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Multilingual professional graduate in Business Administration in Europe, specialist in of the finance with area with business administration studies in Europe and extensive working experience in international companies, leaders in their field. Expert in corporate restructuring, implementation of ERP (SAP), cost reduction, working capital optimization and implementation of corporate compliance policies. Quick decision-making with emphasis on best practices in multicultural environments. Ability to synthesize complex issues and bring them easier to apply in fieldenable their application in the field. Forming working teams from scratch with a good balance between delegation and "hands on" with customer focus, for , commercial and operational sinterests. Strategic discourse that allows management to focus, raising identifying risks and opportunities, forming long-term partnerships, managing and leading complex negotiations with always a constantly positive attitude approach, even in difficult conditions or crisis.
PANALPINA / 2015 – 2016Country Head of Finance, Chile
In charge of financial management in a leading global transportation company (freight forwarding) with annual sales in Chile for of US$ 42 million.
Execution of internal restructuring and re-assignment of local tasks to shared service centers in several countries which resulted in cost savings of 30% per year and brought the company into a strong competitive position in the local market.
Process improvements in the collection process that allowed to bring down theled to a reduction in bad debt provisioningfor bad debts of customers from TUS$ 230k to less than US$ 80k, within 9 months.
Improvements in value added tax calculation (proportionality of VAT), together with a transfer price assessment that ensured compliance with local tax authorities (SII).
Clean upClean-up of the balance sheet from old outdated positions which ensured a better understanding of the numbers and an accurate reporting of the monthly results.
Set up ofImplement control measures for customer payments in foreign currencies, bringing down monthly losses from TUS$ 25k14 million (2015 average value) to US$ 1k500k0.5 (2016 average value).
Design and implementation of a new strategic identity for the finance area, allowing to creatinge a positive alignment with the company values, increased productivity and satisfaction of internal customers.
DB SCHENKER CHILE / 2008 – 2015Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Lead of Administrative, Finance, HR and Compliance functions of a logistics company, world leader in international transport and storage (contract logistics), with annual sales of US$ 35 million in Chile.
Successful implementation of SAP and smooth transition from the old ERP, that reduced monthly closing and reporting times by 50%.
Cash flow improvements by through reduction of overdue receivables, that allowedpermitting the payback of all company loans, and annual interest expense reduction of which resulted in anual cost reductions of TUS$ 150k. for interest payments.
Introduction of an automated system for virtual approval of supplier invoices which improved process safetyintegrity, besidesin addition to improved ncreased quality and efficiency.
Team downsizing due toby means of productivity increase in key the processes, outsourcing of selected services and overtime reductions, reaching 50% cost reduction in personnel expenses.
Start upStart-up of risk prevention policies and performance as local Compliance Officer, introducing best practices and a zero- tolerance company culture.
SIEMENS CHILE / 1998 – 2008Business Administration Manager in charge of different Business Units
Responsible for economic performance, administration, planning, working capital, cash flow and reports to the local management, regional management and headquarters.
Overall Review review and changes of commercial conditions for customers and vendors, besides, modernization of credit and collection policies, which has led toenabling a working capital reduction of 65% within 18 months.
Participation in negotiating teams for sales contracts in the pulp and paper industry in different countries (Chile, Germany and , Finland), which resulted in the closing signing of over US$ 20 million in new contracts for more than US$ 20 million.
Leadership in due dillingence processes and integration of new businesses into the existing product portfolio, ensuring local integration and successful business transition successfully.
Implementation of key performance indicators in the customer service business. This facilitated the review and re-negotiation of existing customer contracts and improvement of efficiencies.
Conversion of German aAccounting rules into US GAAP, due to Siemens start launch onat the US stock exchange, later conversion into IFRS, besides,as well as implementation of SAP in the business unit.
IImplementation of internal controls system implementation according compliant withthe Sarbanes Oxley Law, and regular maintenance, which permitted an efficient control of fraud and other risks within the company.
ELECTROWATT ENGINEERING CHILE / 1996 – 1998Controller of the Latin American Region
Responsible for the operational and financial management of the Latin America region with headquarters in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Lima, reporting to the president of the region and world headquarters in Switzerland.
SCHERING GERMANY ALEMANIA / 1992 – 1993Controller of affiliated companies in Latin America and Asia
Responsible for the parent company's control of financial reports of companies in the Schering group in Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and the Philippines, with review of reports and comments for the management of the company on the development of economies and business in different countriesthose markets.
EDUCATION AND STUDIESDegree in Business Administration, German titel:“Diplom-Kaufmann (fh)” – University of Economics Berlin (FHW). Focus on international finance and investments.
DB Schenker High Potentials International Development Program with studies in Germany, Scottland and Spain.
Siemens Management Learning in upper management skills. Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota DC, Colombia. Four weekly modules.
International Business Studies. Hanse Polytechnic University in Groningen, Netherlands.
LANGUAGES AND OTHERSProfessional proficiency in 3 languages: German, Spanish and English.
German citizen with Permanent residence in Chile since 1998.
I keep myself fit with sports, my family and good humor.