Regional Finance Director | Regional FP&A | Commercial Finance

Led regional finance for a technology holding company operating across Central America and the United States. Integrated FP&A, treasury, controls, liquidity management, performance management, and executive reporting.

Designed the regional finance and administrative operating model; led SAP Business One implementation; and established standardized reporting, policies, authorization matrices, segregation of duties, and consolidated processes. Directed Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Administration, HR, and IT while strengthening banking relationships, financing capacity, and AI-enabled executive reporting.

Led finance and operations for an industrial export organization with approximately 1,800 employees across Guatemala and the United States. Oversaw FP&A, manufacturing finance, cost management, working capital, supply chain, and business performance.

Refinanced approximately USD 6 million in corporate debt and led a transformation that reduced the operating structure by approximately 46% through automation, consolidation, process redesign, and budget discipline. Built the corporate FP&A function and connected operational KPIs, productivity, cost accounting, and supply-chain performance to financial results.

Led regional finance and operations across six countries in Central America and Colombia, transforming a decentralized structure into an integrated regional operating model supporting rapid business growth.

Designed regional treasury and centralized liquidity, cash flow, payments, banking, and working-capital management. Reduced SG&A from approximately 18% to 8.5%, led SAP implementation and multi-country consolidation, redesigned FP&A processes, and coordinated sell-side financial due diligence for the sale of OneLink to Webhelp.

Provided regional finance leadership within a global technology and services organization, focused on shared services, finance transformation, standardization, and scalable Latin American processes.

Strengthened budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, executive reporting, and performance management. Integrated information from multiple ERP and corporate platforms, automated reporting, developed financial models and business cases, and standardized controls, KPIs, methodologies, and service levels.

Progressed through four finance roles during a ten-year career at Cisco, including regional FP&A and five years of commercial finance responsibility for Central America and the Caribbean. Led planning and forecasting across up to 32 countries with annual planning scale up to USD 1.2 billion.

Developed automated commercial finance models supporting approximately 225 account managers, later expanded for global coverage. Partnered with regional vice presidents, country managers, sales, and operations on pricing, margins, investments, and resource allocation, while leading and developing more than 40 finance professionals.

Held regional FP&A responsibility across 19 Latin American countries for a global healthcare company. Coordinated budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, working capital, and regional reporting across business units.

Developed financial models and management analyses for commercial and operational teams. Participated in JD Edwards implementation, finance-process standardization, reporting automation, investment analysis, profitability evaluation, and multinational performance management.

Led finance and administration for an agro-industrial export company, covering treasury, planning, working capital, production support, banking, and agricultural operations.

Structured financing to acquire approximately 30 caballerías of productive land in Tucurú, Alta Verapaz. Helped grow exports from approximately USD 8 million to USD 20 million over roughly two years while directing budgeting, cash flow, and administrative functions.

Led finance and administration in a financial-services organization, with responsibility for treasury, accounting, liquidity, controls, risk, compliance, and support for Corporate Credit and Investment Banking.

Coordinated external audits and relationships with banks, advisors, and regulatory authorities. Strengthened internal controls, policies, documentation, compliance practices, and prudent financial-risk management.

MBA in Finance. U.S. academic credential evaluation completed by Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.

Bachelor's degree in Economics. U.S. academic credential evaluation completed by Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.