Provide technical support in internal audit, risk management, accounting, and financial reporting projects. Act in various capacities including Technical Accountant, or Project Leader for clients. Execute engagements within budget and ensure the highest quality standards and client satisfaction.

Leader of the finance function for a minority-owned, Miami-based general contractor focusing on federal and state construction projects. Responsible for all general ledger-related activities such as account reconciliations, preparation of monthly financial statements, budgeting, payroll, variance analysis, and job costing. Major achievements included:
● • Reorganized the chart of accounts and cost centers resulting in more relevant aggregation of accounts and easier analysis of financial results.
• Created first-ever company budget and implemented regular budget-to-actual variance analysis.
• Reduced 5% of general and administrative expenses during the first year of tenure.
• Achieved closing of books 15-20 days after month-end and timely submission of financials to bank and bonding agency.
• Implemented reporting tool which allowed for the immediate and automated creation of full-set financial statements, WIP schedule, rolling 12-month expense analysis report, budget-to-actual va

Supported and helped expand the firm's consulting department leading projects in areas such as controllership support, control environment reviews, and due diligence/forensics work. Also, as needed, supported the execution of attestation engagements including financial statements' audits and reviews. Actively managed client relationships ensuring delivery of best-in-class services and results. The book of clients supported represented approximately $1 million in yearly fees.

Responsible for the SOX compliance track as part of the implementation of a new student administration system for a $200 million university in Brazil, part of Laureate's network. Overseeing a $1 million consulting budget, led and coordinated external consultants in executing business and IT process reviews, control testing and documentation to validate future-state controls, and key reports compliance with SOX. Major achievements included:
● • Led testing and documentation of conclusions on control effectiveness allowing management to have sufficient evidential matter to present to the external auditors in support of the yearly SOX 404 assessment.
• Maintained effective communication with the implementation team, leadership, and consultants ensuring consistent situational awareness on control environment evaluation and testing and proper and timely coordination of remediation efforts.

Leader of one of the four regional shared services operations within the Laureate organization with over 1.25 million transactions handled per year. With the support of +160 professionals located in four countries, responsible for service delivery in the areas of financial operations including general accounting processes under US GAAP, month-end close, reporting, accounts payables, tactical sourcing/vendor contract management and call center operations supporting universities in USA, Mexico, South/Central America, and Europe. Worked cross-functionally with other support teams (Legal, Tax, Treasury). Major achievements included:
● • Successfully transferred the finance operations activities of several Laureate institutions representing close to $1 billion in revenue
under the shared services format.
• Implemented closing procedures to ensure adherence to the "Corporate" calendar which required fully closed books 5 days after month-end.
• Worked in partnership with other finance tea

As director of internal audit, led a team of 20 professionals based throughout the Americas in conducting financial and operational audits at Laureate's business locations in the Americas and Europe. Also, actively participated in the yearly SOX 404 assessment with responsibilities including the planning, coordination, testing, and reporting of results to the VP of Internal Audit. Administratively, was responsible for creating the yearly audit budget for approval by the VP of Internal Audit and Audit Committee, supported audit plan creation, and had responsibility for all employee management activities for my team. Major achievements included:
● • Played a key role in the creation of the audit department by working on the development of the audit methodology, hiring staff to fill required positions, and the implementation of the audit management system.
• Created an effective working relationship with management which helped more effectively identify and manage emerging risks to the

Commercial Bank internal audit

Commercial Bank internal audit

Public accounting/cpa firm.