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FÁBIO CARBONE DE MORAES Director of Finance

São Paulo, Brazil + 55 11 98588 3837

Summary

A professional Finance Director with 26 years of experience looking for a bigger challenge which will enable me to build on the professional, personal and academic skills I have acquired to date, driving the strategic direction of another business. My career path includes exposure to different business sectors including health services, manufacturing and financial services.

  • Solid knowledge and experience in managing projects such as financial planning and investment decisions, system implementation, department creation and reorganization, cash conversion cycle management, corporate strategies definition and business unit financial assessments.
  • Search for cost reduction opportunities focusing on vendor management or internal development.
  • Experience in evaluating and opening new entities in Latin America, in accordance to the company’s needs.
  • Successfully lead ERP implementation, migration and customization projects.
  • Support to Business Development and pricing initiatives resulting in new partnerships and relationship expansion with clients.
  • Management skills: intercultural management of Finance teams across Latin America.

Education

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - The University of Manchester, 2014 to 2016

MBA - ACCOUNTING - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 2006 to 2008

BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING - Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), 1995 to 2000

Post Graduation Course - Leading with Finance - Harvard Business School, 2017

Professional Experience

Since November, 1999 (formerly PRA Health Sciences Inc.)

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, LATIN AMERICA

As Director of Finance and Accounting, I currently have direct responsibility for key administrative teams while maintaining strategic oversight of other areas of the business.

Currently also assigned as responsible for the Accounts Payables in the Americas (+17000 employees), I've led the team to reduce delays in 85% in three months for 23 legal entities.

  • Production and oversight of all financial information including management accounts and KPIs;
  • FP&A: Forecasting, budgeting, and planning on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Production of reports and analysis;
  • Leading the day to day financial requirements of the business; dealing with all third-party stakeholders including banking, audit, tax, insurance, and legal relations;
  • Daily management of finance, IT, credit control, facilities and procurement teams;
  • Integrated systems implementation at new entities in Latin America;
  • Financial lead for multi-disciplinary task forces created to re-engineer processes across the company;
  • Contract pricing for local clients in Latin America;
  • Financial evaluation and investment return projects. Lead role on strategic initiatives working with external advisors;
  • Actively lead footprints in new territories, setting up new entities. Team Leader of offices building throughout the region;
  • Coordination of tax compliance for all Latin American entities;
  • Legal representative of the 5 entities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Panama. Deputy to the legal representative in 17 entities in the region.
  • Prior Positions: Manager of Finance and Accounting (2005-2012), Assoc. Director of Finance and Accounting (2012-2014).
ICON plc Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland

1999 - 2005 - FINANCE SUPERVISOR

Through partnering with the operational and commercial directors of the business, I was able to provide accurate and timely information to support decision-making processes while maintaining financial integrity of the Enterprise. This role involved management of employees.

Key achievements:

  • Coordination of the Controlling Department of a division with two plants in Brazil and Chile.
  • Participation in a global ERP development at the company Headquarters in Chicago, USA, representing all Latin American entities.
  • Development of an Excel-based system to translate local accounting information to USGAAP, mitigating errors and increasing efficiency.
  • Responsible for the consolidation of the divisional entities for strategic planning and forecasting, as well as reporting to the Corporate, including active cost analysis and fixed assets control.
  • Development of a forecasting tool to distribute to divisional leaders. Training of diverse teams to improve forecasting accuracy to within 10%, also aiming to decrease the Cash Conversion Cycle days. This project has been awarded and exported to other units of the company.
  • Team development of a suite of commercial reporting enabling greater focus on the commercial viability to be used in customer negotiation and expansion. Margin analysis became available by product sold, instead of types of products averages.
  • Pricing for major projects, CAPEX, restructuring reviews and other investment analysis.
  • Support to internal and external audits, ISO9002 and other process optimizations (5S, SOX).
  • Client feasibility reviews presented to the country CEO. Renegotiation of debts with vendors and clients.
  • Career growth: joined the company as intern, moving to Finance Analyst and, Sr Finance Analyst before reaching supervision level.

1997 - 1999 - FINANCE ANALYST

  • Responsible for the accounting and quota calculation of investment portfolios of diverse Mutual Funds.
  • Team leader during system implementation to replace manual calculation.
  • Development of macros and VBA programming for faster data processing and error mitigation.
  • Supported management through highly stressful environments, such as market crashes and economic crisis.

Internships

  • Consultancy: JuniorFEA
  • Banking: Banco do Brasil
  • Tax Consultancy: Atila de Souza L. A. Jr & Associados

Languages & Technology

  • English – fluent
  • Spanish – fluent
  • Portuguese – native
  • MS 365 (former “Office”) suite – VBA level
  • ERP and business-related - Oracle BS, Lawson, JD Edwards, Workday, OBI, Kofax Markview, Databasics, Blackline, Hyperion, Python, PowerBI, Power Automate

Skills

  • Leading and Development of teams
  • Development and Operation of control frameworks
  • Strategic Management of Financial Matters
  • Planning ahead: Rolling forecast and budgeting
  • Change Management: promote and support changes in dynamic environments

Activities & Certifications

Academic article published: “Soccer and Twitter: virtual brand community engagement practices” – Marketing Intelligence & Planning. https://doi.org/10.1108/MIP-08-2018-0371

Lecturer of Budgeting, Accounting and Finance in the “Clinical Trials and Regulatory Affairs” post-graduation course at FCM da Santa Casa de São Paulo since 2006.

Member of Anefac (Brazilian Charter of Executives in Finance, Business Management and Accounting).

Mentorship of graduates at FEA-USP (Universidade de São Paulo) through Sempre-FEA endowment program.

Credits:

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