sep. 2006ArgentinaProvide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, revenue projections and financial trends in order to assist the CFO and business units in performing their responsibilities. Manage and continually improve the budgeting process. Initiated and implemented the budgeting cycle using Oracle Budgeting and trained cost center manager in that function. Develop a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism which includes minimum cash threshold to meet operating needs. Developed a Corporate Financial Model that provides projected financial statements and key performance indicators. Implemented a monthly closing schedule reducing it from 25 to 8 days, synchronizing the modules of Oracle Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets, and General Ledger.

IntelsatSenior Financial Analyst

Aug. 2003 - Nov. 2004United StatesManaged the Corporate Financial Model for near-term and long-term forecasting of key financial statements. Provided financial models using discounted cash flow and sensitivity analysis. In charge of the Hyperion Pillar budgeting software that centralized the main reports for budgeting control. Provided monthly and quarterly variance analysis among actuals, budgets and forecasts and report to the VP of finance. Provided industry financials studies, analysis of profitability contributions by major business segments, marketing regions, and orbital locations, and preparation of ad-hoc financial modeling and cost effective evaluations. Provided projected financial statements, ratios and analysis for annual Corporate Business/Operating Plans, IPO documents, rating agency reviews and other due diligence documents.

IntelsatSupervisor Accounting Operations

Feb. 2000 - Aug. 2003Team leader for the implementation of Oracle Financials 11i, Application Desktop Integrator, and Expense Reports. These new subsystems simplified and improved the accounting processes reducing time-processes between 20% and 30%. Elaborated new polices, controls, and procedures in order to assert their functionality. Maintained an up-to-date knowledge of Oracle General Ledger and supervise company-wide resources to resolve Oracle GL issues. Managed and controlled key functionality in the General Ledger like cross validation rules, security rules, cost allocations, exchange rates, revaluation, translation, and account combinations among others. Reviewed updated Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 documentation received from Accounting Centers including process documentation and risk/control matrixes. Assist to implement the transfer pricing strategy and policies for all subsidiaries.

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