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Work preferences

Job type

Consulting, Full-time, Part-time

Company size / type

Large/multinational (200+), Nonprofit / NGO, Social/Environmental Impact Company

Culture

Large Company

Industries

Business Consulting, Finance & Accounting, Manufacturing

Hours

EST business hours

Salary context

Reference numbers based on US PyME hiring data; candidate value self-reported and parsed from the application form.

Work experience

1. Senior Finance Director · Publicis Sapient

   Jan 2023 — Jan 2025

   - Led integration of recent Tech consulting acquisition with 7 subsidiaries into the Service Center, including implementing compliance and automation through digital products. - Led optimizing revenue streams via strategic alliances with major cloud…

2. Finance Manager Central America, various roles · Walmart

   Jan 2018 — Jan 2023
   US company · remote

   - Led FP&A annual Forecast $8Bn in 5 countries, both IFRS and US GAAP, improved forecast accuracy by +23%, thru FP&A Agile transformation, Identified and executed savings projects for $500k. - Managed development for Women Leadership program (+300…

3. Regional Internal Audit Manager, Shared Service Functions · Citibank

   Jan 2016 — Jan 2018
   US company · remote

   - Led Assurance Regional Plan for Latin America Shared Service operations - Pioneered P2P Audit Innovation through automation and new tools, using Agile to drive efficiencies and SOX compliance - Leadership of Women’s Network for Service Center, set…

4. Regional Service Center incoming process Manager · Cargill FSS

   Jan 2014 — Jan 2016
   US company · remote

   - Supported strategy and contributed to migration of +200 finance roles from multiple countries to Costa Rica Shared Service Center, in the areas of O2C, PTP, T&E and Record to Report. Forecasted budget of ~$20MM. - Implemented tax law changes for…

5. Regional Indirect Tax Manager · Procter & Gamble

   Jan 2008 — Jan 2014
   US company · remote

   - Established strategy, vision and action plan, hiring resources and defining supplier & third-party governance. Significantly improved tax compliance of $300million, while delivering over $15million in savings. Received multiple awards. - Oversaw…

6. Manager, Argentina, Venezuela and Costa Rica · Global Internal Audit

   Jan 1999 — Jan 2008

   - Led Risk assessment, established Audit Plan, supervised execution, communication and reporting. Supervised joint engagements with Deloitte, SOX certification. Developed QA - Supervised +150 audits and +50 fraud investigations worldwide, providing…

Education

1. — · IMD
   Switzerland
2. — · INCAE
3. Degree · Unknown
   · Economics

Achievements

• Led FP&A annual Forecast $8Bn in 5 countries, both IFRS and US GAAP, improved forecast accuracy by +23%, thru FP&A Agile transformation, Identified and executed savings projects for $500k.
• Developed and Implemented 20% structure reduction that improved go to market
• Led Accounting consolidation in IFRS and US GAAP. Thru Agile, drove digital products for Accounting close improvements that enabled 40% time reduction in all 5 countries and 41 legal entities, including Service Center processes. Managed successfully Project Portfolio, including Third Party contracting, automation and migrating accounting processes to Service Center.
• Supported strategy and contributed to migration of +200 finance roles from multiple countries to Costa Rica Shared Service Center, in the areas of O2C, PTP, T&E and Record to Report. Forecasted budget of ~$20MM.
• Established strategy, vision and action plan, hiring resources and defining supplier & third-party governance. Significantly improved tax compliance of $300million, while delivering over $15million in savings. Received multiple awards.