Highlights:Recent experience as Assistant Manager in Panasonic Refrigerations Systems.

Skills:SOX, Budget, Cash Flow, Accounts payable, Fixed Assets, Financial Reports, Audit, Internal Audit, ISM, Internal Control

Goal:Become a part of Upper Management of a Top US company

Honor:Recipient of Summa Cum Laude. / EGADE Business School - Tecnologico de Monterrey. Recipient of Canadian Goverment Sponsorship as Emerging Leaders in Americas Program (ELAP). Recipient of the BBVA Bancomer Academic Excellence Scholarship Ranked 11th at Mexico’s National Accounting Examination – CENEVAL. Accounting association award / Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Assistant Manager 08/2016 - current
Panasonic, Tijuana, Baja California Mexico
Industry: Appliances
Managed accounting a team by leading AP/AR/Inventory/Audit/FA/Cash Flow/Budgeting/Sox/ISM functions.
? Administered Japan SOX, implementing and executing controls, manuals and formats from our parent company in US. ? Implemented budget control aiming 20% savings, resulting in manager corrective actions for accurate business results. ? Administered company treasury and cash flow, improving planning of accounts payable and investments that resulted in accurate forecast of Cash and Banks balance at month end. ? Tightened control fixed and expense assets, by implementing full identification and tagging of MX Assets and insured their fair value to assure full protection to the company. ? Reduced 30% the reporting time to parent company in comparison to previous years. ? Prepared financial information for Japan audit, financial audits, parent company Tax department, accounting firm for Tax compliance and Panasonic Corporation of America. ? Coordinated the implementation of information security management controls and spread mindset change into the accounting department. ? Developed training plan to leverage current knowledge of the department generating 30 manuals in respect to task related to the monthly close process.--
Finance Manager 08/2013 - 05/2016
Scouts Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California Mexico
Industry: Non-Profit
Managed a US Goverment grant of 3 million dollars.
? Coordinated audit on the use of US Federal funds in Scouts, achieving three consecutive unqualified opinions. ? Executed a budget of $3 million dollars, reaching savings valued at over $839 thousand dollars. ? Administered inventory of $226 thousand dollars, reducing the percentage of equipment loss and damage by 15%. ? Prepared monthly budget and financial reports, delivering up to 14 days before the due date according to agreement. ? Developed policies and procedures to collect donations from the general public and foreign donors. ? Executed a transport CAPEX and documented a social business plan, which was replicated in the city of Chihuahua. ? Awarded the property transfer to Scouts of assets valued at $226 thousand dollars. ? Designed and executed a quality management system that eliminated tasks that did not contribute to the objectives of internal control in the finance area, improving the operation speed by 30%. ? Developed corporate credit card and travel policies and procedures, generating annual savings over $36 thousand dollars. ? Requested funds to US according to operations forecast, maintained allowed variations up to 3% below the limit.--
Financial analyst 04/2012 - 08/2013
SMURFIT KAPPA, Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico Mexico
Industry: Paper packaging
Strenghten the controller functions to tight savings and improve controls.
? Created a product quotation system for the Displays plant, reducing the delivery time by 65%. ? Developed an inventory control (30 monthly inventories), reducing the differences up to 50% at the end of the year. ? Reviewed the documentation and secured the compliance with IFRS and SOX of the accounting entries, inventories and purchase orders, avoiding internal audit qualifications. ? Transcribed the inventory procedures to a SAP screens manual, decreasing by 40% inventory times. ? Designed and administered a billing alert system, reducing the collection up to $250 thousand dollars. ? Planned the consumption of raw materials about to expire, avoiding the waste of $390 thousand dollars annually. ? Prepared the variation analysis of YTD sales, rolling forecast and budget. ? Corrected cost order settlement in SAP, avoiding annual adjustments to the financial results by $235 thousand dollars. ? Audited and completed documentation of the non-conformance reports, avoiding internal audit qualifications in 2012. ? Prepared weekly reports on the financial activity informing key indicators of production and profit, which allowed key decision making (i.e. moving production to another plant to achieve higher profit margins).--
MBA summer intern 07/2011 - 09/2011
INFOSYS LTD, Mysore, Karnataka India
Industry: IT
Designed and implemented a model to measure profitability of training programs.
? Evaluated the profitability of the Infosys corporate training programs, identifying a return on investment rate of 405%, which strengthen the continuity and expansion of such programs.--
Credit Monitoring Executive 10/2007 - 10/2009
BanBajio, Leon, Guanajuato Mexico
Industry: Banking
Monitoring compliance of covenants on credits and factoring lines.
? Designed audit procedures for factoring lines, avoiding fund rescue from FIRA of Banxico and Nacional Financiera for up to $6 million dollars per line.--
Junior Auditor 01/2006 - 09/2007
Deloitte, Leon, Guanajuato Mexico
Industry: Audit Services
Support audit procedures in customer companies
? Audited accounting and operation procedures, internal control systems, balance sheets and income statement items, delivering recommendations to improve controls and encourage business efficiency.--

Tecnologico de Monterrey 08/2002 - 05/2007
Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Accounting
Minor:Finance
Recipient of the BBVA Bancomer Academic Excellence Scholarship Ranked 11th at Mexico’s National Accounting Examination – CENEVAL. Accounting association award / Tecnologico de Monterrey.

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