Experience
03/10 – ACTUAL Venezuela MULTIBRAKE AND MULTI MARKET LTD – Finance Director and Owner
Roles and responsibilities – staff 10 Major deliverables (2010 – ACTUAL)
• Manage all financial and tax aspects related to automotive sector.
• Manage all P2P, treasury and AR process within the group of 7 companies.
• Manage external auditors. Implement and maintain bidding process with government.
• Implement new business and accounting system to control and consolidate group figures. • Savings of $0.8m year on year by bond market strategy and treasury management.
• ROACE increase by 25% and reduce effective tax rate down to 18% from 35%.
02/07 – 02/10 Venezuela E&P Finance Manager (Venezuela Upstream) BP HELIOS AWARDED FINALIST 2009 COMMENDED
Roles and responsibilities – staff 35 Major deliverables (2007- 10)
• Manage technical aspects related to general and oil & gas accounting IFRS and US GAAP, payroll, and accounts payables teams.
• Ensuring maintenance of fit for purpose financial reporting systems and internal control processes. (SOX compliance)
• Ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of all group and statutory reports for UK, US, Venezuela, Germany and The Netherlands.
• Lead the integration of processes across the Finance Control and Accounting team in Bogotá and Caracas.
• Assist the Andean Controller with the annual and quarterly financial reporting assurance and self-assessment.
• Optimize the group cash management, enhancing cash aprox $100m+
• Integration of Venezuelan Finance department into Colombia. Creating a regional department. Headcount reduction of 32 employees and $3m savings.
• Establish and set up the financial structure of the new incorporated Joint Venture with the government.
08/04 – 02/07
BP E&P Planning and performance coordinator (Venezuela Upstream)
Roles and responsibilities – staff 2 Major deliverables (2004 – 06)
• Coordinate the annual planning process, for both short and long term targets.
• In year Performance monitoring and analysis. Monitor progress of Company’s Metrics and Milestones.
• Ensure reporting process and system is operating effectively, providing timely and accurate information to all relevant parties
• Develop processes for evaluating business performance, and enhance the quality of Management Information for the business
• Handling ad hoc requests from the CEO and Headquarters planning team. • Create and implement a best in class planning process for E&P Venezuela.
• Establish the basis for SOX compliance in the Finance department (Project leader)
• Short term assignment at Group headquarters to assist with 1Q06 stock exchange announcement.
08/03 – 08/04
BP ITALIA Southern Europe Lubricants Controller (Milan – Italy) (Downstream)
Roles and responsibilities – staff of 2 Major deliverables (2003 – 04)
• Coordinate the annual planning process, for both short and long term targets.
• In year Performance monitoring and analysis. Monitor progress of Company’s Metrics and Milestones.
• Ensure reporting process and system is operating effectively, providing timely and accurate information to all relevant parties
• Develop processes for evaluating business performance, and enhance the quality of Management Information for the business
• Ensure financial control systems are sound and safeguard the efficient use of region resources, with clear delegation of financial authority and in compliance with Group standards
• Region Cash Delivery Champion, ensuring total compliance of Southern Europe internal control and credit policy / procedure vs. Bp Group.
• Implement and monitor the new credit policy for the Southern region; this implementation resulted in a sustainable working capital improvement of $5m.
• Reducing debtors days in 25% and doubtful accounts in +50%
01/ 02 – 07/03.
BP MEXICO Planning and performance Manager – (Mexico City – Mexico) (Downstream)
Roles and responsibilities – staff of 25 Major deliverables (2002 – 03)
• Prepare budgets by establishing schedules, collect, analyze and consolidate financial data.
• Conduct internal audits and handle external audit relationship.
• Achieve budget objectives by scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initializing corrective actions.
• Protect assets by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls.
• Ensure commercial advise in the evaluation of all Capital expenditure and strategic Revenue expenditure projects within the country • • Reduce working capital exposure by $2m through reinforcing internal control and implement new credit standards.
• Enhance and improve the finance department staff and achieving 20% cost reduction through synergies with different BP operating units.
Previous roles Languages
03/00 –12/01 BP Venezuela Assistant Controller (Downstream). Venezuela.
09/98 – 03/00 BP Venezuela Commercial and Industrial Fuel Controller. Venezuela.
04/96 – 01/98 Semi-Senior. (Ernest & Young). Venezuela. Spanish – Fluent German – Basic
Italian – Fluent
English – Fluent
Education
2013 Tax Specialist – Valencia, Spain
1993 – 1998 Universidad Central de Venezuela (U.C.V.) Caracas, Venezuela. Public Accountant (Graduated 8/92)
