Freelance Consultant
Freelance Consultant
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :32 years, 7 أشهر
Starting as a consultant in soft skills, advise companies to add value from strategy to day-to-day operations based on my 22 years of experience.
Responsible for the areas of: IPO’s, Markets Structure, Trust, Enterprises and Productive Processes with investments over 5b US dollars. 33 people under my supervision. Revenues for US$700m.
• Reengineering of the Trust area.
• Improve efficiency of the Investments Committee to achieve investments for $550m.
• Supervise the valuation of two companies for sale.
In charge of strategic planning, finance, sustainable development and supply chain management.
In charge of budgeting, accounting, treasury, taxes, joint venture accounting and administration.
Finance Manager and Acting Service Manager (Egypt) 2011 - 2012
Finance Manager (Egypt) 2009 - 2011
Oversee finances, accounting, reporting, billing, collections, materials, cash management, forecasting, information and communication technologies (ICT), supply chain management for 3 blocks totalling US$474m in sales. Lead onsite team, including finance controller, JV deputy finance manager, head of accounting, ICT senior engineer, purchase manager, material coordinator, staff / accountants, and accounting clerks. Devise cost controls and monthly forecast with the other executives and department heads. Analyze financial results for reporting to management, partners and head office. Ensure internal policies compliance for business operations and accounting functions. Managed change during company transitions.
Achievements:
• Improved government relations that enable the company to collect US$32m of overdue receivables in 2011 and US$82m for 2012.
• Successfully finalized the sale of one of our blocks for US$62m and cost recoverability of more than 90% of the company total investments, costs and expenses of over US$100m.
• Saved US$120, 000 per year in labour costs and reduced staff requirements by 3 while enhancing supply chain management are and ICT departments. Changed personnel in finance department to improve reporting accuracy with better analysis, internal controls, and process improvements.
• Leading role on implementation team rolling out SUN information system company-wide.
Acting Finance Manager (Ecuador) 2008 - 2009
Main Achievements:
• Developed a strategy to reduce tax contingencies of more than US$11m.
• Implemented IFRS to report to head office starting 2008.
In charge of budgeting, accounting, treasury and taxes.
In charge of planning and supply chain management and quality areas.
Main achievements:
• Carried out a series of economic analysis and developed a strategy that saved the group US$17m annually (WTI $50/Bbl) on the new hydrocarbon law.
Responsible for the areas of accounting, treasury and planning. This includes the economic model, five-year plans, budgets and its control during the first phase of this assignment.
Main achievements:
• Improvement of the relation with the Libyan National Oil Company to recover US$50m of
overdue collections for over 2 years.
• Implemented SAP in record time.
Treasury Manager Caribbean Region 2000 - 2002
Responsible for the treasury of the region with outflows of US$120m a year and financial relations with Maxus YPF Partners.
Main Achievements:
• Participated in the merge of Repsol with YPF and Astra, in which the company went from operating one block to more than eight amongst Venezuela, Trinity and Tobago, and Surinam.
• Audited the purchase price of 30% of the upstream assets of bp in Trinity and Tobago for US$300m that concluded with the purchase of assets from bp.
• Headed the implementation of the SAP system in coordination with the Head Office.
Finance Controller (Venezuela) 1998 - 2000
Finance Controller (Ecuador) 1997 - 1998
• Included in the stock option plan in YPF and the only Ecuadorian selected for a six months training at Massachusetts Institute of technologies (MIT).
Budgeting and Reporting Coordinator (Ecuador) 1996 - 1997
PP&E, Payroll and Treasury Accountant 1994 - 1996
Auditor for most of the oil and gas companies in Ecuador. Participated also in many tender for new clients in the region and the manual for audit private oil and gas companies made for the government.
Master in Business Administration (Finance)
Fellow of the Advanced Study Program (Sloan School of Management). July to December 1997.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Ecuador